Cassels is proud to announce that over 105 of our lawyers – across 35 practice areas – have been named to the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada, the strongest showing ever for the firm.
Newly ranked in Best Lawyers for 2025 are Jeremy Barretto (Energy Regulatory Law), David Budd (Banking and Finance Law), David Gardos (Securities Law), Corinne Grigoriu (Tax Law), Eamon Hurley (Energy Law), Steven Kennedy (Intellectual Property Law), Armen Khajetoorian (Commercial Leasing Law), David Kolesar (Banking and Finance Law), Ben Leith (Real Estate Law), Natalie Levine (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law), Evan Low (Corporate Law), Robert Lysy (Real Estate Law), Manny Mukkar (Real Estate Law), Alex Parken (Mergers & Acquisitions), Colin Pendrith (Franchise Law), Adrianna Pilkington (Municipal Law), Monique Sassi (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law), Omar Soliman (Corporate Law), Melissa Winch (Municipal Law), Jessica Zagar (Entertainment Law | Intellectual Property Law), and Daniel Zuniga (Mergers & Acquisitions).
Congratulations to…
- 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)
- Jeremy Barretto (Energy Regulatory Law)
- Joe Bellissimo (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Mark Bennett (Mining Law | Natural Resources Law)
- Andre Boivin (Mining Law)
- Jessica Brown (Corporate Law | Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- David Budd (Banking and Finance Law)
- Jake Bullen (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
- Gordon Chambers (Corporate Law | Mergers and Acquisitions Law | Mining Law | Securities Law)
- Casey Chisick (Entertainment Law | Intellectual Property Law)
- John Christian (Securities Law)
- Robert Cohen (Corporate and Commercial Litigation)
- John Craig (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)
- Derek Elliott (Real Estate Law)
- Andrea FitzGerald (Natural Resources Law)
- Jonathan Fleisher (Asset-Based Lending Practice | Banking and Finance Law | Equipment Finance Law | Structured Finance Law)
- Jonathan Freeman (Real Estate Law)
- David Gardos (Securities Law)
- Nicola Geary (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Len Glickman (Entertainment Law | Intellectual Property Law)
- Sandra Gogal (Aboriginal Law/Indigenous Practice | Environmental Law)
- Jay Goldman (Corporate Law | Mining Law | Natural Resources Law | Securities Law)
- Gordon Goodman (Banking and Finance Law)
- Andrea Gorys (Construction Law)
- Corinne Grigoriu (Tax Law)
- Colin Ground (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Jen Hansen (Mining Law)
- Joe Hocher (Oil and Gas Law)
- Jason Holowachuk, KC (Construction Law)
- Chris Horkins (Class Action Litigation |Corporate and Commercial Litigation | Franchise Law)
- Eamon Hurley (Energy Law)
- Alex Iliopoulos (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Tom Isaac (Aboriginal Law/Indigenous Practice)
- Lara Jackson (Class Action Litigation | Corporate and Commercial Litigation | Securities Law)
- Ryan Jacobs (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Natasha Jimeno (Banking and Finance Law)
- Sunil Joneja (Asset-Based Lending Practice | Banking and Finance Law)
- Bernice Karn (Information Technology Law)
- Steven Kennedy (Intellectual Property)
- Armen Khajetoorian (Commercial Leasing Law)
- David Kolesar (Banking and Finance Law)
- Shayne Kukulowicz (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Signe Leisk (Municipal Law)
- Ben Leith (Real Estate Law)
- Natalie Levine (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Evan Low (Corporate Law)
- Robert Lysy (Real Estate Law)
- Karen MacDonald (Advertising and Marketing Law | Intellectual Property Law)
- Alison Manzer (Equipment Finance Law | Banking and Finance Law)
- Jeremy Martin (Class Action Litigation | Product Liability Law)
- Eric Mayzel (Entertainment Law | Intellectual Property Law)
- Jennifer McKenzie (Advertising and Marketing Law | Intellectual Property Law)
- Marc Mercier (Banking and Finance Law)
- Alan Merskey (Construction Law)
- Manny Mukkar (Real Estate 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)
- Alex Parken (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Colin Pendrith (Franchise Law)
- Adrianna Pilkington (Municipal Law)
- Tim Pinos (Class Action Litigation | Corporate and Commercial Litigation)
- Sheldon Plener (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Darrell Podowski (Mining Law)
- Carla Potter (Banking and Finance Law | Equipment Finance Law)
- Samantha Prasad (Tax 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)
- Dianne Rideout (Labour and Employment Law | Workers’ Compensation Law)
- Frank Robinson (Franchise Law)
- Derek Ronde (Franchise Law)
- Jeffrey Roy (Natural Resources Law | Securities Law)
- Andrew Salem (Real Estate Law)
- Monique Sassi (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Geoff Shaw (Franchise Law)
- Jonathan Sherman (Cannabis Law)
- Cory Sherman (Real Estate Law)
- Andrew Skodyn (Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice | Corporate and Commercial Litigation | Health Care Law | Intellectual Property Law)
- Peter Snell (Corporate Law | Franchise Law)
- Omar Soliman (Corporate Law)
- Mark St. Cyr (Construction Law)
- Paul Stein (Mining Law | Natural Resources Law)
- Kristin Taylor (Labour and Employment Law)
- Brian Temins (Corporate Law)
- Keith Templeton (Energy Law | Oil and Gas Law)
- Vicki Tickle (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)
- Shauna Towriss (Real Estate Law)
- Jennifer Traub (Mining Law | Natural Resources Law)
- Raivo Uukkivi (Municipal Law)
- Carlo Vairo (Banking and Finance Law | Transportation 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)
- Melissa Winch (Municipal Law)
- Jessica Zagar (Entertainment Law | Intellectual Property Law)
- Daniel Zuniga (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
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