Cassels is proud to announce that more than 65 of our lawyers are recognized as leaders in their field across more then 25 areas of practice by Chambers Canada 2025 in the firm’s best showing yet.
Cassels is particularly honoured to be identified as a “Tier 1” firm for Aboriginal Law, Cannabis, Franchising, Media & Entertainment, and Mining.
Special congratulations to Jake Bullen, Tayyaba Khan, Noah Leszcz, Alex Pizale, Carey Veinotte, and Melissa Winch for their first-time inclusion in the guide. We are also pleased to note that our Intellectual Property Litigation, Private Equity, and Tax teams are now recognized as leaders in these areas of law.
In alphabetical order, the Cassels lawyers included in Chambers Canada 2025 are:
- Davit Akman (Competition/Antitrust | Competition/Antitrust: Litigators)
- Matthew Alter (Construction)
- Jason Arbuck (Hospitality)
- Jeremy Barretto (Aboriginal Law | Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory))
- Mark Bennett (Mining)
- Graham Brown (Construction)
- Jessica Brown (Corporate/Commercial – Alberta)
- David Budd (Mining)
- Jake Bullen (Private Equity)
- Gordon Chambers (Corporate/Commercial – British Columbia | Mining)
- Casey Chisick (Intellectual Property | Media & Entertainment)
- Mark Davis (Intellectual Property: Litigation)
- Jonathan Freeman (Real Estate – Ontario)
- Stephanie Garraway (Construction)
- Leonard Glickman (Media & Entertainment)
- Sandra Gogal (Aboriginal Law)
- Jay Goldman (Mining)
- Gord Goodman (Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory)
- Jen Hansen (Mining)
- Arend Hoekstra (Aboriginal Law)
- Jason Holowachuk, K.C. (Litigation: General Commercial – Alberta)
- Thomas Isaac (Aboriginal Law)
- Lara Jackson (Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Defence) | Litigation: General Commercial – Ontario | Litigation: Securities – Ontario)
- Ryan Jacobs (Restructuring/Insolvency)
- Laurie Jessome (Employment & Labour)
- Tayyaba Khan (Cannabis)
- Shayne Kukulowicz (Restructuring/Insolvency)
- Signe Leisk (Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use – Ontario)
- Noah Leszcz (Franchise)
- Natalie Levine (Restructuring/Insolvency)
- Jamie Litchen (Cannabis | Corporate/Commercial – Ontario)
- Alison Manzer (Banking & Finance)
- Jennifer McKenzie (Advertising & Marketing)
- Marc Mercier (Banking & Finance)
- Charles Newman (Banking & Finance)
- Jeffrey Oliver (Restructuring/Insolvency)
- John Picone (Litigation: Securities – Ontario)
- Timothy Pinos (Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Defence))
- Alexander Pizale (Mining)
- Darrell Podowski (Mining: Development & Operations)
- Carla Potter (Banking & Finance)
- David Redford (Mining)
- David Redmond (Real Estate – Ontario)
- Chuck Rich (Banking & Finance)
- Frank Robinson (Franchise)
- Derek Ronde (Franchise)
- Jeffrey Roy (Corporate/Commercial – Ontario)
- Caitlin Russell (Employment & Labour)
- Andrew Salem (Real Estate – Ontario)
- Geoff Shaw (Franchise)
- Jonathan Sherman (Cannabis)
- Andrew Skodyn (Intellectual Property: Litigation)
- Peter Snell (Franchise)
- Mark St. Cyr (Construction)
- Paul Stein (Mining)
- Brenda Swick (International Trade/WTO | Public Procurement)
- Kristin Taylor (Employment & Labour)
- Vicki Tickle (Restructuring/Insolvency)
- Shauna Towriss (Real Estate – British Columbia)
- Jennifer Traub (Mining)
- Raivo Uukkivi (Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use – Ontario)
- Carol Vairo (Transportation: Aviation: Finance)
- Carey Veinotte (Litigation: General Commercial – British Columbia)
- Larry Weinberg (Franchise)
- Melissa Winch (Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use – Ontario)
- Daniel Zuniga (Startups & Emerging Companies)
Cassels is also noted as a leader in:
- Aboriginal Law
- Advertising & Marketing
- Banking & Finance
- Cannabis Law
- Competition/Antitrust
- Construction
- Corporate/Commercial (British Columbia)
- Corporate/Commercial (Ontario)
- Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Defence)
- Employment & Labour (Ontario)
- Franchising
- Hospitality
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property: Litigation
- Litigation: Securities (Ontario)
- Media & Entertainment
- Mining
- Power
- Private Equity
- Real Estate (Ontario)
- Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Ontario)
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Startups & Emerging Companies
- Tax
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