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Practical Law Canada drives career advancement
David McHugh, who’s been practicing law at Segev LLP for eight years now, recently became a partner with the firm. His practice runs the gamut from business law, mergers and acquisitions, and technology contracting to employment law.
He started using Practical Law Canada at the beginning of his career and immediately found it useful. “The materials were just excellent compared to anything else I had seen,” recalls McHugh.
At that time, he’d been wanting to expand into employment law. “So, I made the pitch to the firm that Practical Law would give me the tools—and confidence—I needed to begin an employment law practice.” He got the firm to subscribe — and McHugh has successfully been practicing employment law ever since.
A precedents library beyond all others
At this stage in his career, McHugh turns to Practical Law primarily for its precedent library. “I’ve compared it with a lot of different precedents out there, and the Practical Law precedents are by far the strongest I've seen,” he says. “They’re very close to what you need as a final product.”
Expansion into niche market areas
Practical Law Canada gives McHugh and other lawyers at Segev the tools and information they need to serve their clients successfully — even in situations that aren’t exactly straightforward.
When cannabis was first legalized in Canada, McHugh recalls, “We started having a lot of cannabis-related clients that were growing and then needing to distribute their product.”
This was a new area for everyone at the time. McHugh and his team leveraged Practical Law’s distribution agreement precedents, checklists, and practice notes. “Having these materials gave us a really strong foundation to put together strong guidance for our clients,” he said.
Technology contracting is another area where McHugh and his team have been able to leverage and modify Practical Law’s resources to serve client needs. “No matter which side of the transaction you're on, you have great materials available in Practical Law to put together an excellent contract,” says McHugh.
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