27.8.20

Lawson Lundell LLP has once again earned an impressive showing in The Best Lawyers in Canada guide, achieving 58 rankings across 34 practice areas in the 2021 edition.

Our lawyers received 16 additional rankings, with five of our lawyers being ranked for the first time. Congratulations to our newly-ranked lawyers: Shannon K. Hayes (Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporate & Commercial Litigation), Gordon B. Brandt (Corporate & Commercial Litigation), Chat Ortved (Corporate Governance Practice, Corporate Law), Chad Travis (Real Estate Law), and Jamie L. Gagner (Securities Law).

In the 2021 guide, Lawson Lundell was also bestowed a number of ‘Law Firm of the Year’ and ‘Lawyer of the Year’ awards.

Best Lawyers is a respected peer review legal publication. Their lists of outstanding lawyers are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

Lawson Lundell LLP would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to The Best Lawyers in Canada list for 2021:

Aboriginal Law

Calgary

• John Olynyk

Vancouver

• Brad Armstrong QC
• Christine J. Kowbel
• Clifford G. Proudfoot QC
• Keith B. Bergner

Administrative and Public Law

Vancouver

• Keith B. Bergner

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Calgary

• Michael J. Donaldson
• Shannon K. Hayes

Vancouver

• Craig A.B. Ferris QC, FCIArb
• Peter J. Roberts QC

Appellate Practice

Calgary

• Michael J. Donaldson

Vancouver

• Craig A.B. Ferris QC, FCIArb

Asset-Based Lending Practice

Vancouver

• Michael J. Low

Banking and Finance Law

Vancouver

• Irv D. Laskin
• Jyotika S. Reddy
• Mandeep R. Dhaliwal
• Michael J. Low

Class Action Litigation

Vancouver

• Craig A.B. Ferris QC, FCIArb

Construction Law

Vancouver

• Michael B. Morgan

Corporate and Commercial Litigation

Calgary

• Grant Vogeli QC
• Michael J. Donaldson
• Shannon K. Hayes
• Tamela J. Coates QC, FCIArb

Vancouver

• Amy M. Nathanson
• Craig A.B. Ferris QC, FCIArb
• Gordon B. Brandt
• Kinji C. Bourchier
• Mark E. Fancourt-Smith
• Marko Vesely
• Peter J. Roberts QC

Corporate Governance Practice

Calgary

• Chipman Johnston

Vancouver

• Chat Ortved

Corporate Law

Calgary

• Chipman Johnston

Vancouver

• Chat Ortved
• David A. Allard
• Jagdeep S. Shergill
• John Smith
• Valerie C. Mann

Defamation and Media Law

Calgary

• Tamela J. Coates QC, FCIArb

Vancouver

• Marko Vesely

Employee Benefits Law

Vancouver

• Craig A.B. Ferris QC, FCIArb
• Kenneth E. Burns
• Lisa Chamzuk
• Murray Campbell

Energy Law

Calgary

• Jeffrey D. Scobie
• Shannon L. Wray

Vancouver

• Keith B. Bergner

Energy Regulatory Law

Calgary

• Lewis L. Manning
• Ian D. Webb

Vancouver

• Jeff Christian
• Keith B. Bergner

Environmental Law

Vancouver

• Brad Armstrong QC
• Christine J. Kowbel
• Clifford G. Proudfoot QC
• Kinji C. Bourchier

Family Law

Yellowknife

• Sheila M. MacPherson

Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law

Vancouver

• Kimberley A. Robertson
• Peter J. Roberts QC
• William L. Roberts

Labour and Employment Law

Vancouver

• Nicole K. Skuggedal
• Robert A. Sider
• Ryan Berger

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

Calgary

• Chipman Johnston

Vancouver

• Greg Hollingsworth

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Calgary

• Chipman Johnston

Vancouver

• David A. Allard
• Jack Yong
• John Smith
• Stuart D. Breen
• Valerie C. Mann

Mining Law

Vancouver

• Chris G. Baldwin
• Christine J. Kowbel
• Karen L. MacMillan
• Khaled Abdel-Barr
• Stuart D. Breen

Municipal Law

Vancouver

• Edward L. Wilson
• Jim D. Fraser
• Ryan Berger

Natural Resources Law

Vancouver

• Chris G. Baldwin
• Christine J. Kowbel
• Keith B. Bergner

Oil and Gas Law

Calgary

• Crispin J. Arthur
• Jeffrey D. Scobie

Personal Injury Litigation

Yellowknife

• Sheila M. MacPherson

Privacy and Data Security Law

Vancouver

• Ryan Berger

Product Liability Law

Vancouver

• Peter J. Roberts QC

Project Finance Law

Vancouver

• Mandeep R. Dhaliwal
• Michael J. Low

Public Finance Law

Vancouver

• Michael J. Low

Real Estate Law

Vancouver

• Chad Travis
• Edward L. Wilson
• Jack Yong
• Maxwell P. Carroll
• Peter M. Tolensky

Securities Law

Calgary

• Crispin J. Arthur
• Jamie L. Gagner
• Chipman Johnston

Vancouver

• John Smith
• Stuart D. Breen

Tax Law

Calgary

• Nancy Diep

Vancouver

• Leonard A. Glass
• Reinhold G. Krahn

Technology Law

Vancouver

• Michael M. Macaulay
• Valerie C. Mann

For a list of Lawson Lundell ‘Law Firm of the Year’ and ‘Lawyer of the Year’ awards, please click here.