Fasken

Peter Feldberg (Managing Partner)^[1]

Date founded1999–2000 (merger)Company typeLimited liability partnershipWebsitewww.fasken.com

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (doing business as Fasken) is an international business law firm with approximately 925 lawyers and offices in Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec City, London and Johannesburg.^[2] The firm traces its origins to a predecessor firm that was originally founded in 1863.^[3] On 29 November 2017, the firm announced that it was changing its brand name from Fasken Martineau to Fasken.^[4]

History

Fasken is the result of a merger between three predecessor firms – Fasken Campbell Godfrey, Martineau Walker, and Russell & DuMoulin. Fasken Campbell Godfrey in Toronto was formed from the 1989 merger of two long-standing Toronto firms, Fasken & Calvin (which began as Beatty and Chadwick, founded in 1863 by William Henry Beatty and Edward Marion Chadwick)^[5] and Campbell Godfrey & Lewtas (which began as Howland & Arnoldi in the 1880s). Martineau Walker in Montreal dates from 1907, while Russell & DuMoulin in Vancouver dates from 1882.

In late 1999, Toronto-based Fasken Campbell Godfrey and Quebec-based Martineau Walker (of Montreal and Quebec City) joined together, forming Fasken Martineau. In February 2000, Vancouver-based Russell & DuMoulin joined the group to create Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP.^[6]

Notable members and alumni

Joel Lightbound, Canadian member of Parliament
Mark Andrews, University boat race winner
Jeff Dennis, Toronto entrepreneur
Guy Giorno, former political operative
Claude R. Thomson

References

^ "Peter Feldberg elected managing partner of Fasken Martineau following contentious vote". financialpost. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^ "Offices". www.fasken.com. Archived from the original on 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
^ "Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP fonds". archeion. Archived from the original on 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
^ "A new brand, a new website, a new name - One Fasken". www.fasken.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
^ Lawyers, Families, and Businesses: The Shaping of a Bay Street Law Firm, Faskens 1863-1963, by C. Ian Kyer, Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, 2013. Archived 2019-10-27 at the Wayback MachineISBN 978-1-55221-326-1
^ "That's History: Call of the Pacific lured Ontario lawyers". Lawtimesnews.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-02-13.