Gowling WLG achieves outstanding showing in 2020 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

24 April 2020

Gowling WLG has had yet another exceptional performance in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Overall, 238 Gowling WLG professionals were recognized in 382 rankings across 46 practice areas in the 2020 edition of the directory.

Published annually since 1997, the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory bases its results on an extensive peer survey process. It profiles leading practitioners across Canada in more than 60 practice areas, as well as leading law firms in more than 40 practice areas.

Firm Rankings

Gowling WLG was named a leading law firm in 27 practice areas with a total of 75 rankings across all the Canadian offices. To view the ranked practice areas by city, open the lists below.

Firm rankings by city

Individual Rankings

The following Gowling WLG professionals are listed in the 2020 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory:

Advertising & Marketing Law
Daniel Cole
Brian R. Fraser
John G. Leckie
Christopher Oates
Lewis Retik
André Rivest
Susan Vogt

Asset Equipment Finance/Leasing
Guy David
David B. Kierans

Banking & Financial Institutions
Christopher N. Alam
Merie-Anne Beavis
Elizabeth Burton
David F.W. Cohen
Sarah Crowe
Graham H. H. Darling
Guy David
Kenneth W. Hanbidge
Amanda Jackson
Wayne A. Kerrick
Rosa Lupo
Manuel A. Martins
Terry T. Moffatt
Leigh Ann Sheather
Mark D. Tamminga
Derek Winnett
Lilly A. Wong

Biotechnology
Paul Armitage
Anthony G. Creber
Brian G. Kingwell
Anita Nador
John Norman
Patrick Stewart Smith
Jane B.H. Steinberg
Christopher C. Van Barr

Charities/Not-For-Profit Law
Carole Chouinard
David P. Stevens

Class Actions
Sandra Barton
David C. Bishop
John Callaghan
Mary M. Thomson

Commercial Arbitration
Richard G. Dearden
Wendy J. Wagner

Computer & IT Law
Paul Armitage
Regina M. Corrigan
Parna Sabet-Stephenson
Marc Tremblay

Construction Law
Neil S. Abbott
Ted Betts
Darryl J. Brown
Louis-Pierre Grégoire
Brian G. Kapusianyk, QC

Corporate Commercial Law
Todd Bissett
Stephen Cross
D.E. Gordon Cudney
Keith Desjardins
Robert Dorion
Viona M. Duncan
Cynthia L. Elderkin
Peter D. Fairey, QC
J. Scott Fletcher
Sean Gomes
Karen E. Hennessey
Thomas K. Hunter
Derek S. Keay
Aubrey Lasky
Lorraine Mastersmith
Neil McCormick (Leading Lawyer to Watch)
W. Ian Palm
W. David Petras
Ahsan Sadiq
Lorne W. Segal
Pam Vermeersch
Wayne B. Warren

Corporate Finance & Securities
Guy David
Robert Dorion
F. John Durdan
Sean Gomes
Bryce A. Kraeker
Cyndi D. Laval
Lorraine Mastersmith
Tina Woodside-Shaw

Corporate Mid-Market
Daniel M. Allen
Naïm Alexandre Antaki
Nurhan Aycan
Aleksandar (Sacha) Babic
Jonathan Behar
Karyn Bradley
Paul Carenza
Gordon Chmilar
Irene Choe
Robert Dorion
Viona M. Duncan
F. John Durdan
Myron B. Dzulynsky
Cynthia L. Elderkin
Chris Eustace
Peter D. Fairey, QC
Filomena Frisina
Michael Garellek
Kenneth W. Hanbidge
Henry A. Harris
Karen E. Hennessey
Michael Herman
Linda J. Hogg
Robert G.S. Hull
Tom K. Hunter
Brett A. Kagetsu
Derek Keay
Peter Koch
Bryce A. Kraeker
Aubrey Lasky
Cyndi D. Laval
Luc Lissoir
Pierre Lissoir
Rosa Lupo
Manuel A. Martins
Lorraine Mastersmith
Stephen D. McKersie
R. Ian Mitchell
Martin Mix
Stuart M. Olley
W. Ian Palm
Greg Peterson
W. David Petras
Stephen A. Pike
Kathleen M. Ritchie
Parna Sabet-Stephenson
Jason A. Saltzman
Lorne W. Segal
Greg P. Shannon, QC
Denis Silva
Peter Simeon
Frank Y. Sur
Faran Umar-Khitab
Pam Vermeersch
Wayne B. Warren
Steve R. Will
Tina Woodside-Shaw
Rafal Wrzesien

