Awards and recognition
The Best Lawyers in Canada 2026™ recognizes 291 Gowling WLG lawyers
Lawyer of the Year
Twelve Gowling WLG partners have received the Best Lawyers® 2026 "Lawyer of the Year" award. This recognition is given to those lawyers who received the highest overall peer-feedback rating in their region and practice area.
Calgary
Regina Corrigan, Intellectual Property Law
Gregory Peterson, Private Funds Law
Darren Taylor, Real Estate Law
Ottawa
Domenic A. Crolla, Professional Malpractice Law
Donald Dow, Health Care Law
Derek Kay, Information Technology Law
Donna Mackenzie, Medical Negligence
Anne Tardif, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Christopher C. Van Barr, Intellectual Property Law
Vancouver
Brian Kingwell, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
Waterloo Region
Viona Duncan, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Thomas Hunter, Corporate Law
Lawyer of the Year
Twelve Gowling WLG partners have received the Best Lawyers® 2026 "Lawyer of the Year" award. This recognition is given to those lawyers who received the highest overall peer-feedback rating in their region and practice area.
Calgary
Regina Corrigan, Intellectual Property Law
Gregory Peterson, Private Funds Law
Darren Taylor, Real Estate Law
Ottawa
Domenic A. Crolla, Professional Malpractice Law
Donald Dow, Health Care Law
Derek Kay, Information Technology Law
Donna Mackenzie, Medical Negligence
Anne Tardif, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Christopher C. Van Barr, Intellectual Property Law
Vancouver
Brian Kingwell, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
Waterloo Region
Viona Duncan, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Thomas Hunter, Corporate Law
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™
Seventy-two Gowling WLG professionals have been recognized in the 2026 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada. This recognition is given to those "extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years, as voted by their peers."
Calgary
Reagan Chornoboy, Banking and Finance Law
Chris Dennehy, Banking and Finance Law
Madyson Dietrich, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Arielle Fewer, Securities Law
Miranda (Sinclair) Glazier, Labour and Employment Law
Kyle Harder, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Sarah Li, Intellectual Property Law
Caitlin Milne, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Jonathan Nisar, Construction Law
Theresa Nolan, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Tom Richards, Labour and Employment Law
Arielle Sie-Mah, Labour and Employment Law
Hamilton
Patrick Mc Ilhone, Trusts and Estates
Montréal
Camille Beaudry, Corporate Law
Marc-Antoine Bigras, Privacy and Data Security Law
Justin Boileau, Privacy and Data Security Law
Patrick Cajvan, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Maxime Champagne, Construction Law
Anissa Chekir, Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice
Gabriel D'Addona, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Valerie Di Lena, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Julie Djiezion, Banking and Finance Law
Nicolas Dolot, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
Nayla El Zir, Privacy and Data Security Law
Alexandre Farag, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Cédric Marsan-Lafond, Labour and Employment Law
Philippe Matziorinis, Intellectual Property Law
Georgi Paskalev, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Mathieu Santos-Bouffard, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Antoine Van Audenrode, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Denisa Voiculescu, Administrative and Public Law
Laurianne Walker-Hanley, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Ottawa
Phedely Ariste, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Kevin Banaschewski, Intellectual Property Law
Emily Bradley, Medical Negligence
Vanessa Carroll, Health Care Law
Michelle Cicchino, Municipal Law
Alyssa Flaherty-Spence, Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice
Hunter Fox, International Trade and Finance Law
François Guay-Racine, Health Care Law
Jenny Hepditch, Intellectual Property Law
Cassandra Khatchikian, Insurance Law
Graeme Macpherson, Administrative and Public Law
Jacob Polowin, Municipal Law
Rebecca Porter, Health Care Law
Sara Power, Health Care Law
Reem Zaia, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Toronto
Warren Cass, Securities Law
Jasleen Chahal, Intellectual Property Law
Anna Chen, Trusts and Estates
Kira Domratchev, Trusts and Estates
Jordan Epstein, Labour and Employment Law
Heather Fisher, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
William Foster, Intellectual Property Law
Jessica George, Corporate Law
Marcus Hinkley, Corporate Law
Kristen Kilroy, Intellectual Property Law
Alycia Riley, Labour and Employment Law
Kaila Scarrow, Banking and Finance Law
Kirsty Strong, Real Estate Law
Kate Yurkovich, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Vancouver
Karoline Clarke, Real Estate Law
Emma Hobbs, Environmental Law
Charlene R. Joanes,Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
Jonathan J. Lam, Labour and Employment Law
Jessica Ma, Real Estate Law
Tony Park, Real Estate Law
Hourak Rahmani, Real Estate Law
Jayde Wood, Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law
Anita Yuk, Corporate Governance Practice, Corporate Law
Waterloo Region
Gwenyth Stadig, Charities / Non-Profit Law
Shefali Rajaputra, Labour and Employment Law
Individual rankings
Individual rankings
The following lawyers earned listings in the 2026 guide:
Aboriginal law / Indigenous practice
Administrative and public law
Advertising and marketing law
Alternative dispute resolution
Appellate practice
Asset-based lending practice
Banking and finance law
Biotechnology and life sciences practice
Cannabis law
Charities/Non-profit law
Class action litigation
Commercial leasing law
Communications law
Competition / Antitrust law
Construction law
Corporate and commercial litigation
Corporate governance practice
Corporate law
Defamation and media law
Derivatives law
Director and officer liability practice
Education law
Employee benefits law
Energy law
Energy regulatory law
Entertainment law
Environmental law
Expropriation law
Family law
FinTech practice
Franchise law
Health care law
Immigration law
Information technology law
Insolvency and financial restructuring law
Insurance law
Intellectual property law
International arbitration
International trade and finance law
Labour and employment law
Legal malpractice law
Leveraged buyouts and private equity law
Medical negligence
Mergers & acquisitions law
Mining law
Municipal law
Natural resources law
Oil & gas law
Personal injury litigation
Privacy and data security law
Private funds law
Product liability law
Professional malpractice law
Project finance law
Public procurement law
Real estate law
Securities law
Structured finance law
Tax law
Technology law
Trusts and estates
Venture capital law
About Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers is an international series of guides that publishes annual listings of the leading lawyers in over 70 countries. Recognition is based entirely on an extensive peer-review process, with lawyers rating the professional abilities of colleagues within their area of practice.
About Gowling WLG
Gowling WLG is an international law firm built on the belief that the best way to serve you is to be in tune with your world, aligned with your opportunity and ambitious for your success. With more than 1,500 legal professionals in offices across Canada, the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we provide our clients with in-depth knowledge in key global sectors and a suite of legal services at home and abroad. We see the world through our clients' eyes, and collaborate across countries, offices, service areas and sectors to help them succeed, no matter how challenging the circumstances.