Pierre Desrochers c.r. received the The Best Lawyers™ 2025 Commercial Leasing Law “Lawyer of the Year” award in Edmonton. Pierre was also recently selected by his peers to be listed in The Best Lawyers™ in Canada directory in the field of Commercial Leasing Law, Corporate Law, and Real Estate Law.
The Partners of McCuaig Desrochers LLP are pleased to announce that Nathan Po was again selected by his peers from across the country to be listed in The Best Lawyers™ in Canada in the field of Immigration Law. He has held this honour since 2018.
We are honored to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mr. Robert Curtis, KC, being called to the Bar and practicing at our firm! This significant milestone was marked by naming one of the firm’s boardroom the “Curtis Room.
We are pleased to announce that Jean-Pierre Desrochers has joined McCuaig Desrochers LLP. Jean-Pierre’s practice is focused on wills and estate planning, estate administration and litigation, employment, and corporate and commercial matters including share purchase transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial leases. Jean-Pierre is fluent in French and English, and is dedicated to helping his clients find practical and efficient solutions to their legal issues.
McCuaig Desrochers LLP is proud to announce that one of our partners, Nathan Po, was recently included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada for Immigration Law. Also, our partner, Pierre Desrochers, c.r., was selected by his peers to be included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada in the fields of Commercial Leasing Law, Corporate Law, and Real Estate Law.
Dramatic changes to Canada’s International Student Program were announced on January 22, 2024. The changes represent significant reforms designed to stabilize Canada’s International Student Program and remove some of the incentives that have driven explosive international student growth in certain provinces. Effective immediately, Canada has introduced a two-year cap on the number of study permits that it would issue. For the next two years, Canada will cap the intake of study permit applications with the goal of only approving approximately
On January 30, 2024, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada announced that they would begin accepting the Pearson Test of English (PTE Core) language test for all lines of business (except the Student Direct Stream). Offered by Pearson Canada Inc., the PTE Core test now joins the CELPIP and the IELTS test as one of the English tests that applicants can use in support of their immigration applications. For French tests, the Test d’évaluation de français pour le Canada (TEF Canada)
The Partners of McCuaig Desrochers LLP are excited to welcome our newest associates, Megan Franklin and Paul Smith. Megan has joined our team of litigators and has a passion for family law. Paul has joined our team of solicitors and is ready to help you to continue building your business plans. The Partners are also pleased to welcome our latest articling students, Hadeel Othman and Klarissa Rivero, and look forward to helping them continue a long career within the legal
McCuaig Desrochers LLP would like to congratulate our long-time friend and colleague, Doug Lynass KC, on his well-deserved retirement. Doug has been an active and highly-regarded member of the Edmonton legal community since 1976. During his distinguished legal career, Doug worked most recognizably at Lynass, Ferguson & Schoctor / Alberta Business Lawyers. We are honoured that Doug has placed his trust in McCuaig Desrochers LLP to assume the representation of many of his longstanding clients. His trusted assistant, Colleen Nichol,
The Government of Canada announced the introduction of the Recognized Employer Pilot (REP) on August 8, 2023. It was the first major policy announcement made by Edmonton Centre MP, Randy Boissonnault, in his new role as Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages. The Recognized Employer Pilot is designed to reduce the red-tape and administrative burden associated with hiring temporary foreign workers and will apply to a subset of those employers who have demonstrated a good track-record of compliance
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