The 2026 edition of Chambers Global has recognised Gowling WLG among the top international law firms in 14 practice areas, with 48 lawyers ranked across multiple jurisdictions. This recognition reflects Gowling WLG's cross-border experience and the confidence clients place in its ability to deliver integrated, commercially focused legal advice across markets.
Firm rankings
Banking & Finance (Canada)
Energy: Power (Canada)
Energy & Natural Resources: Mining: International (UK)
Energy and Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy (UK)
Environment (Canada)
Immigration (Canada)
Information Technology (Canada)
Intellectual Property (Canada, UAE, UK)
Intellectual Property: Litigation (Canada)
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (UK)
Projects: PPP & Infrastructure (Canada)
Restructuring/Insolvency (Canada)
Tax (Canada)
TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data (UAE)
Individual rankings
Canada
Banking & Finance
Christopher Alam
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Andrew Lamb
Energy: Power (Regulatory)
Paule Hamelin
Ian Mondrow
Environment
Adam Chamberlain
Rodney Northey
Mark Youden
Sebastian Ennis-Brown
Immigration
Bill MacGregor
Krista Schofer
Information Technology
Parna Sabet-Stephenson
Intellectual Property
Shelagh Carnegie
Shane Hardy
Selena Kim
Natalie Rizkalla-Kamel
Intellectual Property: Litigation
Nelson Godfrey
Laurent Massam
John Norman
Christopher Van Barr
Jay Zakaïb
International Trade/WTO
Wendy Wagner
Mining (International & Cross-Border)
Cyndi Laval
France Tenaille (Foreign expert for Latin-America wide)
Projects: PPP & Infrastructure
Nicolas Cayouette
Luc Lissoir
Mark Platteel
Lindsay Wong
Restructuring/Insolvency
David Cohen
Thomas Cumming
Virginie Gauthier
Clifton Prophet
Tax
Paul Carenza
Ash Gupta
China
Intellectual Property (International Firms)
Elliot Papageorgiou
France
Intellectual Property: Patents
Marianne Schaffner
Germany
Capital Markets: Mid-Market
Ulrich Reers
UAE
Intellectual Property
Jon Parker
Marian Fayek
UK
Energy & Natural Resources: Mining: International
Charles Bond
Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy
Gareth Baker
James Stanier
Gus Wood
Intellectual Property
John Coldham
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
Alexandra Brodie
Huw Evans
Paul Inman
Tax: Real Estate
Matthew Poole
Paul Shaw
About Chambers Global
Chambers Global, one of the world's foremost guides to legal talent, covers over 200 countries and serves as a trusted reference for in-house counsel and executives seeking to identify the world's top lawyers and firms. Based on extensive peer and client feedback, the rankings assess a range of key qualities, including client service, technical legal ability, commercial vision and business understanding, commitment and diligence.