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*[[Cheryl Gibson]] (Silver Medalist in Swimming, 1976 Montreal Olympics)
*[[Cheryl Gibson]] (Silver Medalist in Swimming, 1976 Montreal Olympics)


==Notable recent deals and cases==
==Notable deals and cases==
*Counsel to Gateway Casinos, Star of Fortune Gaming Management and Star of Fortune shareholders in connection with the $1.4B acquisition of Gateway by New World Gaming <ref name="fmc-law"/>
*Counsel to Gateway Casinos, Star of Fortune Gaming Management and Star of Fortune shareholders in connection with the $1.4B acquisition of Gateway by New World Gaming <ref name="fmc-law"/>
*Acting for the Special Committee of Arizona Star Resource Corp. on $773M takeover bid by Barrick Gold <ref name="fmc-law"/>
*Acting for the Special Committee of Arizona Star Resource Corp. on $773M takeover bid by Barrick Gold <ref name="fmc-law"/>
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*FMC won TRIEC Immigrant Success Award <ref>[http://www.triec.ca/news/story/305 "TRIEC announces winners of fourth annual Immigrant Success Awards"]</ref>
*FMC won TRIEC Immigrant Success Award <ref>[http://www.triec.ca/news/story/305 "TRIEC announces winners of fourth annual Immigrant Success Awards"]</ref>
*FMC was named one of Montréal’s Top Employers for 2010 <ref>[http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/fraser-milner-casgrain-named-one-montre%CC%81al%E2%80%99s-top-employers-2010 "Fraser Milner Casgrain Named one of Montréal’s Top Employers for 2010"]</ref>
*FMC was named one of Montréal’s Top Employers for 2010 <ref>[http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/fraser-milner-casgrain-named-one-montre%CC%81al%E2%80%99s-top-employers-2010 "Fraser Milner Casgrain Named one of Montréal’s Top Employers for 2010"]</ref>

==Notable Guides==
*Doing Business in Canada: Practical Considerations for Investors <ref>[http://www.fmc-law.com/Publications/Doing%20Business%20in%20Canada%20October%202006.aspx/ "Doing Business in Canada: Practical Considerations for Investors"]</ref>
*Mergers and Acquisitions: Acquiring a Canadian Company <ref>[http://www.fmc-law.com/Publications/z_mergers_and_acquisitions_acquiring_canadian_company.aspx/ "Mergers and Acquisitions: Acquiring a Canadian Company"]</ref>
*Technology Startups: A Practical Legal Guide for Founders, Executives and Investors <ref> <http://www.fmc-law.com/Publications/Technology_Startup_Guide.aspx/ "Technology Startups: A Practical Legal Guide for Founders, Executives and Investors"]</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:08, 3 December 2010

Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC)
Company typePrivate
IndustryLaw
Founded1839
HeadquartersCanada with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver
Websitewww.fmc-law.com

Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) is one of Canada’s leading business & litigation law firms. With more than 520 lawyers (175 litigators) it is the sixt largest law firm in Canada as well as the largest law firm in Western Canada.[1] FMC is a fully integrated national partnership with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver.

History

For more than 170 years, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) has grown organically and through mergers, the most notable being the 1998 merger between Fraser & Beatty and Calgary-based Milner Fenerty, to form Fraser Milner and its subsequent merger with Montreal-based Byers Casgrain in 2000 to form Fraser Milner Casgrain. The following list of dates can be found on FMC's website:[2]

  • 1839 — John Willoughby Crawford opens his law office in Toronto, the earliest predecessor of Fraser & Beatty.
  • 1916 — George Hobson Steer joins the Edmonton law firm of Rutherford, Jamieson & Grant, a predecessor of Milner Fenerty, and the firm is renamed Rutherford, Jamieson, Grant & Steer.
  • 1920 — Crombie, Worrell & Gwynne, Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries, a predecessor of Fraser & Beatty, becomes Worrell, Gwynne & Beatty, Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries.
  • 1921 — Hyndman, Milner & Matheson, a predecessor of Milner Fenerty, becomes Hyndman, Milner, Matheson, Carr & Dafoe.
  • 1945 — Milner, Steer, Poirier, Martland & Bowker, a predecessor of Milner Fenerty, becomes Milner, Steer, Dyde, Poirier, Martland & Bowker.
  • 1980 — J. Donald Mawhinney, Q.C. and Howard J. Kellough, Q.C. establish Mawhinney & Kellough in Vancouver.
  • 1989 — The Supreme Court of Canada rules that national law firms are allowed to do business in Canada, a ruling that would set the stage for the union of Fraser & Beatty with Mawhinney & Kellough, and later with Milner Fenerty and Byers Casgrain. The case was one of the earliest to deal with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
  • 1990 — Fraser & Beatty, Barristers & Solicitors, with offices in Toronto and Ottawa, merges with Mawhinney & Kellough in Vancouver under the name Fraser & Beatty. When Fraser & Beatty merged with Mawhinney & Kellough, it was one of the first law firm mergers in Canada after the 1989 ruling.
  • 1991 — Milner Steer joins Fenerty Robertson, becomes Milner Fenerty.
  • 1998 — Fraser & Beatty and Alberta-based Milner Fenerty, becomes Fraser Milner.
  • 2000 — On June 6, Fraser Milner, with offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver, merges with Byers Casgrain in Montréal to form Fraser Milner Casgrain.

