Introduction

• Author: C. Ian Kyer
• Pages: 1-12

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INTRODUCTION

O    Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP is a legal be

hemothwithoverlawyersinsixocesacrossCanadaandinLondon

Paris and Johannesburg but it had a modest beginni ngI n it began

as a twoman rm in a si ngleha lffurnished room in TorontoThe legal

workofthosefoundingpartnerswasneitherhighprolenorparticularly

remunerative. They did debt collection and insolvency work for mortgage

lenders. They almost never appeared in court. One of the two was not even

qualiedasabarristerHowthendidthermtheyfoundedbecomeoneof

thestrongestlitigationpracticesinCanadaHowdidarmexpertinbank

ruptcy that served the legal needs of banks and insurance companies come

toberankedastheworldsleadingmininglawrm It seems a stretch to

act for both bank presidents and hard rock miners, yet that is exactly what

happenedThemodernlegalpracticeoftheFaskensrmcanbestbeunder

stoodandappreciatedbyastudyofitsrstyearsthecenturythattruly

shaped it.

Originally known as Beay  Chadwick the rm passed through

twentyfournamechangesoverthenextyearsandbywasknown

as FaskenC alvin MacKenzie Williston  Swackhamer In  the rm

adopted the name Fasken & Calvin, which it retained unchanged until its

mergerwithCampbellGodfreyLewtasonNovembertocreateFas

kenCampbellGodfreyOnFebruaryittookonthepresentnameFas

kenMartineauDuMoulinLLPfollowingmergerswithQuebecsMartineau