169 Canadian Norton Rose Fulbright Lawyers Ranked in 2021 Lexpert Directory

Canada | Press release - Recognition | April 2021

The 2021 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory has ranked 169 of our lawyers as leaders across Canada in almost 50 practice areas. Our lawyers received a total of 335 individual rankings, with 101 lawyers receiving recognition in several areas. Of particular note, 20 of our lawyers received a total of 28 'Most Frequently Recommended' listings between them, the highest attainable Lexpert ranking.

Most Frequently Recommended Lawyers:

David M.A. Amato – Asset-Based Lending and Banking & Financial Institutions
Marcus W. Archer – Corporate Finance & Securities
R. Luc Beaulieu – Labour Relations
Pierre Bienvenu, Ad.E. – Commercial Arbitration and Litigation – Corporate Commercial
Rick Borden – Banking & Financial Institutions
Shelley Chapelski – Shipping & Maritime Law
Richard J. Charney – Labour Relations
Arnold Cohen – Asset-Based Lending
Linda Fuerst – Litigation – Corporate Commercial and Litigation – Securities
Ian Gosselin – Construction Law
Clarke Hunter, QC – Litigation – Corporate Commercial
Stephen J. Kelly – Corporate Commercial Law and Corporate Finance & Securities
Olivier F. Kott, Ad. E. – Construction Law
David Lemieux – Banking & Financial Institutions
Sophie Melchers – Litigation – Corporate Commercial
Luc Morin – Insolvency & Financial Restructuring
Paul Raymond – Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Finance & Securities, Corporate Mid-Market and Mergers & Acquisitions
Solomon Sananes – Corporate Finance & Securities
Eric Stevens – Corporate Commercial Law and Corporate Mid-Market
Martin J. Valasek – Commercial Arbitration

We received a total of 107 firm rankings in more than 30 practice areas, with the highest recognition in 14 areas:

Banking and Financial Institutions – Montréal
Class Actions – Montréal
Construction Law – Montréal
Corporate Commercial Law – Montréal
Corporate Commercial Law – Quebec City
Corporate Finance & Securities - Montréal
Energy (Oil & Gas) – Calgary
Intellectual Property – Toronto
Labour Relations – Montréal
Litigation – Corporate Commercial - Montréal
Litigation – Corporate Commercial - Quebec City
Litigation – Intellectual Property – Toronto
Litigation – Securities – Montréal
Mergers & Acquisitions – Montréal

About Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory is the most comprehensive guide of legal talent in Canada. Published since 1997, the directory profiles leading practitioners across Canada in over 60 practice areas and leading law firms in over 40 areas.

The full list of rankings can be found online.