Toronto (August 26, 2021) — BLG is pleased to announce that the firm once again leads in this year's Best Lawyers in Canada, with 294 of our lawyers recognized. This marks the 14th consecutive year BLG has had the most lawyers highlighted in the directory.
Our highly-regarded Mergers and Acquisitions Group was selected as 'Law Firm of the Year', a strong indicator of the group's vast experience in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions across a broad range of industries.
Additionally, eight of our lawyers were named 'Lawyer of the Year':
- Adam Perzow (Toronto) – Commercial Leasing Law
- Dionysios Rossi (Vancouver) – Maritime Law
- Kirsten Crain (Ottawa) – Health Care Law
- Matthew Kronby (Toronto) – International Trade and Finance Law
- Mélanie Champagne (Montréal) – Health Care Law
- Rick Williams (Vancouver) – Environmental Law
- Robert Deane (Vancouver) – Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Robin Squires (Toronto) – Transportation Law
Furthermore, 30 BLG lawyers were recognized in the inaugural Ones to Watch in Canada, which features lawyers early in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice. This includes:
- Aarabhi Chari (Calgary) - Real Estate Law
- Andrew Guerrisi (Toronto) - Real Estate Law
- Andrew Reid Workman (Montréal) - Real Estate Law
- Cassandra Florio (Vancouver) - Corporate Law
- Christine Laviolette (Toronto) - Health Care Law
- Danielle Lewchuk (Vancouver) - Tax Law
- Darcy McKitrick (Vancouver) Corporate Law
- David Major (Toronto) - Construction Law
- Garrett Finegan (Calgary) - Corporate Law
- Hugo Saint Laurent (Montréal) - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Jeff Talbot (Montréal) - Banking and Finance Law
- Jennifer Ponton (Toronto) - Intellectual Property Law
- Joelle Kabouchi (Toronto) - Tax Law
- John McIntyre (Toronto) - Health Care Law
- Laura Poppel (Calgary) - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Lindsey Hornland (Calgary) - Securities Law
- Marin Leci (Calgary) - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Matthew Boyd (Ottawa) - Intellectual Property Law
- Maude Longtin (Montréal) - Labour and Employment Law
- Megan Hodges (Toronto) - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Naveen Hassan (Toronto) - Health Care Law
- Neil Harris (Calgary) - Banking and Finance Law
- Parisa Gerami Hurst (Vancouver) - Real Estate Law
- Ramsey Glass (Vancouver) - Corporate Law
- Raphael Jacob (Calgary) - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Roark Lewis (Vancouver) - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Sameena Sarangi (Calgary) - Banking and Finance Law
- Shelby Liesch (Vancouver) - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Stephanie Bossert (Calgary) - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Timothy Pritchard (Vancouver) - Corporate and Commercial Litigation
For more than 25 years, Best Lawyers has ranked legal practitioners and firms across multiple practice areas through exhaustive peer-review surveys of the legal community. Those surveyed assess their peers on their legal ability, professionalism and integrity.