MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP ("MLT") has a culture that emphasizes quality, cost-effective legal services, mutual respect and teamwork. The sophistication of our practice and our national reputation for excellence flow directly from that culture. We work hard to maintain it.

A fundamental feature of our practice philosophy is that we see our clients as clients of the firm rather than of individual lawyers. This approach matches the expertise of our lawyers with the particular legal requirements of our clients to ensure that every client receives the best possible advice in a timely manner.

Since its founding in 1920 MLT has grown to become a firm of over 100 lawyers with offices in Regina, Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatoon. Although much of our practice is focused in Saskatchewan and Alberta, we have always been actively involved in assignments in other Canadian jurisdictions, the United States and elsewhere in the world. As part of our commitment to serve our clients with business ventures beyond western Canada we became a founding member of "Lex Mundi," an association of over 15,000 lawyers practicing in more than 150 jurisdictions worldwide.

Reviser of the Saskatchewan Law Digest for this Directory.

Statement of Practice

General Commercial Practice. Corporate and Commercial Law. Labour and Employment Law. Trial and Appellate Practice. Taxation and Estate Planning. Banking and Corporate Finance. Natural Resource Law. Securities. Bankruptcy and Insolvency. Aboriginal Law. Technology, Privacy, Insurance Law. Real Estate Development. Environmental Law.

Firm Affiliations

LEX MUNDI

Representative Clients:

American Home Assurance Company
American International Companies
Bayer CropScience Inc.
The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd.
Cameco Corporation
Canada Safeway Ltd
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Canpotex Limited
Chrysler Credit Canada Ltd.
Cigar Lake Mining Corporation
Citadel General Assurance Company
Claude Resources, Inc.
Cogema Resources, Inc.
Confederation Trust Company
Coronation Insurance Company Limited
Crown Investments Corporation
CUCORP Financial Services
Farm Credit Corporation
Federal Pioneer Limited
General Motors Acceptance Corporation of Canada, Limited
Genex Swine Group, Inc.
The Great-West Life Assurance Company
Harvard Group of Companies
HDL Investments, Inc.
Hill Group of Companies
IMC Global, Inc
IPSCO Inc.
Laurentian Casualty Company of Canada
Luscar Ltd.
MacMillan Bloedel (Saskatchewan) Limited
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
Medis Health & Pharmaceutical Services Inc.
Mitchell's Gourmet Food, Inc.
Paul Revere Life Insurance Company
Petro Canada
Primerica Life Insurance
Reed Stenhouse (Insurance) Ltd.
Royal LePage Limited
CAA Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations
Saskatchewan Government Growth Fund Management Corporation
Saskatchewan Health Information Network
Saskatchewan Mining Association
Saskatchewan Potash Producers Association, Inc.
Saskatchewan Power Corporation
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board
Saskferco Products Inc.
Sears Canada Inc.
SGI Canada Insurance Services
Shell Canada Limited
Shoppers Drug Mart
Sovereign General Insurance Company
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Toronto Dominion Bank
Thomson Newspapers
TransCanada PipeLines Limited
United Dominion Industries Limited
University of Saskatchewan
Uranerz Exploration and Mining Limited
Via Rail Canada, Inc.
Wascana Energy, Inc.
Wellington Insurance Company
Weyerhaeuser Canada Limited, Saskatchewan Division.

Address

2507 TD Tower
10088 - 102 Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5J 2Z1, (Edmonton Jud. Dist.)
Canada

Phone

Phone: 780-969-3500
Fax: 780-969-3549

Website

http://www.mlt.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

PARTNERS

Leonard W. Hendrickson (Partner) born Taber, Alberta; admitted to bar, 1973, Alberta. Education: University of Alberta (B.A., 1971; LL.B. 1972). Member: Edmonton and Canadian (Member, Civil Litigation and Creditors Rights Subsections) Bar Associations; Law Society of Alberta. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation(65%); Commercial Law; Creditors Rights(20%); Banking Law; Shareholders Law(15%); Securities.Email: Leonard W. Hendrickson

L. Neil Gower, Q.C. (Partner) born Edmonton, Alberta; admitted to bar, 1974, Alberta; 1975, Northwest Territories. Education: University of Alberta (B.A., 1972; LL.B., 1973). Member: Edmonton, Canadian and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Trust Law; Real Estate Development.Email: L. Neil Gower, Q.C.

Douglas A. Ballou (Partner) born Regina, Saskatchewan; admitted to bar, 1984, Saskatchewan; 2006, Alberta. Education: University of Saskatchewan (B.Comm., great distinction and high honours in accounting, 1980; LL.B., 1983). Member: Canadian Bar Association. Practice Areas: Securities Law; Business Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Financing; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Energy; International Business Law; Partnership Law; Pension and Profit Sharing.Email: Douglas A. Ballou

Salvatore (Sam) N. Amelio (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, Alberta. Education: University of Alberta (B.A., with high honours, 2000; LL.B., 1983). Certified, Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP). Member: Edmonton and Canadian Bar Associations. Languages: English and Italian. Practice Areas: Banking and Corporate Finance; Business Law; Real Estate Development.Email: Salvatore (Sam) N. Amelio

Adam D. Merrick (Partner) born Toronto, Ontario; admitted to bar, 2000, Alberta. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., cum laude, 1995); University of Alberta (LL.B., 1999). Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate Development; Banking and Corporate Finance.Email: Adam D. Merrick

TAX COUNSEL

Garnet T. Matsuba (Tax Counsel) born Edmonton, Alberta; admitted to bar, 1985, Alberta. Education: University of Alberta (B.Com., with distinction, 1981; LL.B., with distinction, 1984). Member: Canadian Bar Association; Canadian Tax Foundation. Practice Areas: Taxation.Email: Garnet T. Matsuba

ASSOCIATES

Nonnie Jackson (Associate) born Edmonton, Alberta; admitted to bar, 2007, Alberta. Education: University of Alberta (B.A., Native Studies, with honours; LL.B., 2006). Practice Areas: Business Law; First Nations Law.Email: Nonnie Jackson

Josie L. Saab (Associate) born Calgary, AB, Canada; admitted to bar, 2007, Alberta. Education: University of Alberta (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction in English and Psychology, 2002); University of Calgary (LL.B., 2006). Member: Alberta Bar Association. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Banking Law; Business Law; Real Estate.Email: Josie L. Saab

Amanda M. Read (Associate) born Toronto, Ontario; admitted to bar, 2007, Alberta. Education: University of Alberta (B.Sc., 1999; B.A., with distinction, 2003; LL.B., 2006). Member: Canadian Bar Association. Transactions: Jaundry v. Ruman, 2006 ABPC 337. Languages: English and French. Practice Areas: Litigation; Wills and Estates.Email: Amanda M. Read

Eric P. Vaillant (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Alberta. Education: University of Alberta (B.Comm., 2004; LL.B., 2007). Member: Edmonton and Canadian Bar Associations. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law.Email: Eric P. Vaillant

Kelli Lemon (Associate) born Regina, Alberta; admitted to bar, 2009, Alberta. Education: Brock University (B.A., Psychology, with distinction, 2001); University of Calgary (LL.B., 2008). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance; Health Law; Education Law.Email: Kelli Lemon

COUNSEL

Barry J. Massing (Counsel) born Camrose, Alberta; admitted to bar, 1979, Alberta. Education: University of Alberta (B.A., 1975; LL.B., 1978). Member: Edmonton Bar Association. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Litigation; Professional Regulatory and Association.Email: Barry J. Massing