Lawson Lundell is delighted to announce we have won a number of Best Lawyers in Canada 'Law Firm of the Year' and 'Lawyer of the Year' awards for 2023, in addition to having 70 Lawson Lundell lawyers recognized across 37 practice areas, and 18 lawyers recognised as Ones to Watch.
Congratulations to our Environmental & Regulatory Group for winning the 2023 'Law Firm of the Year' award for Environmental Law in Canada.
A further congratulations to our lawyers who won 'Lawyer of the Year' awards for their practice area in Vancouver: Kenneth Burns for Employee Benefits Law, Mandeep Dhaliwal for Banking and Finance Law, Jim Fraser for Municipal Law, Greg Hollingsworth for Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, and Michael Low for Asset-Based Lending Practice.
Best Lawyersis a respected peer review legal publication. Their 'Lawyer of the Year' awards are given to the lawyers with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" for each practice area and location. Their 'Law Firm of the Year' awards are country and practice area specific. They are determined based on feedback from recognised lawyers, the size and coverage of the firm in a specific practice area, historical analysis of the firm's "Lawyer of the Year" awards in this area, and research surrounding the firm's overall scope and areas of expertise.
Here is a summary of Lawson Lundell's Best Lawyers in Canada awards for 2023:
Law Firm of the Year
- Environmental Law
Lawyer of the Year – Vancouver
- Kenneth Burns - Employee Benefits Law
- Mandeep Dhaliwal - Banking and Finance Law
- Jim Fraser - Municipal Law
- Greg Hollingsworth - Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Michael Low - Asset-Based Lending Practice
For a list of Lawson Lundell lawyers recognized in the Best Lawyers in Canada 2023 guide, please click here.
For a list of Lawson Lundell lawyers recognized in the Best Lawyers in Canada: Ones to Watch 2023 guide, please click here.
Best Lawyers is the oldest peer-review publication company in the legal profession.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.