Cassidy Levy Kent's three offices — in Washington, Ottawa and Brussels — have each been ranked as industry leaders by Chambers and Partners in its 2025 guides covering top legal practices in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
The Chambers USA 2025 guide released last week lauded the firm's Washington team as leaders in International Trade law and Customs law. This announcement comes on the heels of Chambers' rankings of the firm's Ottawa International Trade and Public Procurement practice groups — each of which was proclaimed a legal industry leader in the Chambers Canada 2025 guide — and recognition of the firm's Brussels team in the Chambers Europe 2025 guide for their strong capabilities in International Trade and WTO practice.
Between the Chambers USA 2025 guide, Chambers Canada 2025 guide, and Chambers Europe 2025 guide, the ranking agency also named 14 CLK partners as individual leaders in their fields of practice.
Chambers' continued recognition of the firm follows recent top rankings from other guides such as The Legal 500, Best Lawyers, and Who's Who Legal. The Legal 500 recognized CLK Canada as an "Elite Boutique" and named it among its top firms for International Trade and Public Procurement. Best Lawyers recognized CLK's U.S. office for bothInternational Trade and Finance Law and Government Relations Practice. The Legal 500 celebrated the firm's Brussels office as leaders for the team's Customs, trade, WTO, and anti-dumping practice.
Chambers USA 2025
Chambers described Cassidy Levy Kent's Washington office as having "a strong pedigree in trade remedies," featuring "an impressive roster of clients that includes trade associations, multinational corporations and provincial governments. The team is experienced in representing US petitioners and foreign respondents," and "the lawyers regularly advise on customs matters, including compliance issues and investigations."
Speaking about the firm's Washington office to Chambers for the USA 2025 guide, clients said:
- "Cassidy Levy Kent's in-depth knowledge of our company, gained over years of hard work, guarantees them the ability to seek the best solutions for our issues."
- "Cassidy Levy Kent has extensive knowledge and experience understanding how US government operates in relations to export controls and sanctions."
- "Cassidy Levy Kent has a seasoned team of professionals with high subject matter expertise."
Chambers ranked CLK's Washington office in Band 2 of its Trade Remedies guide and Band 4 of its Customs guide, and also individually ranked five D.C. attorneys:
Published by Chambers and Partners, the Chambers USA guide ranks the best lawyers and law firms in over 50 different practice areas on a state and national level. Rankings are primarily based on client and peer interviews and on information submitted by law firms. Further details on the firm's Washington's rankings and additional commentary in the Chambers USA 2025 guide can be found here.
Chambers Canada 2025
The Chambers Canada 2025 guide described the firm's Canada office "[as] an acclaimed boutique law firm that is renowned for its activity in the trade remedies space. The Ottawa-based team advises on anti-dumping, countervailing duty and export controls across a number of key industries, including steel and manufacturing, as well as the food and dairy production sectors. Its lawyers offer additional expertise in [CUSMA] (formerly NAFTA) and other trade agreements as well as economic sanctions. CLK is particularly adept at advising on US-Canada cross-border matters with the benefit of its Washington, DC office."
Speaking about CLK Canada to Chambers, clients said:
- "CLK is one of Canada's go-to firms for international trade expertise."
- "The team is excellent to work with; not only are they responsive but they anticipate issues and resolve them proactively, minimising the effort required by the client."
- "CLK provide top-tier service and respond to questions very promptly."
Chambers ranked CLK's Ottawa office in the prestigious Band 1 of its guide for International Trade/WTO and Band 2 of its guide for Public Procurement. Chambers individually ranked six of the firm's Ottawa lawyers:
Chambers Canada ranks the best lawyers and law firms in over 40 specialist practice areas across Canada. Rankings are primarily based on client and peer interviews and on information submitted by law firms. For further details on the firm's rankings in the Chambers Canada 2025 guide and additional commentary, please click here.
Chambers Europe 2025
The Chambers Europe 2025 guide recently recognized several partners at the firm's Brussels office — which was only formed in late 2024 via the unification of two groups of lawyers with decades of experience at other prominent firms. Chambers individually ranked two of the firm's new Brussels partners:
Clients observed to Chambers that:
- "Marie-Sophie Dibling has really impressive experience on trade topics."
- "Yves Melin is a user-friendly customs law specialist who is a pleasure to work with and is supportive of my team."
Chambers Europe ranks the top lawyers and law firms across Europe. Rankings are primarily based on client and peer interviews and on information submitted by law firms. For further details on the firm's rankings in the Chambers Europe 2025 guide and additional commentary, please click here.