Ratcheting up its already ambitious plans for expansion in the Canadian market, Cozen O’Connor has brought on John Tsiofas, a legal management expert who has been the head of operations for two of Canada’s biggest law firms.

Tsiofas, who until last year was the chief operating officer at Cassels Brock & Blackwell, will be based out of Cozen O’Connor’s Toronto office, where the firm said he will oversee administrative support operations for all its Canadian offices and will work closely with the firm’s senior management to execute the firm’s strategic vision in Canada. He was also previously COO at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg.