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Chambers Canada 2017 Guide recognizes 83 Fasken Martineau lawyers and names us “Employment Law Firm of the Year”

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October 3, 2016

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October 3, 2016

Fasken Martineau named "Employment Law Firm of the Year" by Chambers Canada

Toronto (Canada) – Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced today that 83 of the firm’s lawyers have been ranked in 46 areas of practice in Chambers & Partners Chambers Canada 2017 guide. Eighteen lawyers received Band 1 recognition.

Additionally, Fasken Martineau was named “Employment Law Firm of the Year”. Based on client feedback and adjudicated on the criteria of industry intelligence and comprehension, Fasken Martineau’s Employment team proved they are Canada’s leading practice group powered by the most knowledgeable lawyers in the country.

Fasken Martineau received top tier (Band 1) recognition in 9 practice areas including: Aboriginal Law (Canada), Dispute Resolution (British Columbia), Employment & Labour (Canada, British Columbia, Ontario), Energy & Natural Resources: Mining (Canada), Private Client (Canada), Real Estate (Québec), and Telecoms, Media & Broadcasting (Canada).

The following lawyers and practice areas were recognized in the Chambers Canada 2017 guide:

Aboriginal Law (Canada)

Kevin O’Callaghan
Neal Smitheman
Charles F. Willms

Agribusiness: Agriculture & Food Products (Canada)

Banking & Finance (Canada)

Jon Holmstrom
John Torrey

Banking & Finance: Financial Services Regulation (Canada)

Stephen Clark

Capital Markets (Canada)

Competition/Antitrust (Canada)

Anthony Baldanza
Huy A. Do

Corporate/Commercial: The Elite (British Columbia)

Corporate/Commercial: The Elite (Ontario)

Corporate/Commercial (Ontario)

Aaron Atkinson
Jon Levin
Bill Orr

Corporate/Commercial (Québec)

Michel Boislard
Jean Michel Lapierre
Robert Paré

Corporate/M&A (Canada)

Dispute Resolution (Canada)

Dispute Resolution (British Columbia)

Mark Andrews, Q.C.
Tracey Cohen, Q.C.
Simon Coval
Geoffrey Cowper, Q.C.
Andrew Nathanson

Dispute Resolution (Ontario)

Robert Harrison
Gerry Ranking
Samuel Rickett

Dispute Resolution (Québec)

Marc-André Fabien, Ad E
Martin Sheehan

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Canada)

Henri C. Alvarez, Q.C.
Tina Cicchetti

Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Defense) (Canada)

Andrew Borrell
Laura Cooper
Geoffrey Cowper

Employment & Labour (Canada)

Brian Burkett
Douglas Gilbert
Kevin O’Neill, Q.C.
Brian P. Smeenk

Employment & Labour (British Columbia)

David McDonald
Kevin O’Neill

Employment & Labour (Ontario)

Brian Burkett
Douglas Gilbert
Brian O’Byrne
Karen Sargeant
Brian P. Smeenk

Energy: Power (Canada)

Energy: Power (Regulatory) (Canada)

Peter Feldberg

Energy & Natural Resources: Mining (Canada)

Michael Bourassa
Brian Graves
Josh Lewis
Frank Mariage
John Turner

Environment (Canada)

Rosalind Cooper

Franchising (Canada)

Frédéric Gilbert
Darrell Jarvis

Healthcare (Canada)

Lynne Golding

Information Technology (Canada)

Karam Bayrakal
John Beardwood
Andrew Nunes

Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (Canada)

Koker Christensen
Robert W. McDowell

International Trade/WTO (Canada)

Peter Kirby
Clifford Sosnow

Investment Funds (Canada)

Anil Aggarwal
François Brais
John Kruk

Life Sciences (Canada)

Timothy Squire
Ingrid VanderElst, Ph.D.

Litigation: Products Liability (Canada)

Peter Pliszka

Pensions & Benefits (Canada)

Peggy McCallum

Privacy & Data Protection (Canada)

Alex Cameron

Private Client (Canada)

Howard Carr
Elena Hoffstein
Corina Weigl

Project Finance (Canada)

Brian Kelsall
Ella Plotkin

Projects: PPP & Infrastructure (Canada)

Thomas Barlow
Brian Kelsall
David Little
Ella Plotkin

Public Procurement (Canada)

Peter Mantas

Real Estate (Canada)

Richard Clare
Martin Emmons

Real Estate (Ontario)

Martin Emmons

Real Estate (Québec)

Richard Clare

Restructuring/Insolvency (Canada)

Stuart Brotman
John Grieve
Kibben Jackson
Aubrey Kauffman
Alain Riendeau

Tax (Canada)

Alain Ranger

Tax: Litigation (Canada)

Curtis Stewart

Telecoms, Media & Broadcasting (Canada)

Laurence Dunbar
Jay Kerr-Wilson
Leslie Milton
Scott Prescott
Stephen Whitehead

Transportation: Rail & Road (Canada)

Enrico Forlini

About Fasken Martineau

Fasken Martineau is a leading international business law and litigation firm. With more than 700 lawyers, the firm has offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec City, London and Johannesburg. For additional information, please visit the firm's website at fasken.com.

