The Montréal office marks the Atlanta firm’s 54th office worldwide. It will be led by partner Lucie Guimond who joined Ogletree Deakins in April, coming from Canadian-British firm Gowling WLG. Before that, she practiced law at her own firm.

“What I’ve seen is that many American clients have interest in Canada … and of course, they are looking for legal assistance, and many clients like to deal with the same firm all across” their business footprint, Guimond said.