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Minden Gross LLP Total Lawyers: 52 Office: Toronto Core Practice Areas: corporate commercial; bankruptcy and insolvency; real estate and commercial leasing; litigation; tax Key Clients: Royal Bank of Canada, H&R REIT, Bentall Properties Ltd., Interbay Loan Servicing Corp., The Global Group, Fieldgate Developments 9 Notable Mandates: represented receiver Ernst & Young Inc. in the sale of 10 Dundas St. to Entertainment Properties Trust; Mountain Cablevision Ltd. in its $300-million sale to Shaw Communications Inc.; acted on behalf of a dissident shareholder group representing a majority of interests opposed to the man- agement group of a public company in a matter that led to the reorganization of the business; represented the developer and anchor tenant of a new Mississauga office tower seeking Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold Core and Shell certifications Star Alumni: Teknion president and CEO David Feldberg, Lanterra Developments co-founder Mark Mandelbaum, writ- er and speaker Mark Weisleder, Royal Bank of Canada senior counsel Tamara Vanmeggelen, Gold Seal Management vice president Neil Sigler, Global Group senior vice president David Glass Affiliations: Meritas The Firm: Founded in 1950 by com- mercial real estate practitioners Arthur Minden, Edwin Pivnick, and Morris Gross. The firm grew with the addition of Jerry Grafstein and Herbert Greenstein in the 1960s and the establishment of corporate and civil litigation practices. It continued to expand in the decades ahead, particularly through the strategic recruitment of senior counsel in the areas of insolvency and tax in the 1980s and 1990s. Partner Ken Kallish says Minden Gross has benefited greatly from its member- ship in the international full-service law firm alliance Meritas, which it became part of when the first round of Canadian law firm mergers took hold in the early 1990s. "We knew we needed to do some- thing as the world became flatter," says Kallish. "That opened up the door for us. It opened up the world." 44 M AY 2011 www. CANADIAN Lawyermag.com orkinManes_CL_May_11.indd 1 4/14/11 10:51:29 AM (mindengross.com) toronto city hall: stefan powell