Two top-tier law firms specializing in the mining and energy sectors, Maclead Dixon and the Canadian arm of Norton Rose Group, are joining forces to create Norton Rose Canada.
The merged company will be born on Jan. 1, 2012, and will boast nearly 700 lawyers based in Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec City, Caracas and Bogotá. That will place Norton Rose Canada among the top 3 Canadian legal practices.
Norton Rose Canada will be a part of the large, UK-based Norton Rose Group, which itself will rank as one of the five largest international legal practices by number of lawyers, with more than 2,900 lawyers in 43 offices worldwide.
Norton Rose entered Canada with a splash in November 2010 through its merger with the venerable Montreal-based law firm Ogilvy Renault in a deal that was only consummated in June.
Macleod Dixon, meanwhile, has near-hundred-year-old roots in Calgary, and is highly regarded in the oil patch, and its offices in Caracas and Bogota will be Norton Rose’s first in the region.
John Coleman will continue as the managing partner of Norton Rose Canada’s enlarged operations in Canada. Macleod Dixon’s managing partner Bill Tuer will join the executive committees of Norton Rose Canada and the Group.
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