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29 September 2025

Gowling WLG Recognized As A Leading Law Firm By Chambers Canada, With 44 Practices And 88 Lawyers Ranked In The 2026 Edition

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Gowling WLG

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Gowling WLG is an international law firm built on the belief that the best way to serve clients is to be in tune with their world, aligned with their opportunity and ambitious for their success. Our 1,400+ legal professionals and support teams apply in-depth sector expertise to understand and support our clients’ businesses.
Gowling WLG has been recognized once again as one of Canada’s leading law firms in Chambers Canada. In the 2026 edition...
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Gowling WLG has been recognized once again as one of Canada’s leading law firms in Chambers Canada. In the 2026 edition, the firm is ranked in 44 practice areas with 88 Gowling WLG lawyers individually distinguished for their skill, dedication, and impact.

This recognition underscores Gowling WLG’s position as a trusted partner in guiding clients through fast-changing markets and complex legal challenges in Canada and around the world. In their feedback, clients consistently highlight the firm’s ability to combine strategic insight with deep subject-matter expertise and an unwavering commitment to exceptional client service. Here’s what some clients had to say:

  • “Gowling WLG understand[s] our industry and business, so they take a strategic approach when tailoring solutions. The firm does a great job balancing our needs with the legal landscape.”
  • “The lawyers have an amazing focus on client service and experience, exceptional attention to detail, and great foresight for upcoming changes to legislation that could affect the business.”
  • "Gowling WLG understands our business, knows us inside and out and has a deep bench."

Firm rankings

This year, Gowling WLG is listed as a leading law firm in the following practice areas, which includes five new areas of law:

Nationwide – Canada

Aboriginal Law - Representation of Indigenous Peoples

Advertising & Marketing

Banking & Finance

Business & Human Rights Law

Cannabis Law

Charities/Non-profits

Construction

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Energy & Natural Resources: Mining

Energy: Power

Environment

Healthcare: Contentious

Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory

Immigration

Information Technology

Insurance: Dispute Resolution

Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property: Litigation

Investment Funds

Investment Funds: Fund Formation

Life Sciences

Media & Entertainment

Privacy & Data Protection

Projects: PPP & Infrastructure

Public Procurement

Restructuring & Insolvency

Retail

Startups & Emerging Companies

Tax

Transportation: Aviation

Alberta

Corporate/Commercial

Employment & Labour

Litigation: General Commercial

British Columbia

Corporate/Commercial

Real Estate

Northern Canada and Arctic

General Business Law

Ontario

Corporate/Commercial

Employment & Labour

Litigation: Administrative & Public Law

Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite

Real Estate

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Québec

Employment & Labour

Individual rankings

In addition, 88 Gowling WLG lawyers are distinguished in the 2026 guide, with several earning rankings in multiple practice areas:

Aboriginal Law – Representation of Indigenous Peoples

Brian Crane, KC

Maya Stano

Paul Seaman

Advertising & Marketing

René Bissonnette

Daniel Cole

Julia Kappler

Christopher Oates

Lewis Retik

Melissa Tehrani

Banking & Finance

Christopher Alam

Matthew Mitchell

Kaila Scarrow

Business & Human Rights Law

Stephen Pike

Cannabis Law

Peter Simeon

Charities/Non-Profits

David Stevens

Construction

Ted Betts

Brian Kapusianyk, c.r.

Tristan Neill

Sahil Shoor

Corporate/Commercial (Alberta)

Zafar Jaffer

Sharagim Habibi

Frank Sur

Corporate/Commercial (British Columbia)

Linda Hogg

Cyndi Laval

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

James Plotkin

Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Defence)

Scott Kugler

Employment & Labour (Alberta)

Maxwell Brunette

Employment & Labour (Ontario)

Andrew Bratt

Employment & Labour (Québec)

Luc Deshaies

Energy & Natural Resources: Mining

Cyndi Laval

France Tenaille

Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)

Andrew Lamb

Energy: Power (Regulatory)

Nicolas Dubé

Paule Hamelin

Ian Mondrow

Environment

Adam Chamberlain

Sebastian Ennis-Brown

Rodney Northey

Mark Youden

Franchising

Ashley Caldwell

Debi Sutin

General Business Law (Northern Canada and Arctic)

Adam Chamberlain

Health Care: Contentious

Daniel Boivin

Adriana Cargnello

Domenic Crolla

Donald Dow

Donna MacKenzie

Robert Sheahan

Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory

Domenic Crolla

Maureen Murphy

Immigration

Bill MacGregor

Krista Schofer

Information Technology

Parna Sabet-Stephenson

Insurance: Dispute Resolution

Paul J. Stein, KC

Intellectual Property

Shelagh Carnegie

Shane Hardy

Selena Kim

Natalie Rizkalla-Kamel

Intellectual Property: Litigation

R. Nelson Godfrey

Shane Hardy

Laurent Massam

Charlotte McDonald

John Norman

Christopher Van Barr

Jay Zakaïb

International Trade/WTO

Wendy Wagner

Investment Funds: Funds Formation

Alan James

Litigation: Administrative & Public Law (Ontario)

Jennifer King

Litigation: General Commercial (Alberta)

David Bishop

Ricki Johnston

Litigation: General Commercial (Ontario)

Sandra Barton

Sahil Shoor

Litigation: Product Liability

Jacqueline Armstrong-Gates

Media & Entertainment

Susan Abramovitch

Pensions & Benefits

Daniel Hayhurst

Deron Waldock

Privacy & Data Protection

Marc-Antoine Bigras

Antoine Guilmain

Projects: PPP & Infrastructure

Nicolas Cayouette

Luc Lissoir

Mark Platteel

Natasha Rana

Lindsay Wong

Public Procurement

Graham Ragan

Real Estate (British Columbia)

Murray Braaten

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Ontario)

Michael Polowin

Restructuring/Insolvency

David Cohen

Tom Cumming

Virginie Gauthier

Clifton Prophet

Retail

Melissa Tehrani

Tax

Paul Carenza

Laura Gheorghiu

Ash Gupta

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Gowling WLG is an international law firm built on the belief that the best way to serve clients is to be in tune with their world, aligned with their opportunity and ambitious for their success. Our 1,400+ legal professionals and support teams apply in-depth sector expertise to understand and support our clients’ businesses.

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