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Cassels Lawyers Ranked Among Canada’s Best by Lexpert’s 2023 Directory

03/02/2023

We are pleased to announce that 75+ Cassels lawyers were recognized as leaders in their field in the 2023 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, the firm’s strongest showing yet.

In alphabetical order, the Cassels lawyers recognized this year are:

  • Suhuyini Abudulai (Banking | Financial Institutions Regulation – Ontario)
  • Chad Accursi (Corporate Finance | Mining)
  • Davit Akman (Competition)
  • Matthew Alter (Construction)
  • Jason Arbuck (Asset-Based Lending | Asset/Equipment Finance | Banking)
  • Frank Arnone (Corporate Finance | Corporate Mid-Market | Private Equity)
  • Joe Bellissimo (Insolvency – Insolvency Litigation)
  • Mark Bennett (Corporate Finance | Corporate Mid-Market | Mining)
  • John Birch (Insolvency – Financial Restructuring | Insolvency – Insolvency Litigation)
  • Andre Boivin (Mining)
  • Alessandro Bozzelli (Banking)
  • Jessica Brown (Corporate Commercial)
  • David Budd (Asset-Based Lending | Asset/Equipment Finance | Mining)
  • Jake Bullen (Corporate Mid-Market)
  • Gordon Chambers (Mining)
  • Casey Chisick (Entertainment | Intellectual Property | Intellectual Property – Litigation)
  • John Christian (Corporate Commercial | Corporate Finance)
  • Daniel Cipollone (Banking)
  • Lindsay Clements (Mining)
  • John Craig (Mining)
  • Mark Davis (Intellectual Property | Intellectual Property – Litigation)
  • Jane Dietrich (Insolvency – Financial Restructuring | Insolvency – Insolvency Litigation)
  • Brian Dominique (Mining)
  • Andrea FitzGerald (Mining)
  • Jonathan Fleisher (Asset/Equipment Finance)
  • Jonathan Freeman (Banking | Project Finance | Property Development)
  • Len Glickman (Entertainment)
  • Sandra Gogal (Aboriginal)
  • Jay Goldman (Corporate Mid-Market | Mining)
  • Gordon Goodman (Banking – Financial Institutions)
  • Jen Hansen (Mining)
  • Chris Horkins (Franchise)
  • Tom Isaac (Aboriginal)
  • Lara Jackson (Class Actions | Litigation – Corporate Commercial | Litigation – Securities)
  • Ryan Jacobs (Insolvency – Financial Restructuring)
  • Sunil Joneja (Banking)
  • Bernice Karn (Computer)
  • Steven Kennedy (Intellectual Property – One to Watch)
  • Armen Khajetoorian (Property Leasing)
  • Jay King (Mining)
  • Shayne Kukulowicz (Insolvency – Financial Restructuring | Insolvency – Insolvency Litigation)
  • Signe Leisk (Property Development)
  • Alison Manzer (Asset/Equipment Finance | Banking)
  • Eric Mayzel (Entertainment)
  • Jennifer McKenzie (Advertising & Marketing Law | Intellectual Property)
  • Cathy Mercer (Mining)
  • Alan Merskey (Insolvency – Insolvency Litigation)
  • Ardy Mohajer (Property Development – One to Watch)
  • Charles Newman (Banking)
  • Zahra Nurmohamed (Corporate Tax)
  • Jeffrey Oliver (Insolvency – Insolvency Litigation)
  • Colin Pendrith (Franchise)
  • John Picone (Securities Litigation – One to Watch)
  • Alex Pizale (Mining)
  • Darrell Podowski (Mining)
  • Carla Potter (Asset/Equipment Finance)
  • Andrew Reback (Corporate Tax)
  • David Redford (Mining)
  • David Redmond (Property Development)
  • Chuck Rich (Asset-Based Finance | Banking)
  • Frank Robinson (Franchise)
  • Derek Ronde (Franchise)
  • Jeffrey Roy (Corporate Mid-Market | Mining)
  • Geoffrey Shaw (Franchise)
  • Peter Snell (Franchise)
  • Mark St. Cyr (Construction)
  • Paul Stein (Corporate Finance | Corporate Mid-Market | Mining)
  • Brenda Swick (International Trade)
  • Vicki Tickle (Insolvency – Financial Restructuring | Insolvency – Insolvency Litigation)
  • Jennifer Traub (Corporate Finance | Corporate Mid-Market | Mining)
  • Carlo Vairo (Asset Equipment Finance/Leasing | Aviation – Regulatory & Liability)
  • John Vettese (Mining)
  • Jennifer Wasylyk (Asset/Equipment Finance)
  • Larry Weinberg (Franchise)
  • Kori Williams (Banking)

We are also proud to be ranked among the nation’s market-leading firms in the following areas:

  • Aboriginal
  • Asset Equipment Finance/Leasing
  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Class Actions
  • Construction Law
  • Corporate Commercial Law
  • Corporate Finance & Securities
  • Entertainment Law
  • Franchise Law
  • Insolvency & Financial Restructuring
  • Intellectual Property
  • Litigation – Commercial Insurance
  • Litigation – Corporate Commercial
  • Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Litigation – Product Liability
  • Litigation – Securities
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mining
  • Project Finance
  • Property Development
  • Technology Transactions

Published annually since 1997 and the product of an extensive peer survey process, the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory is the most comprehensive guide to legal talent in Canada.

More information on the 2023 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory can be found here: https://lexpert.ca/directory/.