Gowling WLG professionals earned 42 listings across 23 areas of law in the 2017 edition of Chambers Canada. In addition, Gowling WLG was recognized as a leading law firm in 23 categories.

In-house counsel and executives have referred to Chambers' guides to identify the world's top lawyers and firms for over two decades. Rankings in Chambers Canada cover 40 specialist practice areas, and are based on an extensive peer and client interview process in which a number of qualities are assessed - from technical ability and client service to diligence and professional conduct.

Gowling WLG was recognized as a leading law firm in the following areas:

Aboriginal Law
Advertising & Marketing
Banking & Finance
Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded (Alberta)
Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded (British Columbia)
Dispute Resolution (Ontario)
Energy: Power
Environment
Franchising
Healthcare
Insurance: Dispute Resolution
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Intellectual Property
International Trade/WTO
Life Sciences
Projects: PPP & Infrastructure
Public Procurement
Real Estate
Real Estate (Ontario)
Restructuring/Insolvency
Tax
Transportation: Aviation
White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

A total of 40 Gowling WLG professionals are listed in Chambers Canada 2017:

Aboriginal Law
Brian A. Crane, QC
Maxime Faille
Merle C. Alexander

Advertising & Marketing
Brenda L. Pritchard
Brian R. Fraser
Daniel Cole
Susan Vogt

Corporate/Commercial
Robert Dorion (Recognized Practitioner)

Dispute Resolution (Alberta)
David C. Bishop

Employment & Labour
Luc Deshaies (Recognized Practitioner)

Employment (Alberta)
David J. Corry, QC

Energy: Power (Regulatory)
James H. Smellie
David J. McFadden, QC
Ian A. Mondrow

Environment
Harry Dahme
Mark L. Madras

Franchising
Debi M. Sutin
Peter Vanvliet Snell

Healthcare
Domenic A. Crolla

Insurance: Dispute Resolution
Brian G. Kapusianyk, QC

Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Filomena Frisina

Intellectual Property
Robert A. MacDonald

Intellectual Property: Litigation
Anthony G. Creber
Christopher C. Van Barr

International Trade/WTO
Richard G. Dearden
Wendy J. Wagner

Litigation: Products Liability
Mary M. Thomson (Recognized Practitioner)

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Glen Jennings

Projects: PPP & Infrastructure
Darryl J. Brown

Public Procurement
Phuong T.V. Ngo

Real Estate
Laurie J. Sanderson
Mark A. McHughan

Real Estate (Ontario)
Laurie J. Sanderson
Mark A. McHughan

Restructuring/Insolvency
Alex MacFarlane
Clifton P. Prophet
David F.W. Cohen
Derrick Tay
Jennifer Stam
Colin D. Brousson
John I. McLean, QC

Tax
Ash Gupta