Featured Lawyers

Karen M. Sargeant, Partner | Managing Partner, Ontario, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3475, ksargeant@fasken.com
Charles F. Willms, Counsel, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4789, cwillms@fasken.com
Jean Michel Lapierre, Partner, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 7579, jmlapierre@fasken.com
Alain Riendeau, Partner, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 7678, ariendeau@fasken.com
Gerald (Jay) Kerr-Wilson, Partner | Trademark Agent, Ottawa, ON, +1 613 696 6884, jkerrwilson@fasken.com
Jon Levin, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4401, jlevin@fasken.com
W. Thomas Barlow, KC, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3403, tbarlow@fasken.com
Andrew S. Nunes, Partner | CO-LEADER, TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4510, anunes@fasken.com
Timothy M. Squire, Partner | CO-LEADER, LIFE SCIENCES, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3462, tsquire@fasken.com
Douglas G. Gilbert, Counsel, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4485, douglasgilbert@fasken.com
Peggy A. McCallum, Counsel, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4372, pmccallum@fasken.com
Tracey M. Cohen, KC, FCIArb, Partner, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 3149, tcohen@fasken.com
Ingrid E. VanderElst, PhD, Partner | Trademark Agent, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4519, ivanderelst@fasken.com
Peter J. Pliszka, Partner | CHAIR, LIFE SCIENCES LITIGATION | CHAIR, PRODUCT LIABILITY & INSURANCE GROUP, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3336, ppliszka@fasken.com
Scott M. Prescott, Partner | Co-Managing Partner, Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, +1 613 696 6883, sprescott@fasken.com
Brian W. Burkett, Counsel, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4466, bburkett@fasken.com
Peter N. Mantas, Partner, Ottawa, ON | London, +1 613 696 6886, pmantas@fasken.com
Michel Boislard, Partner, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 7634, mboislard@fasken.com
Huy Do, Partner | CO-LEADER, COMPETITION, MARKETING & FOREIGN INVESTMENT | LEADER, SOUTHEAST ASIA GROUP, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3505, hdo@fasken.com
John W. Torrey, Counsel, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4394, jtorrey@fasken.com
John S.M. Turner, Partner | Co-Leader, Global Mining Group and Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions (CM and M&A) Group Chair, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4380, jturner@fasken.com
Koker Christensen, Partner | CO-LEADER, FINANCIAL SERVICES, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3495, kchristensen@fasken.com
Alex Cameron, Partner | Co-Leader, Privacy & Cybersecurity, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4505, acameron@fasken.com
Lynne Golding, Partner | CO-LEADER, HEALTH LAW GROUP, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 5166, lgolding@fasken.com
William K. Orr, Counsel, Toronto, ON | Montréal, QC, +1 416 865 4360, worr@fasken.com
Alain Ranger, Partner, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 7555, aranger@fasken.com
Rosalind H. Cooper, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 5127, rcooper@fasken.com
John Kruk, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3512, jkruk@fasken.com
Ella Plotkin, Partner | Leader, Global Infrastructure & Projects, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4489, eplotkin@fasken.com
Anil Aggarwal, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 5169, aaggarwal@fasken.com
François Brais, Partner | Managing Partner, Québec Region, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 5161, fbrais@fasken.com
Richard J. Clare, Partner, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 7501, rclare@fasken.com
Aubrey E. Kauffman, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3538, akauffman@fasken.com
Gerald (Gerry) L.R. Ranking, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4419, granking@fasken.com
Anthony F. Baldanza, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4352, abaldanza@fasken.com
Michael J. Bourassa, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 5455, mbourassa@fasken.com
John P. Beardwood, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3490, jbeardwood@fasken.com
Geoffrey Cowper, KC, Partner, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 3185, gcowper@fasken.com
Stuart Brotman, Partner | Leader, Insolvency & Restructuring, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 5419, sbrotman@fasken.com
Kevin O'Callaghan, Partner | Leader, Indigenous Legal Matters, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4839, kocallaghan@fasken.com
Peter E. Kirby, Consultant, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 4385, pkirby@fasken.com
Darrell Jarvis, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3530, djarvis@fasken.com
Corina S. Weigl, Partner | CO-LEADER, PRIVATE CLIENT SERVICE, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4549, cweigl@fasken.com
Marc-André Fabien, AdE, Partner, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 7557, mfabien@fasken.com
Jon J. Holmstrom, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 5125, jholmstrom@fasken.com
Karam Bayrakal, Partner, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4850, kbayrakal@fasken.com
Brian Graves, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4517, bgraves@fasken.com
Andrew Borrell, Partner, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 3195, aborrell@fasken.com
Frédéric P. Gilbert, