12 November 2025NewsCareersTom Phillips

‘Instrumental’ IP law firm group CEO to retire after 30 years

A well-known figure who oversaw acquisitions of Smart & Biggar, ROBIC, and Bereskin & Parr, will step down after nearly nine years in the top job.

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