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w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 7 39 Total lawyers: 122 Office: Toronto Core practice areas: litigation and advocacy; real estate; business law Key clients: Toronto-Dominion Bank; SmartREIT (formerly Smart- Centres); First National Financial LP; Laurentian Bank of Canada; G4S Secure Solutions (Canada) Ltd. Notable mandates: principal negotiator and senior legal counsel to the Algonquins of Ontario in ongoing treaty negotiations in a land claim that covers most of eastern Ontario, including the nation's capital, and in which more than 1.2 million people reside; rep- resenting USW Local 2251, the largest local union at Essar Steel Algoma Inc., in the Algoma CCAA restructuring; two significant insurance coverage appellate victories, Urbanmine Inc. et al v. St Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company et al and Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada v. Intact Insurance Com- pany; acting for North American Fur Auctions, successor to the original Hudson's Bay fur trading business, in connection with the amendment, restatement and re-syndication of a credit facility to include Export Development Canada; acted for La Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Québec with respect to credit facilities to finance the construction of a highrise condominium complex containing an affordable housing component Star alumni: former Ontario chief justice Roy McMurtry; Ontario Court Justice Feroza Bhabha; Ontario Superior Court Justice Janet Wilson; former Tax Court of Canada justice J.A. Brulé; Superior Court Master Robert Muir; Larry Grossman, former Ontario gov- ernment cabinet minister and Ontario Conservative party leader Affiliations: TAGLaw; Risk Management Counsel of Canada; Insur- ance Law Global Firm history: The original firm, Blaney Pasternak, was founded by James Blaney and Irwin Pasternak in 1954. The late Bill McMurtry joined the firm in the early '60s, building a litigation department that is now a core strength of the firm. In subsequent years, the firm underwent several smaller mergers, lateral hires and ensuing name changes. In 2000, the firm was established as Blaney McMur- try LLP. "Expertise in a range of practice areas." "Great depth." "Quality of lawyers and customer service." BLANEY MCMURTRY LLP BLANEY.COM Total lawyers: 110 Lawyers by office: Toronto, 108; 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; health law; indig- enous law, with a particular emphasis on business matters; litiga- tion; labour and employment; tax and wills and estates Key clients: Canadian Solar Solutions Inc.; RioCan REIT; FirstSer- vice Corp.; Coco Paving; Suncor; Computershare; Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corp.; Toronto Parking Authority; TD, HSBC, RBC and other major banks Notable mandates: R. v. Coco Paving Inc. brought successful due diligence defence and obtained dismissal of the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change prosecution of Coco Paving Inc. related to a 2013 natural gas line strike in Windsor, Ont.; acquisi- tion, development, financing and sale of multiple utility scale solar projects for Canadian Solar; representation of both investment dealers and licensed producers for significant financings in the burgeoning medical cannabis industry, including CannTrust and WeedMD; RBC v. Willowbrook Nurseries Inc., a successful defence of bad faith allegation of bank by reason of its refusal to lend more than the authorized credit; representation of developers on signifi- cant condo and mixed-use projects including Art Shoppe Condos; representation of many indigenous communities on large-scale energy and infrastructure partnerships Star alumni: Ed Sonshine, founder and CEO of RioCan REIT; Jay Hen- nick, founder and chairman of FirstService Corp.; Michael Kline, senior vice president of legal and business affairs at LoyaltyOne Co.; Eugene McBurney, co-founder, director and chairman of Griffiths McBurney Canada Corp.; Ontario Superior Court Justice Arthur Gans Affiliations: International Lawyers Network Firm history: The firm of Fogler Rubinoff, with 25 lawyers, was cre- ated in 1982 through a merger of the firms of Siegal Fogler and Rubinoff & Rubinoff. In the 35 years since the merger, the firm has more than quadrupled in size and has diversified its areas of prac- tice, creating a full-service business law firm. "Great lawyers." "Great client service." FOGLER RUBINOFF LLP FOGLERS.COM TOP 10 ONTARIO REGIONAL FIRMS 4 5