Torys
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Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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No. of offices | 5 |
No. of attorneys | 360+ (2019)[1] |
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Date founded | 1941 |
Founder | John Stewart Donald Tory |
Company type | Limited liability partnership |
Website | www.torys.com |
Torys LLP is a Canadian international corporate law firm with offices in Toronto, Calgary, New York, Montreal and Halifax. The firm acts for a wide range of commercial clients and financial institutions in Canada, the United States, and globally.
History
[edit]The firm was founded in 1941 by Toronto business lawyer John Stewart Donald Tory.
In the 1960s the firm was renamed Tory Tory DesLauriers & Binnington.
In 2000, it merged with New York law firm Haythe & Curley and was briefly known as Tory Haythe before being rebranded to Torys LLP.[2]
Torys became a national firm with the opening of a Calgary office in 2011[3] and a Montreal office in 2013.[4]
The firm is one of the Seven Sisters, a group of seven prominent Canadian business law firms.[5]
Notable lawyers
[edit]- John Tory, 65th and former Mayor of Toronto, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, grandson of founder John S. D. Tory
- Robert Prichard, current Chairman of the Bank of Montreal
- Anita Anand, Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada
- Frank Iacobucci, former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- John B. Laskin, justice of the Federal Court of Appeal
- Robert P. Armstrong, former Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
- Bill Davis, former Premier of Ontario
References
[edit]- ^ "NALP Torys LLP".
- ^ "Our Story; Torys LLP". Torys.com. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- ^ "Torys Opens Calgary Office | Torys LLP". Torys.com. 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
- ^ "Rodrigue to Lead Torys' New Montréal Office; Torys LLP". Torys.com. 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
- ^ Financial Post.