About this office:
Norton Rose Canada is a member of Norton Rose Group, a leading international legal practice offering a full business law service to many of the world's pre-eminent financial institutions and corporations from offices in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Central Asia.
Norton Rose Canada has more than 700 lawyers and patent and trade-mark agents practising in the areas of business, litigation, intellectual property, and employment and labour from offices in Calgary, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Québec, Caracas and Bogotá. The practice was formed through the merger of Macleod Dixon and Norton Rose OR (formerly Ogilvy Renault) on January 1, 2012.
We are privileged to serve the interests of Canadian businesses at home and abroad, and facilitate global commerce of international clients seeking expansion through growth markets. We are proud of our reputation for exemplary legal service and client care. Those traits plus our international reach sets us far ahead of the competition.
Norton Rose Group lawyers share industry knowledge and sector expertise across borders to support clients anywhere in the world. The practice is strong in financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and pharmaceuticals and life sciences.
Norton Rose Group has more than 2,900 lawyers, providing an integrated business law service from a network of 43 offices worldwide. The practice comprises Norton Rose LLP, Norton Rose Australia, Norton Rose Canada LLP, Norton Rose South Africa (incorporated as Deneys Reitz Inc), and their respective affiliates.
In addition to our key strengths, we also offer expertise in banking, corporate, and disputes, as well as antitrust, competition and regulatory; employment and labour; intellectual property; international arbitration; real estate and tax.
Other offices: Abu Dhabi, Almaty, Amsterdam, Athens, Bahrain, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Brussels, Canberra, Cape Town, Casablanca, Dubai, Durban, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Melbourne, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Perth, Piraeus, Prague, Rome, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Warsaw
Associate offices: Dar Es Salaam, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta.
Specific Practice & Industry Groups Details:
Statement of Practice Summary:
Business Law; Banks and Banking; Financial Services Law; Corporate Law; Corporate Finance; Commercial Law; Corporate Governance; Directors and Officers Liability; Energy; Insolvency; Financial Restructuring; Technology Law; E-Commerce; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mining Law; Natural Resources; Private Equity; Project Finance; Real Estate; Securities; Tax Law; Intellectual Property; Copyrights; Entertainment Law; Life Sciences; Patents; Industrial Designs; Trademarks; Labour and Employment; Occupational Health and Safety; Workers Compensation; Pensions; Employee Benefits; Litigation; Aboriginal Law; Administrative Law; Judicial Review; Arbitration; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Class Actions; Product Recall; Crisis Management; Communications and Media; Construction Law; Products Liability; Environmental Law; Insurance; Professional Liability; Privacy Law; Cleantech.
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Developments in Internet Law: Defamation and HyperlinksGregory B. Bordan,François Fontaine,Sally A. Gomery,Éric Hardy,Randy C. Sutton, November 4, 2011
The Supreme Court of Canada has advanced both defamation law and Internet law in its recent decision in Crookes v Newton, released on October 19, 2011. The court, by a majority of six judges, held that a person cannot defame someone merely by publishing a hyperlink to a third party's website or...
Amendments to Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules for 2012 Proxy SeasonMichael J. Bennett,Thierry Dorval,Geoffrey G. Gilbert,Francis R. Legault,Henrick Simard,Dawn P. Whittaker, September 14, 2011
On July 22, 2011, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published amendments to the executive compensation disclosure rules, which will come into force on October 31, 2011. The principal amendments will be made to Form 51-102F6 - Statement of Executive Compensation and consequential...
Year Established: 1879
All lawyers are members of the Canadian Bar Association.
(For complete biographical data on all personnel, see Professional Biographies of Ogilvy Renault at Montréal, Québec; Ottawa, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; and London, England)