Norton Rose Fulbright recognized in The Legal 500 Canada 2021 rankings

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright was recognized by The Legal 500 Canada 2021, receiving rankings across 28 practice categories. The Canadian firm received tier 1 rankings in four of those categories:

Dispute resolution | Alberta
Dispute resolution | Québec
Labour and employment | Canada
Transport: shipping | Canada
 
The firm received 25 leading individual lawyer rankings in Canada for 2021, with three practitioners newly recognized:

R. Luc Beaulieu | Labour and employment
Daniel Bennett, QC | Dispute resolution
Jean G. Bertrand, Ad. E. | Dispute resolution
Pierre Bienvenu, Ad. E. | Dispute resolution
Rick Borden | Banking and finance
John Bromley, QC | Transport: shipping
Michel G. Carle | Labour and employment
Shelley Chapelski | Transport: shipping
Richard J. Charney | Labour and employment
Don Davies, QC | Energy and natural resources: oil and gas
Terence S. Dobbin | Corporate and M&A
Wayne W. Fedun | Energy and natural resources: oil and gas
Robert Froehlich (new) | Energy and natural resources: oil and gas
Howard A. Gorman, QC | Restructuring and insolvency
Clarke Hunter, QC | Dispute resolution
Pierre-Christian Labeau | Indigenous law
Wilfrid Lefebvre, QC | Tax
André Legrand  | Insurance
Jay LeMoine | Infrastructure and projects
Greg Lewis, QC | Infrastructure and projects
Sophie Melchers | Dispute resolution
Orestes Pasparakis (new) | Dispute resolution (Ontario)
Paul Raymond (new) | Corporate and M&A
Judith Robinson | Intellectual property
Richard A. Wagner | International trade

11 partners were recognized as next generation lawyers, three of whom are newly ranked for 2021:

Neil Davie | Real estate
Matthew D. Keen | Energy and natural resources: power
Karen MacDonald | Intellectual property
Lara Mason | Insurance
Andrew McCoomb (new) | Technology
Luc Morin | Restructuring and insolvency
Vanessa Rochester | Transport: shipping
Kirsty Sklar (new) | Capital markets
Walied Soliman | Corporate and M&A
Andrew Stainer (new) | Transport: shipping
Peter J. Wiazowski | Banking and finance

The guide, publishing individual rankings for the second year, named four associates in the rising star category, up from two in 2020:

Emily Chan (new) | Indigenous law
Kaitlin Long (new) | Dispute resolution (Alberta)
Michael Manhas | Environment
Noah Schein (new) | Banking and finance

The Legal 500 Canada 2021 reflects the changing nature of the country’s market and the growing presence of large international firms.

Results are determined through an in-depth research process examining various factors, including recent work, track record of work, breadth of practice area, industry sector coverage, depth and experience of practice teams and client feedback.