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BCF LLP (5) BCF.CA Total Lawyers: 135 professionals (includes patent agents) Lawyers By Office: Montreal, 109; Quebec City, 24; Barbados, 2 Core Practice Areas: Commercial law; commercial litiga- tion; tax; corporate finance including banking; Industries from parent group Global Railway Industries Ltd. in a $12.4-million deal; represented Montreal-region grocer Adonis Markets as grocery store giant Metro acquired a majority stake in the mergers and acquisitions. Key Clients: BMO Financial Group, BRP, Sobeys Quebec Inc., Bombardier Aéronautique, Quebecor, Royal Bank of Canada, CAD Railway Industries Ltd. Notable Mandates: Represented Blue Note Mining Inc. in the sale of its New Brunswick properties to capital pool company GeoVenCap Inc. for $8 mil- lion; acted for the purchasers of CAD Railway company. Star Alumni: Marie-Josée Lapierre, director of legal affairs at Yellow Pages Group, Jocelyn Auger, vice- president and general counsel at Enerkem. Affiliations: Meritas The Firm: Established in 1995 under the name Brouillette Charpentier Fournier in Montreal. It opened an office in Quebec City in 2001, the same year it joined Meritas. The firm gained strength with the addition in 2004 of a team of patent and trademark agents from Brouillette Kosie Prince. The firm changed its name to BCF in 2005, which preceded a five-year period of expansion at the firm, with substantial additions made to personnel, offices, and technical resources. Voters cited the firm particularly for its deep business roots: "Good coverage and great business savvy and approach," said one voter. 4 ROBINSON SHEPPARD SHAPIRO LLP (6) RSSLEX.COM 5 Total Lawyers: 79 Lawyers By Office: Montreal, 76; Hong Kong, 1; Beijing, 1; Shanghai, 1 Core Practice Areas: Business; litigation; insurance; trans- portation; labour. Key Clients: Burger King Canada; National Bank of Canada; Fonds d'assurance-responsabilité profes- sionnelle de la Chambre des notaires du Québec; an anglophone business clientele. It has diversified since the 1960s to become a full-service firm, with an increasing number of francophone clients. Notably, sons of the firm's founding partners — Jonathan Robinson and Barry Shapiro — continue to practise at the firm. The professionalism and experience of the lawyers Stericycle; Renaissance Capital; Lloyd's Underwriters. Notable Mandates: Represented the vendor in the sale of the second largest residential revenue property in Montreal; represented Quebec hospitals pursued by thousands of claimants in class actions. Star Alumni: David Shapiro, vice president and general counsel of Air Canada; Quebec Superior Court jus- tices Francine Nantel and Lucie Fournier. Affiliations: International Lawyers Network The Firm: Founded in 1921 by Benjamin Robinson and at RSS featured strongly in voter comments. They are "focused on providing the best possible service in a quick, efficient, and cost-effective manner, respondent. "Good balance of young and senior law- yers," said another. " said one Joseph Shapiro. Until Claude-Armand Sheppard arrived at the firm in 1959, the firm primarily served 40 M AY 2012 www. CANADIAN Lawyermag.com