We are delighted to share that Torys has been named Product Liability Firm of the Year—Canada at the 2025 LMG Life Sciences Americas Awards. This award recognizes our team’s sophisticated legal acumen and extensive experience representing and advising clients across a broad range of industries in product liability-related matters and disputes.
In addition to this firm recognition, three Torys lawyers received individual accolades at this year’s awards, including Product Liability Attorney of the Year—Canada, Patent Strategy Practitioner of the Year—Canada, and Rising Star—Canada.
Sylvie Rodrigue, Ad. E. was awarded Product Liability Attorney of the Year—Canada, a recognition that underscores her outstanding talent and versatility providing exceptional counsel to clients across jurisdictions and industries. As lead of Torys’ Montréal office and head of the firm’s national Class Action practice, Sylvie is consistently celebrated as one of Canada’s top litigators.
The Patent Strategy Practitioner of the Year—Canada recognition was awarded to Eileen McMahon, co-founder and Chair of Torys’ Intellectual Property and Food and Drug Regulatory practices. Known as a leading life sciences lawyer in Canada, Eileen has more than three decades of experience advising Fortune 500 companies, leading manufacturers and innovators, as well as small- and medium-sized enterprises, on complex intellectual property and regulatory issues.
Finally, senior associate Albert Chan was named a Rising Star—Canada. With a practice that focuses on intellectual property and regulatory matters, Albert has significant expertise advising clients on advertising, marketing and promotion of pharmaceutical products and privacy and regulatory issues affecting pharmaceutical products.
The LMG Life Sciences Americas Awards recognize North America’s most distinguished practitioners and their firms for their exemplary work in the Life Sciences legal practice over the past twelve months. After months of research and submission reviews, the LMG Life Sciences team set out to uncover the most impactful cases, deals, and the lawyers and law firms behind them. Learn more on the LMG Life Sciences website.