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MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP Total lawyers: 116 Offices: Regina, 44; Saskatoon, 40; Calgary, 19; Edmonton, 13 Core practice areas: Corporate-commercial, commer- cial litigation and class actions, labour and employment, tax, privacy and technology. Key clients: Harvard Developments Inc., Greystone Managed Investments Inc., Cameco Corp., AREVA Resources Canada Inc., The Mosaic Co., Saskatchewan Power Corp. Notable mandates: Earlier this year acted on the $56-million sale of Canada's largest producer of sul- phate of potash to Kansas-based Compass Minerals by way of a share purchase transaction; acted for the seller on the $50-million sale of a Saskatoon Class A office tower; counsel to Access Communications Co-operative Ltd. on a $125-million acquisition of cable systems in Saskatchewan in 2009; worked on a $1.6-billion sale of Saskferco Products Inc. to Yara International ASA in 2008; Companies' Creditors Arrangements Act restruc- turing of approximately $100 million in secured and unsecured debt from the operations of pork producer Big 2 Sky Farms Inc. in 2010. Star alumni: Chief Justice of Saskatchewan John Klebuc; former chief justice of Saskatchewan Donald MacPherson; Saskatchewan Court of Appeal justices Marjorie Gerwing, Georgina Jackson, Robert Richards; former attorney general of Saskatchewan Murdoch MacPherson; former Saskatchewan minister of Health and Minister of the Environment John Nilson. Affiliations: Lex Mundi The firm: Founded in Regina by Murdoch Alexander MacPherson. Everett Leslie joined him in 1925 and David Tyerman in 1929, with the firm name becoming fixed in its present form in 1951. MLT expanded to Saskatoon in 1980, Calgary in 2002, and Edmonton in 2006 to meet client demand for legal support in Alberta. The firm has maintained a focus on practice areas that support business operations. Growth has been largely internal, through a strong student recruitment and mentorship program, supplemented by some key lateral hires. "We're very focused on becoming a strong regional firm in what we think is the strongest region going for- ward," says Regina managing partner Don Wilson. Thanks for noticing. tmlawyers.com Untitled-2 1 www.CANADIAN Lawyermag.com OCTO BER 2011 41 11-09-09 9:40 AM (www .mlt.com)