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TOP ONTARIO REGIONAL FIRMS FOGLER RUBINOFF LLP FOGLERS.COM 9 total lawyers: 110 lawyers by office: Toronto, 107; Ottawa, 3 core practice areas: Commercial real estate, leasing, and condominium law; corporate and securities law; financial services; litigation and administrative law; tax; wills and estates Key clients: Canadian Solar Solutions Inc.; Computershare Trust Co.; FirstService Corp.; RioCan REIT; Suncor Energy Services Inc.; TD and other major banks Notable mandates: Represented RioCan REIT in the $4.5-billion takeover of Primaris REIT and in its $91-million acquisition of five shopping centres in Ontario; represented Neo Materials Technologies Inc. in its $1.3-billion acquisition by Molycorp Inc.; represented Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada in the sale of the Sheppard Centre in Toronto for $218 million; represented Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. in a $185-million purchase of solar projects and creation of an international joint venture agreement with Skypower Ltd.; advised Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group in the creation of a partnership with the City of Ottawa to redevelop Lansdowne Park. star alumni: Ed Sonshine, founder and CEO of RioCan REIT; Jay Hennick, founder and CEO of FirstService Corp.; Michael Kline, senior vice president of legal and business affairs, Loyalty One Inc. affiliations: International Lawyers Network the firm: The firm of Fogler Rubinoff, with 25 lawyers, was created in 1982 through a merger of the firms of Siegal Fogler and Rubinoff and Rubinoff. During the following 30 years, the firm has more than quadrupled in size and has diversified its areas of practice, creating a full-service business law firm. It has recently added federal labour expertise to its smaller Ottawa practice and, says managing partner Michael Appleton, would like to grow its second office. "We have clients who are active there," he explains, adding, "I like Ottawa. It's small and it's growing." He says these days the firm tries to cover as many bases as possible. "One of the strengths we have is we're very diverse. Lately we've added a few more [specialties] like immigration. We find that if something's slow, something else isn't." Fogler Rubinoff is also interested in making more of an inroad into entertainment law, he says. What do your clients need? The means to move on. Guaranteed . ™ Baxter Structures customizes personal injury settlements into tax-free annuities that can help your clients be secure for life. Need more information? Contact us at 1 800 387 1686 or baxterstructures.com 44 September 2013 www.CANADIAN L a w ye r m a g . c o m