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it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . november 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message fraser milner casgrain llp fmc type private industry law founded 1839 headquarters canada with offices in montreal ottawa toronto edmonton calgary and vancouver website www.fmc law.com as of march 28 2013 fraser milner casgrain combined with salans and snr denton to form dentons . fraser milner casgrain llp fmc was one of canada s leading business litigation and tax law firms . with more than 560 lawyers 175 litigators it is the sixth largest law firm in canada as well as the largest law firm in western canada . 1 fmc is a fully integrated national partnership with offices in montreal ottawa toronto edmonton calgary and vancouver . on november 8 2012 it was announced that fmc would combine with international law firms snr denton and salans to form the 7th largest law firm in the world by number of lawyers and professionals . 2 history edit for more than 170 years fraser milner casgrain llp fmc has grown organically and through mergers the most notable being the 1998 merger between fraser & beatty a bay street firm and alberta based milner fenerty to form fraser milner and its subsequent merger with montreal based byers casgrain in 2000 to form fraser milner casgrain . the following list of dates can be found on fmc s website 3 1839 john willoughby crawford opens his law office in toronto the earliest predecessor of fraser & beatty . 1916 george hobson steer joins the edmonton law firm of rutherford jamieson & grant a predecessor of milner fenerty and the firm is renamed rutherford jamieson grant & steer . 1920 crombie worrell & gwynne barristers solicitors notaries a predecessor of fraser & beatty becomes worrell gwynne & beatty barristers solicitors notaries . 1921 hyndman milner & matheson a predecessor of milner fenerty becomes hyndman milner matheson carr & dafoe . 1945 milner steer poirier martland & bowker a predecessor of milner fenerty becomes milner steer dyde poirier martland & bowker . 1980 j. donald mawhinney q.c. and howard j. kellough q.c. establish mawhinney & kellough in vancouver . 1989 the supreme court of canada rules that national law firms are allowed to do business in canada a ruling that would set the stage for the union of fraser & beatty with mawhinney & kellough and later with milner fenerty and byers casgrain . the case was one of the earliest to deal with the charter of rights and freedoms . 1990 fraser & beatty barristers & solicitors with offices in toronto and ottawa merges with mawhinney & kellough in vancouver under the name fraser & beatty . when fraser & beatty merged with mawhinney & kellough it was one of the first law firm mergers in canada after the 1989 ruling . 1991 milner steer joins fenerty robertson becomes milner fenerty . 1998 fraser & beatty and alberta based milner fenerty becomes fraser milner . 2000 on june 6 fraser milner with offices in calgary edmonton toronto ottawa and vancouver merges with byers casgrain in montr al to form fraser milner casgrain . 2013 on march 28 fraser milner casgrain merges with snr denton and salans to form dentons . references edit the 30 largest law firms in canada 2010 salans fmc and snr denton to combine november 8 2012 fraser milner casgrain external links edit fraser milner casgrain llp fmc website fraser milner casgrain s.e.n.c.r.l. fmc french website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fraser milner casgrain & oldid 723220280 categories defunct law firms of canadalaw firms established in 18391839 establishments in canada2013 disestablishments in canadalaw firms disestablished in 2013hidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from november 2011all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles needing additional references from november 2011all 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