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SPECIAL REPORT TOP PRAIRIE FIRMS 38 www.canadianlawyermag.com TAYLOR MCCAFFREY LLP Winnipeg tmlawyers.com Total lawyers: 60 Office (with # of lawyers): Winnipeg (60) Core practice areas: Business law, advocacy, litigation and dispute resolution, labour and employment, taxation, family law, real estate and property development, technology and intellectual property and wills, estates and trusts Key clients: The City of Winnipeg, the City of Brandon, Business Development Bank of Canada, the Royal Canadian Mint, Royal Bank of Canada, the University of Mani- toba, Maple Leaf Foods, CAA Manitoba, Forks North Portage Partnership, Brandon University, Loblaws, Caisse Financial Group, the Northwest Company, University of Winnipeg, the Winnipeg Airport Authority and Palliser Furniture Ltd. Notable mandates: Negotiated and completed the merger of CAA Manitoba and CAA South Central Ontario to form CAA Club Group; acted for BCE Inc. in the acquisition of MTS pursuant to Manitoba's largest plan of arrangement; represented the City of Winnipeg in interest arbitration with paramedics, fire and police, and hearings before the land value appraisal commission, lead negotiator for the University of Brandon in talks with its faculty association; negotiated first labour agreement for the Canadian Human Rights Museum; represented same-sex couple in contested adoption trial, and obtained order of adoption for two-year-old boy; successfully argued at the Supreme Court in Stuart Olson Dominion Construction Ltd. v. Structural Heavy Steel Star alumni: Manitoba Court of Appeal Justice Jennifer Pfuetzner; Manitoba Court of Appeal Justice Charles Huband; Federal Tax Court Justice Joe Hershfield; B.C. Court of Appeal Justice Nicole Garson; former mayor of Winnipeg William Norrie; presi- dent and CEO of the Richardson Financial Group Sanford Riley; chief legal officer and executive vice president of Ceridian Inc. Scott Kitching Global Affiliations: SCG Legal, Employ- ment Law Alliance, International Academy of Family Lawyers The firm: This summer 2019, the firm opened its new offices in the heart of the City at Portage and Main. The firm was founded as a result of the merger of the firms of Reeh Taylor and D'Arcy McCaffrey. A full-service firm with service available in French and Italian, the firm maintains rural offices in Gimli, Steinbach, Riverton and Winnipeg Beach. "Client-centric focus, practical and constructive solutions, excellent lawyers with solid reputations for delivering good service and results," said one survey respondent of the firm. THOMPSON DORFMAN SWEATMAN LLP Winnipeg, Brandon, Portage la Prairie, Boissevain, Gladstone, MacGregor, Morden, Steinbach, Winkler tdslaw.com Total lawyers: 110 Offices (with # of lawyers): Winnipeg (88), Brandon (6), Portage la Prairie (5), Boissevain (1), Gladstone (1), MacGregor (1), Morden (3), Saskatoon (1), Steinbach (1), Winkler (3) Core practice areas: Corporate commer- cial, litigation and dispute resolution, government and regulatory, construction law, financial services, Indigenous law, envi- ronmental law, natural resources and energy, property and development, taxation and labour and employment Key clients: Farmers Edge Inc., PCL