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Bennett Jones Shines In Legal 500 Canada Rankings

November 09, 2022

Bennett Jones has been recognized as a top-tier firm in five practice areas in the 2023 Legal 500 Canada guide:

  • Aviation
  • Cannabis
  • Dispute Resolution: Alberta
  • Environment
  • Oil and Gas

Other Legal 500 2023 Rankings

Bennett Jones in 20 practice areas

  • Banking and Finance 
  • Capital Markets 
  • Competition and Antitrust 
  • Construction 
  • Corporate and M&A 
  • Dispute Resolution: British Columbia
  • Dispute Resolution: Ontario
  • Energy and Natural Resources: Mining 
  • Energy and Natural Resources: Power 
  • Indigenous Law 
  • Infrastructure Projects 
  • Intellectual Property 
  • International Expertise 
  • International Trade 
  • Labour and Employment 
  • Pensions 
  • Real Estate 
  • Restructuring and Insolvency 
  • Tax 
  • Technology 

5 lawyers in the Hall of Fame

  • Patrick Maguire (Oil & Gas)
  • Brad Gilmour (Environment)
  • Leonard Griffiths (Environment)
  • Blaire Yorke-Slader KC (Dispute Resolution: Alberta)
  • Richard Swan (Dispute Resolution: Ontario)

39 lawyers as Leading Lawyers in Canada

  • Aaron Sonshine (Cannabis)
  • Abbas Ali Khan (Mining)
  • Brent Kraus (Capital Markets)
  • Cheryl Woodin (Dispute Resolution: Ontario)
  • Curtis Cusinato (Corporate and M&A)
  • Darcy Moch (Tax)
  • Darrel Pearson (International Trade)
  • David Little (Infrastructure Projects)
  • David Macaulay (Power)
  • Dominique Hussey (Intellectual Property)
  • Jane Helmstadter (Real Estate)
  • Jeffrey Leon KC (Dispute Resolution: Ontario)
  • Jehad Haymour (Tax)
  • John Craig KC (Construction)
  • John Gilmore (Labour and Employment)
  • John Mercury (Corporate and M&A)
  • John Rook KC (Competition and Antitrust)
  • John van Gent (Real Estate)
  • Kevin Zych (Restructuring and Insolvency)
  • Larry Sandrin (Real Estate)
  • Lawrence Smith KC (Oil & Gas)
  • Loyola Keough (Oil & Gas)
  • Loyola Keough (Power)
  • Melanie Aitken (International Expertise)
  • Michael Eizenga (Dispute Resolution: Ontario)
  • Munaf Mohamed KC (Dispute Resolution: Alberta)
  • Patrick Brennan (Aviation)
  • Patrick Maguire (Corporate and M&A)
  • Paul Mantini (Real Estate)
  • Perry Spitznagel KC (Corporate and M&A) 
  • Randal Hughes (Competition and Antitrust)
  • Robert Staley (Dispute Resolution: Ontario)
  • Sander Grieve (Mining)
  • Simon Crawford (Real Estate)
  • Stephen Burns (Technology)
  • Thomas Bauer (Tax)
  • Vivek Warrier (Oil & Gas)

21 lawyers as Next Generation Partners

  • Adam Kalbfleisch (Competition and Antitrust)
  • Alixe Cameron (Real Estate)
  • Christian Gauthier (Corporate and M&A)
  • Christine Plante (Labour and Employment)
  • Emrys Davis (Competition and Antitrust)
  • George Reid (International Trade)
  • Harinder Basra (Corporate and M&A)
  • Jeilah Chan (Intellectual Property)
  • Karen Dawson (Banking and Finance)
  • Kelsey Meyer (Dispute Resolution: Alberta)
  • Kristopher Hanc (Corporate and M&A)
  • Laura Gill (Dispute Resolution: Alberta)
  • Luke Morrison (Oil & Gas)
  • Matthew Hunt (Corporate and M&A)
  • Melanie Teetaert (Dispute Resolution: British Columbia)
  • Michael Mysak (Dispute Resolution: Alberta)
  • Sabrina Bandali (International Trade)
  • Sarah Gilbert (Environment)
  • Sean Zweig (Restructuring and Insolvency)
  • Sébastien Gittens (Technology)
  • Sharon Singh (Indigenous Law)

