Norton Rose Fulbright recognized at the 2025 Canadian Law Awards

Our Canadian team won Infrastructure & Projects Deal of the Year and Commercial Litigation Team of the Year at the 2025 Canadian Law Awards. 

The awards were announced at an in-person gala in Toronto on May 7, celebrating the nation's leading law firms, in-house legal teams and lawyers for their achievements and outstanding work in more than 25 categories across multiple disciplines.

Deal awards

Infrastructure & Projects Deal of the Year – Coastal GasLink Pipeline Limited Partnership's C$7.15 billion refinancing

Our Calgary office, with assistance from partners in Montreal and Washington, D.C., acted for the bookrunners and agents in connection with Coastal GasLink Pipeline Limited Partnership’s record-breaking C$7.15 billion senior secured note offering.

The team included Rick Borden, Jennifer Kennedy, Noam Ayali, Gunnar Benediktsson, Marlow Gereluk, Darren Hueppelsheuser, Connor Kense, Kaitlin Long, Joe Mooney, Peter Wiazowski, Chris Johnston, Amy Yang, Hailey Boutin, Alexander Crisp, Eric Davies, Thea Hays-Alberstat, Andrew Hopkins, Carly Manning, Saajen Seetal and Erika Vidlak.

Commercial Litigation Team of the Year – Aquino v. Bondfield Construction Co., 2024 SCC 31

Our Toronto office acted as counsel to Ernst & Young Inc., the CCAA monitor of Bondfield Construction Company Limited, in an effort to recover funds from a former director and officer of Bondfield and his co-conspirators who had carried out a false invoice scheme.

The team included Evan Cobb, Stephen Taylor, Matthew Lau and Rowan Weaver.

Now in its sixth year, the Canadian Law Awards drew on numerous nominations and analysis by an esteemed independent panel of judges and extensive market research by the editorial group. To view the full list of winners and finalists, visit the Canadian Law Awards website.