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BLANEY MCMURTRY LLP BLANEY.COM total lawyers: 127 office: Toronto core practice areas: Insurance law; corporate-commercial; labour and employment; commercial real estate; commercial litigation Key clients: RSA Canada Group; Toronto Dominion Bank; SmartCentres; First National Financial; Desjardins Asset Management; G4S Secure Solutions (Canada) Ltd. Notable mandates: Acting for Redberry Investments Corp. in becoming the Canadian master franchisee for Burger King Corp.; acting for Dundee Kilmer Developments Ltd. in the development of the condominium components for the 2015 Pan Am Games Athlete's Village; principal negotiator and counsel to the Algonquins of Ontario in ongoing treaty negotiations in a land claim covering 36,000 square kilometres; representing insurers involved in the Elliot Lake Mall collapse; representing Financial Advisors Association of Canada (Advocis) in submissions to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding McLean v. British Columbia Securities Commission. star alumni: Former Ontario Chief justice R. Roy McMur- try; Ontario Superior Court Justice Janet Wilson; former Tax Court of Canada justice J.A. Brulé; Larry Grossman, former Ontario provincial government cabinet minister and Ontario Conservative Party leader. affiliations: TAGLaw; Ontario representative of the Risk Management Counsel of Canada the firm: Blaney Pasternak was founded in 1954. The late Bill McMurtry joined the firm in the early 1960s, building a litigation department the firm now sees as a core strength. In 1986, Blaney McMurtry Aarons & Watson merged with Stapells & Sewell and the firm has undergone several smaller mergers and lateral hires, before becoming Blaney McMurtry LLP in 2000. One respondent valued the firm's "top quality talent with a real attention to detail, client satisfaction focus, and strong business ethics, particularly in their environmental practice." "We've purposefully stayed away from trying to be all things to all people," says managing partner Michael Bennett. "We don't want to throw 50 people at one transaction." He attributes his firm's strength to "knowing where we're comfortable" and offering "a more hands-on approach." 4 Outstanding. Proud to be named one of Ontario's Top 10 Regional firms by Canadian Lawyer magazine. www.mckenzielake.com 38 Untitled-3 m1b e r 2 0 1 3 Septe www.CANADIAN L a w ye r m a g . c o m 13-08-15 12:03 PM