Gowlings double merger enhances access to Montreal and Vancouver capital markets

Effective July 1 2000 Canadian technology law firm, Gowling, Strathy & Henderson will merge with Montreal corporate finance banking law firm Lafleur Brown. The merged firm will include more than 550 lawyers, patent and trademark agents. The merger puts the firm within the top three firms in Canada, rivalling March's Borden Ladner Gervais five firm merger.