Corporate Tax
Laura Gheorghiu (Leading Lawyer to Watch)

Employment Law (Employer)
Christopher M. Andree
Will Cascadden
David J. Corry, QC
Luc Deshaies
P.A. Neena Gupta
Mark Josselyn
Melanie Polowin
Elisa Scali

Energy (Electricity)
Adam Chamberlain
John Hurley
Ian A. Mondrow
James H. Smellie

Energy (Oil & Gas)
Ian A. Mondrow
James H. Smellie
Laura Van Soelen (Leading Lawyer to Watch)

Entertainment Law
Susan H. Abramovitch

Environmental Law
Wally Braul
Adam Chamberlain
Harry Dahme
Jennifer Danahy
Jennifer King (Leading Lawyer to Watch)
Natalie Mullins
Rodney Northey

Estate & Personal Tax Planning (Estate & Tax Planning)
Douglas D. Buchmayer
Carole Chouinard
Sandra R. Stephenson
David P. Stevens

Estate & Personal Tax Planning (Estate Litigation)
Brian E. Cohen
David M. Lobl
Archie Rabinowitz

Financial Institutions Regulation – Ontario
Filomena Frisina

Franchise Law (Franchisor)
Peter Vanvliet Snell
Debi M. Sutin

Immigration Law
Bill MacGregor
Krista Schofer (Leading Lawyer to Watch)

Indigenous Law
Denis Blanchette
Jeremy Bouchard
Wally Braul
Cam Cameron
Adam Chamberlain
Jean-Sébastien Clément
Brian A. Crane, QC
François Dandonneau
Maxime Faille
John Hurley
Josh Jantzi
Jaimie Lickers
Graham Ragan
Guy Régimbald
Paul Seaman
Matthew Sherrard
Scott A. Smith
Robert Winogron

Infrastructure Law
Merie-Anne E. Beavis
Ted Betts
Darryl J. Brown
Irene Choe
Guy David
Myron Dzulynsky
Faithe H. Holder
Robert G.S. Hull
David B. Kierans
Luc Lissoir
Phuong Ngo
Laurie Sanderson
Lindsay Wong

Insolvency & Financial Restructuring (Financial Restructuring)
Colin D. Brousson
David F.W. Cohen
Tom Cumming
Lorne W. Segal

Insolvency & Financial Restructuring (Insolvency Litigation)
Alexander Bayus
Clifton P. Prophet
E. Patrick Shea

Intellectual Property
Timothy C. Bailey
Melissa Binns
James H. Buchan
Shelagh Carnegie
Stéphane E. Caron
Peter W. Choe
Regina M. Corrigan
Monique M. Couture
Anthony G. Creber
Michael Crichton
Ron Dimock
Scott Foster
Douglas G.H. Fyfe
Kelly Gill
Neil W. Henderson
Doak Horne
Scott Jolliffe
Selena Kim
Brian G. Kingwell
Brian Y. Lee
James E. Longwell
Robert A. MacDonald
Eric Macramalla
Laurent Massam
Peter Milne
Frank Mulock
Christopher J. Pibus
Roch Ripley
Kevin Sartorio
Martha J. Savoy
Patrick Stewart Smith
Lisa Thorne (Leading Lawyer to Watch)
Christopher C. Van Barr
Jennifer L. Wilkie
Jay Zakaïb

International Trade Regulation
Richard G. Dearden
Wendy J. Wagner

Labour Relations (Management)
Luc Deshaies
Pierre Pilote

Litigation - Commercial Insurance
Mike Adlem
David C. Bishop
Louis A. Frapporti
Brian G. Kapusianyk, QC
Paul J. Stein, QC

