RPC launches international network to expand global insurance platform
20 May 2021
Global Access Lawyers will include member firms from the US, Canada, Australia and Continental Europe
Shutterstock London-based law firm RPC is expanding its global insurance platform with the launch of a six-firm international network. The network, Global Access Lawyers, will include six firms from different countries with the aim of giving clients greater access to insurance law specialists across different international markets. Firms joining the network alongside RPC’s existing offices in the UK and Asia include Australia’s Colin Biggers & Paisley, Canadian firm Miller Thomson, Kennedy Van Der Laan in the Netherlands and MHN & Partners in France.
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Law firm Dentons has recruited five new partners from Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP in an effort to strengthen its insurance law practice.
In total, nine legal professionals will join Dentons from Cassels, including three associates and a law clerk.
“If we were going to be the recognized leading global law firm in Canada, we needed to scale up in a number of major markets including Toronto,” said Blair McCreadie, Dentons’ Toronto managing partner. “Adding star talent like this is really critical to that strategy.”
Dentons secures five-partner insurance team from Cassels in Canada
03 February 2021
Insurance flagged as a huge priority as nine-strong team joins Toronto and Calgary offices
Toronto Shutterstock Dentons’ Canada arm has boosted its insurance capability with the hire of a nine-strong team including five partners from Cassels Brock & Blackwell. The move deepens the global giant’s capability across corporate, regulatory and disputes with the firm identifying the sector as a ‘huge priority’ in 2021. The team, which will be spread across Dentons’ Toronto and Calgary offices, is led by rated regulatory specialist Laurie LaPalme, a longstanding Cassels partner, having joined the firm from Torys in 2003.