Legal news and trends for Canadian in-house counsel and c-suite executives
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29 CANADIANLAWYERMAG.COM/INHOUSE MARCH 2016 Canadian Lawyer asked lawyers, in-house counsel, and clients from across Canada to vote on the top full-service, regional fi rms in Ontario. They were asked to rank their top 10 fi rms from a preliminary list, with a chance to nominate a fi rm that was not included on the lists. Respondents' rankings were based on fi rms' regional service coverage, client base, notable mandates, service excellence, and legal expertise. To be considered in the vote, fi rms were required to have offi ces only in Ontario, and offer a wide range of legal services. The fi nal rankings were determined through a points system, in which fi rms were rewarded on a sliding scale for the number of fi rst- to 10th-place votes received. The following are the Top 10 Ontario Regional fi rms as determined by the readers of Canadian Lawyer magazine. Top 10 Ontario Regional Firms 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 WeirFoulds LLP weirfoulds.com Total lawyers: 90 Office: Toronto Core practice areas: Litigation; corporate; property; government law Affiliations: SCG Legal Aird & Berlis LLP airdberlis.com Total lawyers: 150 Office: Toronto Core practice areas: Corporate finance; corporate/ commercial; municipal and land use; planning; real estate; energy and infrastructure; tax; financial services Affiliations: Interlaw Ltd. Lerners LLP lerners.ca Total lawyers: 126 Lawyers by office: 76 in London; 50 in Toronto Core practice areas: Plaintiff personal injury; medical negligence defence; insurance defence; commercial litigation; appellate advocacy; business law Affiliations: n/a Pallett Valo LLP pallettvalo.com Total lawyers: 31 lawyers Office: Mississauga Core practice areas: Business law; commercial litigation; commercial real estate; construction; insolvency and corporate restructuring; employment and labour; wills, estates, and trusts Affiliations: Integrated Advisory Group — International Torkin Manes LLP torkinmanes.com Total lawyers: 82 Office: Toronto Core practice areas: Corporate, including tax, technology, banking and insolvency; litigation, including construction, health, estate, and insurance defence; commercial real estate; employment and labour relations; family law Affiliations: International Alliance of Law Firms (IALF)/Ally Law Fogler Rubinoff LLP foglers.com Total lawyers: 113 Lawyers by office: Toronto, 111; Ottawa, 2 Core practice areas: Business law including corporate, securities, IP/IT; energy and environmental law; commercial real estate including condominium law and leasing; financial services; litigation, including labour & employment and environmental law; tax; wills, and estates Affiliations: International Lawyers Network Blaney McMurtry LLP blaney.com Total lawyers: 125 Office: Toronto Core practice areas: Commercial litigation; commercial real estate; corporate-commercial; labour and employment; insurance law Affiliations: TAGLaw; Ontario representative of the Risk Management Counsel of Canada Minden Gross LLP mindengross.com Total lawyers: 56 Office: Toronto Core practice areas: Bankruptcy and insolvency; business law; commercial leasing and real estate; real estate; litigation; tax, wills and estates at AeroCentre V in Mississauga, Ont. Affiliations: Meritas Law Firms Worldwide Gardiner Roberts LLP grllp.com Total lawyers: 65 Office: Toronto Core practice areas: Corporate-commercial law; securities; commercial litigation; real estate; tax; health; IP Affiliations: MSI Global Alliance Siskinds LLP siskinds.com Total lawyers: 75 Lawyers by office: London, 68; Toronto, 7 Core practice areas: Business law; class actions; litigation; labour and employment; personal injury Affiliations: Siskinds Desmeules