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 practised 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.