Lawson Lundell is pleased to announce that the latest edition of Chambers Canada has recognized 54 of our lawyers across 21 practice areas for their professional excellence, sector knowledge and effective client representation. The firm also achieved 20 practice area rankings, including Band 1 rankings in Aboriginal Law, Agribusiness: Forestry, Litigation: Administrative & Public Law (British Columbia), Corporate/Commercial: The Elite (British Columbia) and General Business Law (Northern Canada and Arctic).
Please join us in congratulating the full list of ranked lawyers and, in particular, these eight professionals who are newly recognized this year: Sean Adair, Laura Bevan, Shailaz Dhalla, Michelle Jones, Michael Low, Jag Shergill, Marika Strobl and Alexis Teasdale.
Practice Area Rankings
Aboriginal Law – Nationwide (Band 1)
Agribusiness: Forestry – Nationwide (Band 1)
Banking & Finance – Nationwide (Band 5)
Corporate/Commercial: The Elite – British Columbia (Band 1)
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration – Nationwide (Band 2)
Employment & Labour – British Columbia (Band 2)
Energy & Natural Resources: Mining – Nationwide (Band 2)
Energy: Oil & Gas – Nationwide (Band 4)
Energy: Power – Nationwide (Band 3)
Environment – Nationwide (Band 3)
General Business Law – Northern Canada and Arctic (Band 1)
Litigation: Administrative & Public Law – British Columbia (Band 1)
Litigation: General Commercial - Nationwide (Band 4)
Litigation: General Commercial - Alberta (Band 3)
Litigation: General Commercial - British Columbia (Band 2)
Pensions & Benefits – Nationwide (Band 2)
Real Estate - Alberta (Band 3)
Real Estate - British Columbia (Band 2)
Restructuring/Insolvency – Nationwide (Band 5)
- Tax – Nationwide (Band 5)
Lawyer Rankings
Aboriginal Law – Nationwide
- Keith Bergner, KC (Band 1)
- John Olynyk (Band 1)
- Lana Shipley (Band 3)
Agribusiness: Forestry – Nationwide
- Sean Adair (Up and Coming) - Newly ranked
- David Allard (Band 1)
Banking & Finance – Nationwide
- Michael Low (Band 6) - Newly ranked
Corporate/Commercia - British Columbia
- David Allard (Band 1)
- Amaan Gangji (Band 5)
- Greg Hollingsworth (Band 5)
- Andrew Robertson (Band 5)
- Jagdeep Shergill (Band 5) - Newly ranked
- John Smith (Senior Statespeople)
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Michael Donaldson, KC (Band 3)
Employment & Labour – British Columbia
- Jeff Bastien (Up and Coming)
- Michelle Jones (Band 5) - Newly ranked
- Robert Sider, KC (Band 1)
- Nicole Skuggedal (Band 3)
Energy & Natural Resources: Mining – Nationwide
- Khaled Abdel-Barr (Band 2)
- Stuart Breen (Band 5)
- Karen MacMillan (Band 3)
Energy & Natural Resources: Mining: Development and Operations – Nationwide
- Khaled Abdel-Barr (Band 1)
- Karen MacMillan (Band 2)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory) - Nationwide
- Shailaz Dhalla (Band 3) - Newly ranked
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) – Nationwide
- Paul Negenman (Band 3)
Energy: Power (Regulatory) – Nationwide
- Jeff Christian (Band 1)
- Clara Ferguson (Band 3)
Environment – Nationwide
- Jennifer Nyland (Band 4)
General Business Law – Northern Canada and Arctic
- Christine Kowbel (Band 1)
- Toby Kruger (Band 1)
- Sandra MacKenzie (Band 1)
- Tim Syer (Band 2)
Litigation: General Commercial – Alberta
- Michael Donaldson, KC (Band 4)
- Shannon Hayes, KC (Band 4)
- Marika Strobl (Band 5) - Newly ranked
- Grant Vogeli, KC (Band 3)
Litigation: General Commercial – British Columbia
- Laura Bevan (Up and Coming) - Newly ranked
- Craig Ferris, KC, FCIArb. (Band 2)
- Peter Roberts, KC (Band 5)
- Marko Vesely, KC, FCIArb. (Band 3)
Pensions & Benefits – Nationwide
- Kenneth Burns (Band 2)
- Murray Campbell (Band 1)
- Lisa Chamzuk (Band 3)
- Megan Kaneen (Band 4)
- Meghan Popp (Band 5)
Privacy & Data Protection – Nationwide
- Ryan Berger (Band 4)
Real Estate – Alberta
- Aubrey Guild-Young (Band 3)
- Devin Itterman (Band 3)
- Shaun Partridge, KC (Band 3)
Real Estate – British Columbia
- Maxwell Carroll (Band 3)
- Peter Tolensky (Band 2)
- Chad Travis (Up and Coming)
- Edward Wilson (Senior Statespeople)
- Jack Yong (Band 4)
Restructuring/Insolvency – Nationwide
- Bryan Gibbons (Band 4)
- Noor Mann (Associate to Watch)
- William Roberts (Band 5)
- Alexis Teasdale (Band 6) - Newly ranked
Tax – Nationwide
- Nancy Diep (Band 4)
- Reinhold Krahn (Band 5)
To see all of Lawson Lundell's rankings and recognitions, click here for the firm's Chambers profile.
Each year, Lawson Lundell submits to Chambers & Partners, a ranking organization that evaluates our practice groups and lawyers based on client feedback and our written submission. Since 1999, Chambers has been researching the legal markets of over 180 countries, identifying the leading lawyers and law firms worldwide through interviews with thousands of lawyers and their clients. Chambers’ reputation is based on the independence and objectivity of its research.