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Cassels Lawyers Recognized Among the Best in the Country by Best Lawyers 2023

08/25/2022

Cassels is proud to announce that 80+ of our lawyers across 30+ practice areas have been named to the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada, the strongest showing ever for the firm.

We are also pleased to note that John Christian (Vancouver, Securities), Jane Dietrich (Toronto, Insolvency and Financial Finance Law), Jonathan Fleisher (Toronto, Equipment Finance Law), Jennifer McKenzie (Toronto, Advertising and Marketing Law), and Jeffrey Oliver (Calgary, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law), were named “Lawyer of the Year” for their respective practice areas and jurisdiction. Only a single lawyer for each practice area in any given city is selected to be “Lawyer of the Year,” and we congratulate our partners on this notable achievement.

Newly ranked in Best Lawyers for 2023 is Jennifer Wasylyk (Banking and Finance).

The lawyers included within this directory and their areas of recognized practice are listed below (in alphabetical order):

  • Chad Accursi – Natural Resources Law
  • Davit Akman – Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Matthew Alter – Construction Law; Public Procurement Law
  • Jason Arbuck – Asset-Based Lending Practice; Banking and Finance Law
  • Frank Arnone – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Securities Law
  • Joe Bellissimo – Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
  • Mark Bennett – Mining Law, Natural Resources Law
  • Andre Boivin – Mining Law
  • Jake Bullen – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Mary Buttery, Q.C. – Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
  • Gordon Chambers – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Mining Law; Securities Law
  • Casey Chisick – Entertainment Law; Intellectual Property Law
  • John T.C. Christian – Securities Law
  • Bob Cohen – Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • John Craig – Mining Law; Natural Resources Law
  • Jordanna Cytrynbaum – Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law
  • Mark Davis – Intellectual Property Law
  • Jane Dietrich – Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
  • Brian Dominique – Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law
  • Andrea FitzGerald – Mining Law; Natural Resources Law
  • Jonathan Fleisher – Asset-Based Lending Practice; Banking and Finance Law; Equipment Finance Law
  • Jonathan Freeman – Real Estate Law
  • Nicola Geary – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Len Glickman – Intellectual Property Law
  • Sandra Gogal – Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice
  • Jay Goldman – Corporate Law; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law; Securities Law
  • Gord Goodman – Banking and Finance Law
  • Andrea Gorys – Construction Law
  • Colin Ground – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Jennifer Hansen – Mining Law
  • Alison Hayman – Intellectual Property Law
  • Joe Hocher – Oil and Gas Law
  • Jason Holowachuk, Q.C. – Construction Law
  • Alex Iliopoulos – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Thomas Isaac – Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice
  • Lara Jackson – Class Action Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Securities Law
  • Bernice Karn – Information Technology Law
  • Shayne Kukulowicz – Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
  • Signe Leisk – Municipal Law
  • Alison Manzer – Equipment Finance Law
  • Eric Mayzel – Intellectual Property Law
  • Jennifer McKenzie – Advertising and Marketing Law; Cannabis Law; Intellectual Property Law
  • Scott McLeman – Banking and Finance Law
  • Cathy Mercer – Natural Resources Law
  • Marc Mercier – Banking and Finance Law
  • Alan Merskey -Construction Law
  • Cam Mingay – Mining Law; Natural Resources Law
  • John Munnis Mining Law
  • Charles Newman – Asset-Based Lending Practice; Banking and Finance Law
  • Zahra Nurmohamed – Natural Resources Law; Tax Law
  • Jeffrey Oliver – Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
  • Michael Osborne – Competition / Antitrust Law
  • Tim Pinos – Class Action Litigation
  • Sheldon Plener – Sports Law
  • Darrell Podowski – Mining Law
  • Carla Potter – Equipment Finance Law
  • Tamara Prince – Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Andrew Reback – Tax Law
  • David Redford – Mining Law; Securities Law
  • David Redmond – Real Estate Law
  • Chuck Rich – Asset-Based Lending Practice; Banking and Finance Law
  • Doug Richardson – Tax Law
  • Frank Robinson – Franchise Law
  • Derek Ronde – Franchise Law
  • Jeffrey Roy – Natural Resources Law
  • Andrew Salem – Real Estate Law
  • Geoff Shaw – Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Franchise Law
  • Jonathan Sherman – Cannabis Law
  • Peter Snell – Corporate Law; Franchise Law
  • Mark St. Cyr – Construction Law
  • Paul Stein – Mining Law; Natural Resources Law
  • Peter Sullivan – Banking and Finance Law
  • Kristin Taylor – Labour and Employment Law
  • Keith Templeton – Energy Law; Oil and Gas Law
  • Shauna Towriss – Real Estate Law
  • Jennifer Traub – Mining Law; Natural Resources Law
  • Carey Veinotte – Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • John Vettese – Mining Law; Natural Resources Law
  • Jennifer Wasylyk – Banking and Finance Law
  • Larry Weinberg – Franchise Law
  • Kori Williams – Asset-Based Lending Practice; Banking and Finance Law
  • George Wowk – Intellectual Property Law

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Our future is bright! Learn more about our Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch here.