Ogilvy Renault LLP was a Canadian

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with 450 members in offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto, Calgary and London, England. Ogilvy Renault offered services in the areas of business law, litigation and ADR, employment and labour law and intellectual property. Ogilvy Renault offered services in both English and French and in

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and

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History

The firm began in 1879 as Carter, Church & Chapleau in Quebec. In 2001, the firm merged with Meighen Demers LLP of

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. On November 15, 2010, Ogilvy Renault announced it was joining the British firm of

Norton Rose Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is a British-American business law firm. It is the thirteenth-largest by headcount and 21st by revenue, with revenues of more than $2 billion. The British law firm Norton Rose originated in 1794 when it was establ ...

with the merger being completed on June 1, 2011, making it one of the 10 largest law firms in the world.

Alumni

* former Quebec Conservative premier

Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (; November 9, 1840 – June 13, 1898), born in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, was a French-Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 7th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1892 to 1898. Life As a lawyer, he defe ...

* former Quebec Conservative Party leader Adrien D. Pouliot * former prime minister

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* former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations Yves Fortier * former Conservative senator

Michael Meighen Michael Arthur Meighen (born March 25, 1939) is a Canadian lawyer, cultural patron, and former senator. He practised as a litigation and commercial lawyer in Montreal and Toronto. He is a grandson of Arthur Meighen, the ninth Prime Minister of ...

* former Conservative senator and Minister of International Trade Michael Fortier * former Chief Justice of Quebec Pierre Michaud * former Ontario Attorney-General and Liberal MPP Michael Bryant * former President & CEO of OMERS Strategic Investments Jacques Demers

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