Miller Thomson LLP launches new national brand

Added experience, clarity and value highlight competitive strengths

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TORONTO, Nov. 22 /CNW/ - National business law firm Miller Thomson LLP has launched a new brand that reflects the added experience, clarity and value delivered by the more than 450 lawyers working in the firm's nine offices across Canada.  

The new national brand includes a new visual identity, web site and marketing communications campaign aimed at reaffirming Miller Thomson's progressive, no-nonsense approach to the practices of business law and litigation. 

"We have grown substantially through mergers since the late 1990s and this brand effort is designed to reinforce the national culture that has been developing within our firm over the last ten years," said Gerald Courage, Chair of Miller Thomson. "We are not merely a collection of offices spanning the country. Our people share a vision - one that commits us to delivering practical, creative and cost-effective advice to our clients every day."   

The firm started as Miller, Thomson, Hicks & Sedgewick with six Toronto lawyers and has grown extensively thanks to a number of strategic mergers with long standing law firms across Canada. Some of those firms were established as far back as 150 years ago. Today, Miller Thomson has offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Markham, and Montréal.

"Miller Thomson has grown dramatically over the past decade," said Courage. "In fact, we have doubled in size in the last five years. Each time we have grown, we have strategically enhanced our capabilities, depth and available resources to better serve our steadily expanding domestic and international client base."

For the third year in a row, Miller Thomson has been named as a "Go-to Law Firm" in Corporate Counsel magazine's international reference directory, In-house Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies. This recognition places Miller Thomson in an exclusive group of law firms performing exceptional work for Fortune 500 companies.

"Our brand launch is the beginning of the next phase of the firm's growth ambitions," said Pierre Paquet, a partner in the firm's Montréal office, a member of Miller Thomson's Executive Committee and National Lead, Business Development and Marketing. "We see substantial opportunities in Canadian and international markets, based on our genuine, reliable and open approach to doing business. Clients continually comment on how easy it is to do business with us. In today's business climate, this is a core competitive strength."

In the past five years, Miller Thomson has grown from 230 to more than 450 lawyers focused on meeting the legal needs of businesses in Canada and abroad.

Growth at a Glance

1999 - Merger with Cook Duke Cox (Edmonton and Calgary)

2000 - Merger with Swinton & Company (Vancouver)

2002 - Merger with Sims Clement and Eastman (Kitchener-Waterloo)

2003 - Merger with Kearns McKinnon (Guelph)

2005 - Merger with Pouliot Mercure (Montréal)

2006 - London, Ontario office opens

Miller Thomson offers a complete range of business, advocacy and personal legal services to corporations, financial institutions, entrepreneurs, governments, not-for-profit organizations and individuals in Canada, and internationally.

About Miller Thomson

Miller Thomson LLP is a national business law firm with more than 450 lawyers working from nine offices across Canada. The firm offers a complete range of business law, advocacy and personal legal services. Miller Thomson works regularly with in-house legal departments and external counsel world-wide to facilitate cross-border and multinational transactions and business needs. Miller Thomson offices are located in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Markham, and Montréal.

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