Miller Thomson has acquired boutique corporate commercial firm Zargar Lawyers in Vancouver, bringing in partner Maryam Zargar to lead the firm’s corporate and mergers and acquisitions group in the west coast Canadian city.

The firm, which has 11 offices across Canada, is actively in growth mode, Jay Hoffman, chair of Miller Thomson’s business law group, told Law.com International. The hire of Zargar and her team, counsel Sarah Kalil and associate Brandon Gill, is part of Miller Thomson’s strategy for bulking up the corporate group in the Vancouver market, he said.