Ogilvy Renault
{{Short description|Canadian law firm (1879–2011)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Ogilvy Renault LLP
| type = Limited Liability Partnership
| foundation = 1879
| industry = Law Firm
| products = Legal advice
}}
Ogilvy Renault LLP was a Canadian law firm 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 civil and common law.{{cite web|url=http://www.ogilvyrenault.com |title=Business law in Canada with industry and international focus |publisher=Ogilvy Renault |date= |accessdate=2010-11-08}}{{Cite web |title=Ogilvy Renault's Reach For The TOP |url=https://www.lexpert.ca/archive/ogilvy-renaults-reach-for-the-top/341108 |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=www.lexpert.ca |language=en}}
History
The firm began in 1879 as Carter, Church & Chapleau in Quebec. In 2001, the firm merged with Meighen Demers LLP of Toronto.{{Cite news|title=Meighen Demers to team with Ogilvy Renault|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/meighen-demers-to-team-with-ogilvy-renault/article22400161/|access-date=2020-07-29}}
On November 15, 2010, Ogilvy Renault announced it was joining the British firm of Norton Rose with the merger being completed on June 1, 2011, making it one of the 10 largest law firms in the world.{{Cite news |date=2010-11-15 |title=Canada's Ogilvy Renault joins global legal giant |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/the-law-page/canadas-ogilvy-renault-joins-global-legal-giant/article4105458/ |access-date=2024-09-09 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}{{Cite web |title=Goodbye Ogilvy Renault, hello Norton Rose OR |url=https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general/goodbye-ogilvy-renault-hello-norton-rose-or/270834 |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.canadianlawyermag.com |language=en}}
Alumni
- former Quebec Conservative premier Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
- former Quebec Conservative Party leader Adrien D. Pouliot
- former prime minister Brian Mulroney
- former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations Yves Fortier
- former Conservative senator Michael Meighen
- 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{{cite news|author=Robert Benzie Queen's Park Bureau Chief |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/734781--michael-bryant-joins-top-law-firm-as-adviser |title=Michael Bryant joins top law firm as adviser |publisher=thestar.com |date= December 5, 2009|accessdate=2010-11-08 |location=Toronto}}
- former President & CEO of OMERS Strategic Investments Jacques Demers
References
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External links
- [http://www.db-anwaelte.de/ Decker & Bose]
{{Law Firms of Quebec}}
Category:Defunct law firms of Canada
Category:Law firms established in 1879
Category:Law firms disestablished in 2011
Category:Canadian companies established in 1879
Category:Canadian companies disestablished in 2011
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