Areas of expertise

According to the FMC website they have over 520 lawyers (175 litigators) practicing in 48 Areas of Expertise (often referred to as “Practice Areas”).

FMC specializes in the following areas of law:

Notable past and present firm members

Notable deals and cases

  • Counsel to Gateway Casinos, Star of Fortune Gaming Management and Star of Fortune shareholders in connection with the $1.4B acquisition of Gateway by New World Gaming [2]
  • Acting for the Special Committee of Arizona Star Resource Corp. on $773M takeover bid by Barrick Gold [2]
  • Counsel to Skyservice Airlines Inc. in its acquisition by Gibralt Capital Corporation [2]
  • Acted for Meridian Gold in the $3.5 billion takeover bid by Yamana Gold [2]
  • Acted for Millennium in connection with $750M credit facilities financing a million+ sq. ft. mixed-use residential development part of which will temporarily house athletes during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games [2]
  • Counsel to BMO Capital Markets in the announced $209M acquisition of Golf Town by OMERS Capital Partners [2]
  • Represented Rio Narcea Gold Mines, Ltd. in Lundin Mining Corporation’s $956 million take-over bid for Rio Narcea [2]
  • Counsel to Société générale de financement du Québec (SGF) on US$400m investment deal with Lions Gate Entertainment Inc.[2]
  • Advised Pogo Producing Co. of Houston, Texas on their $2 billion (US) sale of their Calgary-based oil and gas company, Northrock Resources Ltd., to Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA)[2]
  • Represented the author and publisher of the Harry Potter novels in Canada in connection with all Canadian copyright protection issues and embargo enforcement rights and remedies, including winning a number of injunctions to protect the copyright in and pre-release date confidentiality of the Harry Potter novels.[2]
  • Counsel to the family of Deirdre Molson Stevenson in the $7.7B merger of Molson Inc. and Adolph Coors Co. to create the world's fifth largest brewer.[2]
  • Counsel to Underwriters (Goldman Sachs, Nesbitt Burns and Scotia McLeod) on its $2.1 billion cross border initial public offering by Canadian National Railway Company.[2]
  • Acted for Royal Bank of Canada in one of the most important claims in damages in Quebec ($95M in capital and interest) against a financial institution by a religious corporation concerning the Marché Central financing.[2]
  • Counsel to a lending syndicate providing US$1.3 billion acquisition financing to a large multinational for its acquisition of Canada's largest vintner and wine seller.[2]
  • Counsel to the borrower in connection with the financing of international transactions in the United States, England, Germany, Scotland, Israel, India, Russia and Mexico.[2]
  • Advising in the development of multi-billion dollar LNG production and shipping facilities in the State of Qatar, including multi-million dollar purchase and sale agreements, large-scale financings and complex EPC contracts.[2]

Recognition and rankings

A sample of rankings:

  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2011 recommends 89 FMC lawyers across 36 specialty areas of practice. FMC is ranked #1 (by number of lawyers) in many areas by region/office, most notably #1 in Canada in the areas of Insolvency & Financial Restructuring and Natural Resources. [3]
  • The 2010 Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory recommends 69 of FMC’s lawyers, 19 of whom have achieved a ranking of the highest level (“Most Frequently Recommended”) in at least one area of specialization; a total of 104 rankings were earned across 44 key areas of business law. [4]
  • The 2010 Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory recommends FMC among Canada's leading firms in 18 areas of practice, listing us as Canada's sixth largest firm with 517 lawyers across our six offices, the largest firm in Edmonton with 70 lawyers, and the second largest firm in the Calgary/Edmonton market, with 174 lawyers in our Alberta offices. [4]
  • Lexpert ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada features 18 FMC lawyers as leaders in their respective fields. Based on LEXPERT’s peer review surveys in 2009, the guide distinguishes those identified as the “Most Frequently Recommended” by their peers. [5]
  • Chambers Global 2010: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business ranks 28 FMC lawyers as leaders in their fields, across 14 areas of practice, and ranks FMC as a leading firm in 12 key areas of business law [6]

A sample of recognition:

  • FMC was named one of the Top 35 Best Employers for New Canadians in 2009 and 2010 [7]
  • FMC won TRIEC Immigrant Success Award [8]
  • FMC was named one of Montréal’s Top Employers for 2010 [9]

Notable Guides

  • Doing Business in Canada: Practical Considerations for Investors [10]
  • Mergers and Acquisitions: Acquiring a Canadian Company [11]
  • Technology Startups: A Practical Legal Guide for Founders, Executives and Investors [12]

References

  1. ^ "The 30 Largest Law Firms in Canada-2010"
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Fraser Milner Casgrain
  3. ^ The Best Lawyers in Canada 2011
  4. ^ ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
  5. ^ Chambers Global 2010: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business
  6. ^ "Best Employers for New Canadians"
  7. ^ "TRIEC announces winners of fourth annual Immigrant Success Awards"
  8. ^ "Fraser Milner Casgrain Named one of Montréal’s Top Employers for 2010"
  9. ^ "Doing Business in Canada: Practical Considerations for Investors"
  10. ^ "Mergers and Acquisitions: Acquiring a Canadian Company"
  11. ^ <http://www.fmc-law.com/Publications/Technology_Startup_Guide.aspx/ "Technology Startups: A Practical Legal Guide for Founders, Executives and Investors"]
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