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Lawson Lundell has seen 30 of its lawyers earn recognition in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada guide, achieving rankings across 15 practice areas in the 2025 edition. Five of our lawyers are ranked for the first time – congratulations to our newly-ranked 'Ones to Watch': Caitlin Ohama-Darcus, James Scott, Louise McLeod, Rachelle Wong and Rob Davis.

In the 2025 guide, 83 Lawson Lundell lawyers received recognition in the long-standing Best Lawyers in Canada list, and the firm was also honoured with three ‘Lawyer of the Year’ awards.

Lawson Lundell would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada list for 2025:

Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice

Calgary

• Alixandra Stoicheff
• Alastair MacKinnon

Administrative and Public Law

Calgary

• Alastair MacKinnon

Vancouver

• Michelle Casey
• Thomas Boyd
• Will Shaw

Appellate Practice

Vancouver

• Caitlin Ohama-Darcus

Banking & Finance Law

Vancouver

• Mona Ying
• Nabila Pirani

Construction Law

Kelowna

• Matt Stainsby

Corporate and Commercial Litigation

Calgary

• Alastair MacKinnon
• Alixandra Stoicheff
• Andrea Lutsch
• Dana Kiefer
• Jennie Buchanan

Kelowna

• Rob Davis

Vancouver

• Caitlin Ohama-Darcus
• Camille Chisholm
• Joel Schachter
• Kai Niu
• Louise McLeod
• Thomas Boyd
• Will Shaw

Corporate Law

Vancouver

• Andrew Kemp
• Gillian Muirhead
• Sean Adair
• Steven Catania
• Zander Grant

Energy Law

Calgary 

• Alastair MacKinnon

Vancouver

• Michelle Casey
• Steven Catania

Energy Regulatory Law

Vancouver

• Michelle Casey

Environmental Law

Vancouver

• Kai Niu
• Michelle Casey

Labour and Employment Law

Calgary

• Dana Kiefer
• Jennie Buchanan

Vancouver

• Cory Sully

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Calgary

• James Scott

Vancouver

• Andrew Kemp
• Brendan Craig
• Rachelle Wong
• Sean Adair

Real Estate Law

Vancouver

• Andrew Mildenhall
• Brendan Craig
• Camille Chisholm
• Lisa Frey
• Nicholas Shon

Tax Law

Kelowna

• Max Walker

Venture Capital Law

Vancouver

• Andrew Kemp

Best Lawyers is the oldest peer-review publication company in the legal profession. Their lists of outstanding lawyers are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.