MacMillan Law Firm serves clients with complex litigation, business transactions and family matters. Their team of attorneys has extensive experience in a wide range of practice areas including family, civil rights and small business law. They have a reputation for excellence and are a leading choice for large corporations and small businesses.
The firm’s history spans over a century and begins with the founding of the firm in 1903 by Newton Rowell and two other lawyers in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The firm later grew to seven lawyers in 1910, and was known as Rowell Reid & Wood. In the mid-twenties, Rhodes Scholar Roland Michener and Osgoode Hall graduate Daniel Lang formed another Toronto-based firm, which would eventually merge with McMillan LLP.
A broad-based international firm macmillan.law advises global companies in their expansion into Canada and Canadian firms seeking to do business abroad. Its Intellectual Property and Corporate/Commercial Groups are recognized as leaders in their fields. The firm also represents a variety of provincial and federal governments, trade organizations, private equity funds and foreign sovereign wealth funds.
The firm has a national reputation in representing corporate, institutional and government clients in complex financing and commercial transactions. It has substantial expertise in structured finance and securitization, mergers and acquisitions, public-private partnerships, privatization, government procurement and infrastructure, and the energy and natural resources sectors. The Firm’s litigation practice is widely respected, with numerous members listed in the 2023 edition of Lexpert’s “Canada’s Leading Litigators”.
In addition to its own vast collection of legal and other materials, the library offers access to all the holdings of Emory University’s Woodruff Library and several other school and departmental libraries, making it a particularly rich destination for research involving U.S. and United Nations documents, health sciences, and the many special collections in the Emory Manuscripts and Archives Library. Its modern, open design features a dramatic three-story atrium space and comfortable reading areas throughout. It also includes ten group study rooms.
Whether you are a small business owner or large corporation, we provide clear and customised legal advice to meet your unique needs. We have a deep understanding of the complexities of your business and work with you to achieve your goals. We help you take control of your situation and get to the bottom line. We are committed to building relationships with you that last. We understand the importance of delivering excellent service and we do that with our years of professional training, experience and common sense.