WeirFoulds LLP, formed in 1860, is one of Canada's oldest and most prestigious law firms (Firm Timeline).
The firm is focused on four broad areas of practice: Litigation, Corporate, Property and Government Law. An impressively large percentage of the partners of WeirFoulds are leading practitioners in the firm's chosen practice areas.
Managing Partner
Lisa A. Borsook
T: (416) 947-5003
lborsook@weirfoulds.com
Media Contact
Kathy Chan
Marketing Manager
T: (416) 947-5042
kchan@weirfoulds.com
Address
WeirFoulds LLP
1600 - 130 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5X 1J5
T: (416) 365-1110
F: (416) 365-1876
firm@weirfoulds.com
Firm Rankings
- #1 in Real Estate in both Ontario and Toronto, Best Lawyers in Canada
- Top 10 in Securities, Best Lawyers in Canada
- #1 Business Case, 2006, Lexpert Magazine
- Top 10 of the GTA's most prolific development lawyers 1998-2007, Novae Res Urbis
- One of Lexpert's 2007 and 2008 Rising Stars – Leading Lawyers Under 40
- Listed in the Lexpert Guide to the Leading 100 Canada/US Cross-Border Litigators
- Listed in the Top 100 and "Top 25 To Watch" in the Lexpert Guide to the Leading 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada
- Listed in Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers
- Listed in the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert and American Lawyer Media
- Listed in the International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators, Law Business Research and PLC Global Counsel 3000
- Listed in "Bet-the-Company Litigation", Best Lawyers in Canada
Quick Facts on Current and Former Members of the Firm
- Four Treasurers (heads) of the Law Society of Upper Canada (including the current Treasurer)
- Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers
- Honorary members of the Commercial Bar Association of England and Wales
- Members of FICCI Arbitration and Conciliation Tribunal (FACT) – India's leading arbitration institute
- Current member of the Ontario Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee
- Current President of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL)
- First recipient of the McMurtry Award from Pro Bono Law Ontario
- Current (and first) Chair of the Board of Directors of Ontario's new Human Rights Legal Support Centre
- First recipient of the Arleen Goss Award for Young Advocates from The Advocates' Society
- 13 former partners made federally appointed judges
- 8 former partners appointed to Courts of Appeal in Canada, including former Ontario Chief Justice George Alexander Gale, Supreme Court of Canada Justice Roy Kellock and Ontario Court of Appeal Justice John Arnup
- Current and former firm members honoured as Members and Officers of the Order of Canada and recipients of honorary degrees from major Canadian universities