Torys Explained

Torys LLP
Headquarters:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Num Offices:	5
Num Attorneys:	360+ (2019)^[1]
Date Founded:	1941
Founder:	John Stewart Donald Tory
Company Type:	Limited liability partnership
Homepage:	www.torys.com

Torys LLP is a Canadian international corporate law firm with offices in Toronto, Calgary, New York, Montreal and Halifax. The firm acts for a wide range of commercial clients and financial institutions in Canada, the United States, and globally.

History

The firm was founded in 1941 by Toronto business lawyer John Stewart Donald Tory.

In the 1960s the firm was renamed Tory Tory DesLauriers & Binnington.

In 2000, it merged with New York law firm Haythe & Curley and was briefly known as Tory Haythe before being rebranded to Torys LLP.^[2]

Torys became a national firm with the opening of a Calgary office in 2011^[3] and a Montreal office in 2013.^[4]

The firm is one of the Seven Sisters, a group of seven prominent Canadian business law firms.^[5]

Notable lawyers

• John Tory, 65th and former Mayor of Toronto, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, grandson of founder John S. D. Tory
• Robert Prichard, current Chairman of the Bank of Montreal
• Anita Anand, Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada
• Frank Iacobucci, former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• John B. Laskin, justice of the Federal Court of Appeal
• Robert P. Armstrong, former Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
• Bill Davis, former Premier of Ontario

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: NALP Torys LLP.
2. Web site: Our Story; Torys LLP . Torys.com . 2020-01-29.
3. Web site: Torys Opens Calgary Office | Torys LLP . Torys.com . 2011-03-03 . 2013-08-15.
4. Web site: Rodrigue to Lead Torys' New Montréal Office; Torys LLP . Torys.com . 2011-03-03 . 2013-08-15.
5. Book: Financial Post.