Litigation - Corporate Commercial
Jacqueline Armstrong Gates
Sandra Barton
David C. Bishop
Joëlle Boisvert
Michael Bordin
Todd J. Burke
John E. Callaghan
Louis A. Frapporti
Amanda Jackson
Scott Kugler
Leigh Ann Sheather
Sean M. Sullivan
Anne Tardif (Leading Lawyer to Watch)
Kenneth J. Warren, QC
D. Lynne Watt

Litigation - Corporate Tax
John Sorensen

Litigation - Defamation & Media
Mark Bantey
Richard G. Dearden
Wendy J. Wagner

Litigation — Directors' & Officers' Liability
David C. Bishop
Kenneth J. Warren, QC

Litigation – Intellectual Property
Anthony G. Creber
Michael Crichton
Ron Dimock
Scott Foster
Kelly Gill
Scott Jolliffe
Selena Kim
Robert A. MacDonald
Laurent Massam
Christopher J. Pibus
Marc Richard
Kevin Sartorio
Patrick Smith
Christopher C. Van Barr

Litigation — Product Liability
Jacqueline Armstrong Gates
David C. Bishop
Domenic A. Crolla
Brian G. Kapusianyk, QC
Mary M. Thomson

Litigation — Regulatory & Public Law
Brian A. Crane, QC
Guy Régimbald

Litigation – Securities
Usman Sheikh (Leading Lawyer to Watch)

Medical Negligence (Defendants)
François Baril
Daniel Boivin
Wayne Brynaert
Taryn C. Burnett
Adriana I. Cargnello
Domenic A. Crolla
Donald Dow
Karen A. Hamway
Martin Lapner
Donna M. MacKenzie
Megan L. McMahon
Maureen Murphy
Karen Pirie
Tim Ryan
Robert Sheahan
Laura B. Stewart
Kenneth J. Warren, QC

Mergers & Acquisitions
Jonathan Behar
Robert Dorion
Viona M. Duncan
F. John Durdan
Sean Gomes
Karen E. Hennessey
Thomas K. Hunter
Derek S. Keay
Bryce A. Kraeker
Aubrey Lasky
Stephen D. McKersie
W. Ian Palm
W. David Petras
Lorne W. Segal

Mining
Brett A. Kagetsu
Cyndi D. Laval
France M. Tenaille
Tina M. Woodside-Shaw

Personal Injury (Defendants)
Tanya A. Frizzell
Brian G. Kapusianyk, QC
Philip W. Nykyforuk
Paul J. Stein, QC

Private Equity
Bryce A. Kraeker
W. Ian Palm

Professional Liability
Michael Bordin
Todd J. Burke
Domenic A. Crolla
Donald Dow
David M. Lobl
Archie Rabinowitz
Mary M. Thomson

Project Finance
Merie-Anne Beavis
Darryl J. Brown
Guy David
David B. Kierans

Property Development
Roberto Aburto
Sylvia Adriano
Murray Braaten
Darryl J. Brown
Sarah Crowe
John S. Doherty
Mark R. Giavedoni
Pamela Green
Kenneth W. Hanbidge
Rosa Lupo
Michael S. Polowin

Property Leasing
Joel Camley
Sarah Crowe
Graham H. H. Darling
Julie Desrochers
Stacey J. Handley
Syll Kushner
Rosa Lupo
Manuel A. Martins
Mark A. McHughan
Susan D. Rosen
Laurie J. Sanderson
Darren Taylor
François Viau

Technology Transactions
Paul Armitage
Regina M. Corrigan
Viona M. Duncan
F. John Durdan
Sean Gomes
Tom K. Hunter
Derek S. Keay
W. Ian Palm
W. David Petras
Parna Sabet-Stephenson

Workplace Human Rights (Employer)
Christopher M. Andree
Will Cascadden
David J. Corry, QC
P.A. Neena Gupta

People mentioned