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Cassels Recognized Among the Country’s Best in Chambers Canada 2024

09/28/2023

Cassels is proud to announce that more than 60 of our lawyers are recognized as leaders in their field across more than 25 areas of practice by Chambers Canada 2024 in the firm’s best showing yet.

In addition, Cassels is honoured to be identified as a “Tier 1” firm for CannabisFranchisingMedia & Entertainment, and Mining.

Congratulations to Graham Brown, Jessica Brown, John Picone, Carla Potter, Caitlin Russell, Vicki Tickle, Shauna Towriss, and Daniel Zuniga for their first-time inclusion in the guide and to Viviana Berkman and Stephanie Garraway for their recognition as “Associates to Watch.” We are also pleased to note that our Advertising & Marketing, Corporate/Commercial (BC), Energy: Power, and Startups & Emerging Companies teams are now recognized as leaders in these areas of law.

In alphabetical order, the Cassels lawyers included in Chambers Canada 2024 are:

  • Suhuyini Abudulai – Banking & Finance
  • Davit Akman – Competition/Antitrust: Litigators
  • Matthew Alter – Construction
  • Jason Arbuck – Hospitality
  • Jeremy Barretto – Aboriginal Law | Energy: Oil & Gas: Regulatory
  • Mark Bennett – Mining
  • Viviana Berkman – Energy: Oil & Gas: Regulatory
  • Graham Brown – Construction
  • Jessica Brown – Corporate/Commercial (Alberta)
  • David Budd – Mining
  • Gordon Chambers – Corporate/Commercial (BC) | Mining
  • Casey Chisick – Intellectual Property | Media & Entertainment
  • Mark Davis – Intellectual Property: Litigators
  • Jane Dietrich – Restructuring/Insolvency
  • Jonathan Freeman – Real Estate (Ontario)
  • Stephanie Garraway – Construction
  • Len Glickman – Media & Entertainment
  • Sandra Gogal – Aboriginal Law
  • Jay Goldman – Mining
  • Gord Goodman – Insurance
  • Jennifer Hansen – Mining
  • Arend Hoekstra – Aboriginal Law
  • Jason Holowachuk – Litigation: General Commercial (Alberta)
  • Tom Isaac – Aboriginal Law
  • Lara Jackson – Class Action: Defence | Litigation: General Commercial (Ontario) | Litigation: Securities (Ontario)
  • Ryan Jacobs – Restructuring/Insolvency
  • Laurie Jessome – Employment & Labour (Ontario)
  • Shayne Kukulowicz – Restructuring/Insolvency
  • Signe Leisk – Real Estate: Zoning (Ontario)
  • Natalie Levine – Restructuring/Insolvency
  • Jamie Litchen – Cannabis Law | Corporate/Commercial (Ontario)
  • Alison Manzer – Banking & Finance
  • Jennifer McKenzie – Advertising & Marketing
  • Marc Mercier – Banking & Finance
  • Charles Newman – Banking & Finance
  • Jeff Oliver – Restructuring/Insolvency
  • John Picone – Litigation: Securities (Ontario)
  • Tim Pinos – Class Action: Defence
  • Darrell Podowski – Mining: Development & Operations
  • Carla Potter – Banking & Finance
  • David Redford – Mining
  • David Redmond – Real Estate (Ontario)
  • Chuck Rich – Banking & Finance
  • Frank Robinson – Franchising
  • Derek Ronde – Franchising
  • Jeffrey Roy – Corporate/Commercial (Ontario)
  • Caitlin Russell – Employment & Labour (Ontario)
  • Andrew Salem – Real Estate (Ontario)
  • Geoff Shaw – Franchising
  • Jonathan Sherman – Cannabis Law
  • Peter Snell – Franchising
  • Aly Somani – Startups & Emerging Companies
  • Mark St. Cyr – Construction
  • Paul Stein – Mining
  • Brenda Swick – International Trade/WTO | Public Procurement
  • Kristin Taylor – Employment & Labour (Ontario)
  • Vicki Tickle – Restructuring/Insolvency
  • Shauna Towriss – Real Estate (BC)
  • Jennifer Traub – Mining
  • Raivo Uukkivi – Real Estate: Zoning (Ontario)
  • Carlo Vairo – Transportation: Aviation: Finance
  • Larry Weinberg – Franchising
  • Daniel Zuniga – Startups & Emerging Companies

Cassels is also noted as a leader in:

  • Aboriginal
  • Advertising & Marketing
  • Banking & Finance
  • Cannabis
  • Competition/Antitrust
  • Construction
  • Corporate/Commercial (BC)
  • Corporate/Commercial (Ontario)
  • Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Defence)
  • Employment & Labour (Ontario)
  • Energy: Power
  • Franchising
  • Hospitality
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Mining
  • Real Estate (Ontario)
  • Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Ontario)
  • Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Securities Litigation (Ontario)
  • Startups & Emerging Companies

Chambers Canada is published annually. Learn more at chambers.com.