34 Lawson Lundell Lawyers recognized across 17 practice areas in Chambers Canada 2020
Lawson Lundell LLP is pleased to announce that the latest edition of Chambers Canada has recognized a number of its lawyers and practices across the country for professional excellence, deep sector expertise and efficacious client representation.
As a result, 34 of our lawyers have been ranked by Chambers Canada across 17 practice areas. Furthermore, we would like to note that we have moved up from Band 3 to Band 2 in the Mining category and from Band 3 to Band 2 in the Corporate Commercial (British Columbia) category. We are newly ranked in Band 3 for Energy: Oil & Gas and we have Band 1 rankings – Chambers’ highest distinction in Energy: Provincial Regulatory & Litigation (British Columbia), Aboriginal Law, as well as General Business Law (Northern Canada and Arctic).
Please join us in congratulating the full list of ranked lawyers, included below, and in particular the following 8 individuals who are newly recognized this year:
- Stuart Breen (Energy & Natural Resources: Mining –Nationwide Canada)
- Lewis Manning (Energy: Power (Regulatory) – Nationwide – Canada)
- Kinji Bourchier (Environmental – Nationwide – Canada)
- Jeff Scobie – Energy: Oil & Gas (Nationwide – Canada)
- Peter Roberts, QC (Litigation: General Commercial – British Columbia)
- Sandra MacKenzie – General Business Law (Northern Canada & Arctic)
- Shaun Partridge, QC (Real Estate: Alberta)
- Reinhold Krahn (Tax – Nationwide – Canada)
7 lawyers are also ranked as Band 1 in their practice areas:
- Keith Bergner - Ranked Band 1 in Aboriginal Law - Nationwide
- John Olynyk - Ranked Band 1 in Aboriginal Law - Nationwide
- David Allard - Ranked Band 1 in Corporate/Commercial - British Columbia
- Jeff Christian - Ranked Band 1 in Energy: Provincial Regulatory - British Columbia
- Brad Armstrong - Ranked Band 1 in Environment - Nationwide
- Sheila MacPherson - Ranked Band 1 in General Business Law - Northern Canada and Arctic
- Murray Campbell - Ranked Band 1 in Pensions & Benefits - Nationwide
Our lawyers earned rankings in the following categories:
Aboriginal Law (Nationwide – Canada)
Agribusiness: Forestry (Nationwide – Canada)
Corporate/Commercial (British Columbia)
Litigation: General Commercial (British Columbia)
Litigation: General Commercial (Alberta)
Employment & Labour (British Columbia)
Employment & Labour (Nationwide - Canada)
Energy & Natural Resources: Mining (Nationwide - Canada)
Energy: Provincial Regulatory & Litigation (British Columbia)
Energy: Provincial Regulatory & Litigation (Alberta)
Energy: Power (Regulatory) (Nationwide – Canada)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) (Nationwide - Canada)
Environment (Nationwide - Canada)
General Business Law (Northern Canada and Arctic)
Pensions & Benefits (Nationwide – Canada)
Real Estate (Alberta)
Real Estate (British Columbia)
To access the full online Chambers Canada 2020 guide, please click here.
Each year, Lawson Lundell submits to Chambers & Partners, a ranking organization that evaluates our practice groups and lawyers based on client feedback and our written submission. Since 1999, Chambers has been researching the legal markets of over 180 countries, identifying the leading lawyers and law firms worldwide through interviews with thousands of lawyers and their clients. Chambers’ reputation is based on the independence and objectivity of its research.