See who won in our fourth annual law awards honouring the best in Canadian law
The Canadian Law Awards winners were announced at the Liberty Grand in Toronto tonight. Legal professionals came from across Canada to connect with colleagues and peers – and raise a glass to the profession’s finest – at the packed venue.
This year’s CLAs, the second to be held in person, marked the perfect occasion for the profession to come together and celebrate the success of its best performers over the last 12 months.
The shortlist of Excellence Awardees for non-deal and case categories were revealed in March, and finalists for the deal categories (capital markets, infrastructure, insolvency and restructuring, mid-market transactions and M&A deal of the year) were unveiled on April 19.
The deal finalists are also featured in the Lexpert Special Edition on Finance and M&A, published in the Globe and Mail and online on Lexpert.ca.
Lexpert would like to thank everyone who made the event such a roaring success: everyone who attended, our sponsors, our independent judging panel and – of course – our illustrious winners.
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Listed below are all the winners for this year:
Boutique Law Firm of the Year
Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
The LexisNexis Canada Award for Best Use of Technology in a Law Firm
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
The Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP Award for Construction, Infrastructure and Transportation Law Department of the Year
Metrolinx
Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year
Aldo cross-border restructuring
Banking & Financial Services Law Department of the Year
HSBC Bank Canada
Commercial Litigation Team of the Year
DAVIES; Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP; Bennett Jones LLP- Commissioner of Competition v Rogers Communications, Inc. and Shaw Communications, Inc.
Pro Bono Initiative of the Year
Dentons Canada LLP - 30 Birds Foundation
The Lawson Lundell LLP Award for Law Department Leader of the Year
Roger Chouinard - QuadReal Property Group
Infrastructure & Projects Deal of the Year
GO Transit corridor expansion project
The Lincoln Alexander School of Law Award for Shaping the Future
Access Pro Bono Society of BC
The Dye & Durham Award for Law Department Innovation
EY Canada
Litigator of the Year
Monique Jilesen - Lenczner Slaght
IP Boutique Law Firm of the Year
Smart & Biggar
Mid-Market Deal of the Year
Audax Private Equity Acquisition Of Harbourfront Wealth Management
Diversity Initiative of the Year
Access Pro Bono Society of BC - Everyone Legal Clinic
The LEAP Legal Software Award for Family Law Firm of the Year
McCarthy Hansen & Company LLP
Litigation & Dispute Resolution Boutique Law Firm of the Year
Lenczner Slaght
Regional Law Firm of the Year – Ontario
WeirFoulds LLP
Regional Law Firm of the Year – Prairies
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Regional Law Firm of the Year – Quebec
Langlois Lawyers, LLP
Regional Law Firm of the Year - Western Canada
Lawson Lundell LLP
Regional Law Firm of the Year - Atlantic Canada
McInnes Cooper
Capital Markets Deal of the Year
Rogers Communications bond offering to finance purchase of Shaw Communications
Female Trailblazer of the Year (In-House Counsel)
Terrie-Lynne Devonish - Altus Group Limited
Female Trailblazer of the Year (Private Practice)
Alicia Quesnel - Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
Managing Partner of the Year
Tim Haney - Dentons Canada LLP
M&A Deal of the Year
Rio Tinto acquisition of Turquoise Hill Resources
The LexisNexis Canada Award for Canadian Law Department of the Year
Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
