Cassels is proud to announce that 110 of our lawyers – across 35+ practice areas – have been named to the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada, the strongest showing ever for the firm.
We are also pleased to note that Jeffrey Oliver (Calgary, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law) and Jonathan Sherman (Toronto, Cannabis Law) were named "Lawyer of the Year" for their respective practice areas and jurisdiction. Only a single lawyer for each practice area in any given city is selected to be "Lawyer of the Year," and we congratulate our partners on this notable achievement.
Newly ranked in Best Lawyers for 2026 are Kate Byers (Corporate & Commercial Litigation); Zach Flemming-Giannotti (Construction); Marisa Keating (Municipal); and Danielle Maréchal (Insolvency & Financial Restructuring).
Congratulations to...
- Chad Accursi (Natural Resources Law)
- Davit Akman (Corporate and Commercial Litigation)
- Matthew Alter (Construction Law | Public Procurement Law)
- Jason Arbuck (Asset-Based Lending Practice | Banking and Finance Law)
- Frank Arnone (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law | Securities Law)
- Jeremy Barretto (Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice | Energy Regulatory Law)
- Joe Bellissimo (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Mark Bennett (Mining Law | Natural Resources Law)
- André Boivin (Mining Law | Securities Law)
- Jessica Brown (Corporate Law | Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- David Budd (Banking and Finance Law)
- Jason Bullen (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
- Kate Byers (Corporate and Commercial Litigation)
- Gordon Chambers (Corporate Law | Mergers and Acquisitions Law | Mining Law | Securities Law)
- Casey Chisick (Entertainment Law | Intellectual Property Law)
- John Christian (Securities Law)
- Robert Cohen (Corporate and Commercial Litigation)
- John Craig (Mining Law | Natural Resources Law)
- Jordanna Cytrynbaum (Corporate and Commercial Litigation | Real Estate Law)
- Mark Davis (Intellectual Property Law)
- Derek Elliott (Real Estate Law)
- Andrea FitzGerald (Natural Resources Law)
- Jonathan Fleisher (Asset-Based Lending Practice | Banking and Finance Law | Equipment Finance Law | Structured Finance Law)
- Zach Flemming-Giannotti (Construction Law)
- Jonathan Freeman (Real Estate Law)
- David Gardos (Securities Law)
- Nicola Geary (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Hashim Ghazi (Information Technology Law | Technology Law)
- Sandra Gogal (Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice | Environmental Law)
- Jay Goldman (Corporate Law | Mining Law | Natural Resources Law | Securities Law)
- Erik Goldsilver (Mining Law | Natural Resources Law)
- Gordon Goodman (Banking and Finance Law | Insurance Law)
- Andrea Gorys (Construction Law)
- Corinne Grigoriu (Tax Law)
- Colin Ground (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Jen Hansen (Mining Law)
- Josef Hocher (Oil and Gas Law)
- Jason Holowachuk, K.C. (Construction Law)
- Chris Horkins (Class Action Litigation | Corporate and Commercial Litigation | Franchise Law)
- Eamon Hurley (Energy Law)
- Alexandra Iliopoulos (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Thomas Isaac (Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice)
- Lara Jackson (Class Action Litigation | Corporate and Commercial Litigation | Securities Law)
- Ryan Jacobs (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Natasha Jimeno (Banking and Finance Law)
- Sunil Joneja (Banking and Finance Law)
- Marisa Keating (Municipal Law)
- Steven Kennedy (Intellectual Property Law)
- Armen Khajetoorian (Commercial Leasing Law)
- David Kolesar (Banking and Finance Law)
- Shayne Kukulowicz (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Signe Leisk (Municipal Law)
- Ben Leith (Real Estate Law)
- Natalie Levine (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Evan Low (Corporate Law)
- Robert Lysy (Real Estate Law)
- Karen MacDonald (Advertising and Marketing Law | Intellectual Property Law | Technology Law)
- Alison Manzer (Banking and Finance Law | Equipment Finance Law)
- Danielle Marechal (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Jeremy Martin (Class Action Litigation | Product Liability Law)
- Eric Mayzel (Entertainment Law | Franchise Law | Intellectual Property Law)
- Jennifer McKenzie (Advertising and Marketing Law | Intellectual Property Law)
- Marc Mercier (Banking and Finance Law)
- Alan Merskey (Construction Law)
- Manny Mukkar (Real Estate Law)
- Charles Newman (Asset-Based Lending Practice | Banking and Finance Law)
- Zahra Nurmohamed (Mining Law | Natural Resources Law | Tax Law)
- Jeffrey Oliver (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Alex Parken (Mergers and Acquisitions Law | Securities Law)
- Colin Pendrith (Franchise Law)
- Adrianna Pilkington (Municipal Law)
- Tim Pinos (Class Action Litigation | Corporate and Commercial Litigation)
- Sheldon Plener (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Darrell Podowski (Mining Law)
- Carla Potter (Banking and Finance Law | Equipment Finance Law)
- Samantha Prasad (Tax Law)
- Tamara Prince (Corporate and Commercial Litigation)
- Andrew Reback (Tax Law)
- David Redford (Mining Law | Securities Law)
- David Redmond (Real Estate Law)
- Chuck Rich (Asset-Based Lending Practice | Banking and Finance Law)
- Douglas Richardson (Tax Law)
- Frank Robinson (Franchise Law)
- Derek Ronde (Franchise Law)
- Jeff Roy (Natural Resources Law | Securities Law)
- Andrew Salem (Real Estate Law)
- Monique Sassi (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Geoff Shaw (Franchise Law)
- Cory Sherman (Real Estate Law)
- Jonathan Sherman (Cannabis Law)
- Andrew Skodyn (Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice | Corporate and Commercial Litigation | Intellectual Property Law | Technology Law)
- Peter Snell (Corporate Law | Franchise Law)
- Omar Soliman (Corporate Law | Securities Law)
- Mark St. Cyr (Construction Law)
- Paul Stein (Mining Law | Natural Resources Law)
- Kristin Taylor (Labour and Employment Law)
- Brian Temins (Corporate Law)
- Keith Templeton (Energy Law | Oil and Gas Law)
- Vicki Tickle (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Shauna Towriss (Real Estate Law)
- Jennifer Traub (Mergers and Acquisitions Law | Mining Law | Natural Resources Law)
- Raivo Uukkivi (Environmental Law | Municipal Law)
- Carlo Vairo (Banking and Finance Law | Transportation Law)
- Jennifer Wasylyk (Banking and Finance Law)
- Larry Weinberg (Franchise Law)
- Kori Williams (Asset-Based Lending Practice | Banking and Finance Law)
- Melissa Winch (Municipal Law)
- Jessica Zagar (Entertainment Law | Intellectual Property Law)
- Daniel Zuniga (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law | Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
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