private industry law firm founded 1887 products legal advice website http www.gowlings.com gowling lafleur henderson llp gowlings was a leading canadian and international law firm with over 700 legal professionals in 10 offices across canada and in london moscow and beijing . the firm offered full service legal support in all major aspects of business law advocacy litigation and intellectual property law with expertise in dozens of practice areas and industries . on july 8 2015 gowlings announced that they would amalgamate with uk firm wragge lawrence graham & co to create a new international law firm called gowling wlg . 1 the new firm launched in february 2016 . 2 contents 1 history 2 milestones 3 notable past and present firm members 4 references history edit gowlings traces its origins to the firm henderson & mcveity which was founded in ottawa in 1887 . 3 4 as the firm grew over the next century its name passed through numerous permutations but three figures remained dominant gordon gowling george and gordon henderson . 5 in the 1980s the firm expanded beyond its traditional ottawa base establishing offices in toronto kitchener and moscow . starting in the mid 1990s gowlings methodically solidified a national platform through a succession of mergers with other law firms in vancouver hamilton calgary montr al and toronto . 6 the firm eventually adopted the simple brand name gowlings which had long been in informal use . 7 milestones edit 1970 the firm assumes the name gowling and henderson after founders gordon gowling and gordon f. henderson in ottawa 1980 gowling and henderson opens a toronto office 1986 gowlings merges with simmers harper and jenkins in waterloo 1987 gowlings celebrates 100 years as a law firm 1989 gowlings merges with the toronto firm strathy archibald & seagram to form gowling strathy & henderson 1992 gowlings opens an office in moscow serving russia the cis and the baltic states 1994 gowlings opens an office in vancouver 1995 gowlings opens an office in hamilton 2000 gowlings opens an office in calgary through a merger with code hunter 2000 gowlings merges with lafleur brown of montr al and montpellier mckeen varabioff talbot and giuffre of vancouver to become gowling lafleur henderson llp 2001 gowlings merges with calgary based ballem macinnes llp 2001 gowlings merges with smith lyons llp enhancing the firm s ip and business law capabilities and positioning gowlings as the second largest law firm in canada 2008 gowlings establishes new corporate governance model with an executive committee and board of trustees 2008 gowlings opens an office in london u.k. 2011 gowlings opens a representative office in beijing china through gowlings international inc. 2015 gowlings announces that it is joining forces with wragge lawrence graham & co to create a new international law firm gowling wlg set to launch in 2016 notable past and present firm members edit leonard walter brockington 1888 1966 . founding chairman of the cbc 1936 1939 8 gordon f. henderson 1912 1993 . president of the canadian bar association 1979 1980 ; 9 chancellor of the university of ottawa 1991 1993 10 roy mcmurtry 1932 . attorney general of ontario 1975 1985 and chief justice of ontario 1996 2007 11 ray hnatyshyn 1934 2002 . 24th governor general of canada 1990 1995 12 ian scott 1934 2006 . attorney general of ontario 1985 1990 13 donald mazankowski 1935 . deputy prime minister of canada 1986 1993 14 martin cauchon 1962 . minister of justice canada and attorney general of canada 2002 2003 ; minister of national revenue canada 1999 2002 15 lawrence cannon 1947 . minister of foreign affairs canada 2006 2008 and stephen harper s former quebec lieutenant 16 17 references edit gowlings joins forces with wragge lawrence graham & co to launch new international law firm gowling wlg . http www.gowlings.com news news.asp newsid 983 & lang 0 new international law firm gowling wlg launches today . gowling wlg . 22 february 2016 . retrieved 24 february 2016 . establishing a business in canada . backgrounder . gowlings bulletin . gowling lafleur henderson llp . 2004 . archived from the original on 2006 10 30 . retrieved 2007 02 05 . the predecessor firm of henderson & mcveity was mactavish and maccracken founded in 1877 . george f. henderson and maccracken became partners in 1889 . citation needed melnitzer julius may 2001 . can he pull it off the gowlings gamble . lexpert magazine may 2001 72 . pitts gordon . gowlings cements giant merger . the globe and mail july 5 2001 canadian business . macaulay ann . by any other name . canadian lawyer november december 2000 12 . brockington leonard 1954 . st. george and merrie england . the empire club of canada speeches 1953 1954 . the empire club foundation . retrieved 2007 02 05 . cba past presidents . canadian bar association . 2006 . retrieved 2007 02 05 . past chancellors of the university . administration & governance . university of ottawa . retrieved 2007 02 05 . mcnish jacquie 2007 06 05 . mcmurtry s pro bono crusade . the globe and mail . retrieved 2007 06 08 . hnatyshyn named chancellor . carleton university . 2002 . retrieved 2007 02 05 . horgan mary ann ; sine mackinnon 1997 05 30 . justice decarteret cory ian scott and mel lastman to receive honorary degrees from york university . media release archive . york university . p. 1 . retrieved 2007 02 05 . rt. hon donald f. mazankowski . forbes.com . forbes . retrieved 2007 02 05 . bernstein hannah 2004 08 17 . martin cauchon receives cba sogic ally award . canadian bar association . cba.org . retrieved 2007 02 05 . http www.international.gc.ca ministers ministres lawrence cannon.aspx view d gray jeff 2011 10 04 lawrence cannon lands at gowlings globeandmail.com retrieved 2011 11 14 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gowlings & oldid 737982109 categories defunct law firms of canadahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2011pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 06 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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