2 lawyers as Rising Stars

  • Keely Cameron (Restructuring and Insolvency)
  • Noriko Shimura (Aviation)

104 lawyers as Recommended

Aviation:

  • Noriko Shimura
  • Patrick Brennan

Banking and Finance:

  • David Rotchtin
  • John Teolis
  • Karen Dawson
  • Mark Rasile
  • Patrick Brennan
  • Steve Lutz

Cannabis:

  • Aaron Sonshine
  • Dominique Hussey
  • Kim Lawton
  • Melissa Dimilta

Capital Markets:

  • Brent Kraus
  • Harinder Basra
  • John Piasta
  • Kristopher Hanc
  • Mark Powell

Competition and Antitrust:

  • Adam Kalbfleisch
  • Emrys Davis
  • John Rook KC
  • Melanie Aitken
  • Randal Hughes
  • Zirjan Derwa

Construction:

  • Brian Reid
  • Jason Roth
  • John Craig KC

Corporate and M&A:

  • Christian Gauthier
  • Curtis Cusinato
  • John Mercury
  • Kristopher Hanc
  • Patrick Maguire
  • Perry Spitznagel KC

Dispute Resolution: Alberta

  • Blaire Yorke-Slader KC
  • David Gruber
  • Kenneth Lenz KC
  • Laura Gill
  • Michael Eizenga
  • Michael Mysak
  • Munaf Mohamed KC
  • Richard Swan
  • Robert Staley

Dispute Resolution: British Columbia

  • Blaire Yorke-Slader KC
  • David Gruber
  • Kenneth Lenz KC
  • Laura Gill
  • Michael Eizenga
  • Michael Mysak
  • Munaf Mohamed KC
  • Richard Swan
  • Robert Staley

Dispute Resolution: Ontario

  • Blaire Yorke-Slader KC
  • David Gruber
  • Kenneth Lenz KC
  • Laura Gill
  • Michael Eizenga
  • Michael Mysak
  • Munaf Mohamed KC
  • Richard Swan
  • Robert Staley

Mining: 

  • Abbas Ali Khan
  • James Clare
  • Linda Misetich Dann
  • Marshall Eidinger
  • Sander Grieve
  • Steven Bennett

Oil & Gas:

  • Brad Gilmour
  • Lawrence Smith KC
  • Loyola Keough
  • Luke Morrison
  • Patrick Maguire
  • Shawn Munro
  • Vivek Warrier

Power:

  • David Macaulay
  • Deirdre Sheehan
  • Loyola Keough
  • Thomas McInerney

Environment:

  • Brad Gilmour
  • Leonard Griffiths
  • Sarah Gilbert

Indigenous Law:

  • David Bursey
  • Deirdre Sheehan
  • Sharon Singh

Infrastructure Projects:

  • Charlene Hiller
  • David Little
  • Jason Roth

Intellectual Property:

  • Dominique Hussey
  • Jeilah Chan
  • Stephen Burns

International Expertise:

  • Gordon Cameron
  • Melanie Aitken

International Trade:

  • Darrel Pearson
  • George Reid
  • Jessica Horwitz
  • Sabrina Bandali
  • Valerie Hughes

Labour and Employment:

  • Carl Cunningham
  • Christine Plante
  • John Gilmore
  • Susan Seller

Pensions:

  • Carl Cunningham
  • John Gilmore
  • Susan Seller

Real Estate:

  • Alixe Cameron
  • Jane Helmstadter
  • John van Gent
  • Larry Sandrin
  • Paul Mantini
  • Robert Bothwell
  • Ron Barron
  • Simon Crawford

Restructuring and Insolvency:

  • Christopher Simard
  • Kevin Zych

Tax:

  • Anu Nijhawan
  • Darcy Moch
  • Edwin Kroft KC
  • Jehad Haymour
  • Thomas Bauer

Technology:

  • Sébastien Gittens
  • Stephen Burns

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