McCarthy Tétrault LLP is a leading Canadian

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that delivers integrated business law,

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services,

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, labour and

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nationally and globally through offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montréal, Québec City, London (UK), as well as New York City. McCarthy Tétrault LLP is a

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. Among the Seven Sisters, the reigning top players are McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP. McCarthy Tétrault is the only law firm listed in the Report on Business Top 25 Best B2B Brands by ''The Globe and Mail'' in 2021, and it has the second strongest law firm brand in Canada according to ''Thomson Reuters’'' Regional Law Firm Brand Indexes 2021. The firm represents Canadian and international clients, including major public institutions,

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organizations, mining companies, manufacturers,

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and other corporations. McCarthy Tétrault’s London office specializes in assisting clients with their transatlantic transactions, and is staffed with both English and Canadian-qualified lawyers. A charter member of the Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce, it provides services in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

History

The firm had its origin in the formation of Boulton & McCarthy in

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, of which

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was a co-founder. It would later become McCarthy & McCarthy upon the admission of his son Leighton McCarthy. McCarthy Tétrault was created through the merger McCarthy & McCarthy of Toronto, Clarkson Tétrault of Montreal, Shrum Liddle & Hebenton of Vancouver, and Black & Company of Calgary. This merger was initially denied by the Law Society of Alberta, which enacted rules designed to stop it. The rules prohibited members from entering into a partnership with anyone who was not a resident of Alberta, and prohibited members from being partners of more than one firm. This rule was challenged as being contrary to the mobility rights protected by the

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. In the resulting court case, '' Black v. Law Society of Alberta'', the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the rules. The subsequent merger made McCarthy Tétrault Canada's first national law firm.

Notable alumni

* Salter Hayden *

John J. Robinette John Josiah Robinette, (November 20, 1906 – November 18, 1996) was a Canadian lawyer who was one of Canada's premier legal authorities and litigators. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he attended the University of Toronto Schools. In 1926, he r ...

* Ian Binnie * Hubert Lacroix *

John Manley John Paul Manley (born January 5, 1950) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the eighth deputy prime minister of Canada from 2002 to 2003. He served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Ottawa South from 1988 to ...

* Marc-André Blanchard

References

External links

''Black v. Law Society of Alberta''
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