Aird & Berlis is pleased to announce its inclusion in the 2026 edition of theChambers Canada Legal Guide. The firm was recognized as a leader across 13 different practice areas and 37 lawyers were ranked as top practitioners in their respective fields.
The firm has been recognized across the following practice areas:
- Aboriginal Law - Representation of Indigenous Peoples (Nationwide)
- Banking & Finance (Nationwide)
- Cannabis Law (Nationwide)
- Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded (Ontario)
- Employment & Labour (Ontario)
- Energy: Power (Nationwide)
- Gaming & Licensing (Nationwide)
- Intellectual Property (Nationwide)
- Projects: PPP & Infrastructure (Nationwide)
- Real Estate (Ontario)
- Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Ontario)
- Restructuring/Insolvency (Nationwide)
- Tax (Nationwide)
Aird & Berlis was ranked as a Band 1 firm in the areas of Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded and Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use.
The following individuals have been recognized as top practitioners in their fields:
| Sherri Altshuler | Cannabis Law (Nationwide) |
| Leonard Baranek | Real Estate (Ontario) |
| Neil Bass | Tax: Indirect Tax (Nationwide) |
| Maggie Bassani | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Ontario) |
| Jack Bernstein | Tax (Nationwide) |
| Ryan Chalmers | Projects: PPP & Infrastructure (Nationwide) |
| Ron Clark | Energy: Power (Transactional) (Nationwide) |
| Eileen Costello | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Ontario) |
| Peter Czegledy | Gaming & Licensing (Nationwide) |
| Jacob Dubelaar | Real Estate (Ontario) |
| Jill Fraser | Banking & Finance (Nationwide) |
| Robert Freedman | Aboriginal Law - Representation of Indigenous Peoples (Nationwide) |
| Angelo Gentile | Tax: Indirect Tax (Nationwide) |
| Nili Goldman | Real Estate (Ontario) |
| Steven Graff | Restructuring/Insolvency (Nationwide) |
| Francesco Gucciardo | Tax (Nationwide) |
| Tom Halinski | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Ontario) |
| Richard Kimel | Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded (Ontario) |
| Matilda Lici | Restructuring/Insolvency (Nationwide) |
| Adria Leung Lim | Cannabis Law (Nationwide) |
| Lorenzo Lisi | Employment & Labour (Ontario) |
| Leo Longo | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Ontario) |
| Timothy Lowman | Intellectual Property: Litigation (Nationwide) |
| Jason Madden | Aboriginal Law - Representation of Indigenous Peoples (Nationwide) |
| Jeffrey Merk | Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded (Ontario) |
| Dasha Peregoudova | Employment & Labour (Ontario) |
| Kyle Plunkett | Banking & Finance (Nationwide) and Restructuring/Insolvency (Nationwide) |
| Christopher Slade | Tax: Litigation (Nationwide) |
| Scott Smith | Aboriginal Law - Representation of Indigenous Peoples (Nationwide) |
| David Stevens | Energy: Power (Regulatory) (Nationwide) |
| Louise Summerhill | Tax: Litigation (Nationwide) |
| Steve Tenai | Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Defence) |
| Sidonia Tomasella | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Ontario) |
| Barbara Worndl | Tax (Nationwide) |
| Douglas Younger | Projects: PPP & Infrastructure (Nationwide) |
| Steven Zakem | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Ontario) |
| Stephen Zolf | Telecommunications & Broadcasting (Nationwide) |