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cANAdIANlAwyermAg.com/INhouse DECEmBEr 2014
By JennIFer BroWn
APPROACH
BOUTIQUE
In-house counsel in
small departments
look to the specialized
services of boutique law
firms for help with a
range of needs.
E
ven before Canada's immigration
laws became more complicated
earlier this year thanks to a series
of changes to the temporary foreign
worker rules, Robert Piasentin was using
specialized immigration law boutique rms
to help the company he works for navigate
the often perplexing world of immigration
law. "We've had to do a lot of cross-border re-
sourcing because we have projects in Canada
and the U.S. and to a lesser degree overseas as
well," explains Piasentin, general counsel for
Richmond, B.C.-based wireless communica-
tions manufacturer Sierra Wireless.
Plugged in
to the
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property
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employment
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real estate
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immigration
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