Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Every day businesses face risk-management issues in an increasingly competitive and sophisticated environment. When problems arise, the best response is to seek advice and resolution as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.

Enterprises across Canada entrust this process to Ogilvy Renault's renowned national litigation team. The depth of our team and our seamless integration across offices and areas of expertise means we can respond swiftly and efficiently to disputes in the early stages through to the appellate level.

As advocates and advisors, we work closely with our clients to develop solutions that fit their business goals. We help achieve early settlement when that is the right thing to do. We guide clients to alternative dispute resolution methods to prevent lengthy litigation when appropriate. However, we are always prepared to go trial and excel at managing complex, document-intensive, multi-party and multi-jurisdictional disputes. Our litigators have in-depth trial and appellate experience and regularly appear before provincial and federal courts all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as before administrative tribunals. Our litigators are highly ranked in such prestigious directories such as Chambers and Lexpert.

Clients benefit from substantial cost savings through our extensive use of administrative and technical resources:

• Experienced paralegals who handle all document-intensive files efficiently and cost-effectively;
• Litigation-support software applications that simplify case management of large files
• Dedicated legal research team and customized en entreprise data bank that permits rapid retrieval of research, legal opinions, draft proceedings and contracts

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Jean G. Bertrand
Alan Mark
Éric Dunberry
Sally A. Gomery
Lucie Pariseau

We are a people business. We will only be able to maximise our people’s contribution if we create and nurture an environment and culture which supports, respects and values all our differences, whether in gender, race, nationality, religion, belief, age, ability or disability, or sexual orientation. The provision of an inclusive and collegial working environment where every employee is valued for his or her contribution is fundamental to our vision and values and is a key ingredient in our business success. A strong and healthy focus on diversity is not an option, it’s a necessity.

We already work hard to attract new talent. But we need to work harder to seek out areas where talent lies hidden in order that we are recruiting from the broadest talent pool possible. To retain our talent, we need to work even harder, encouraging a culture where every individual feels highly valued and motivated, regardless of role. A focus on diversity and inclusion is critical to this.

Therefore, we are striving to put in place best practice policies and programmes around diversity and inclusion so that our clients, and our employees, truly believe we are committed to being outstanding in this area. We appreciate this is an ongoing journey and we are determined to be seen as a successful example of diversity and inclusion in the legal sector and the broader business community. In turn, we hope our clients will feel they are partnering with a practice which consistently applies high standards in this area, and our people will remain proud to work for us, as an employer of choice.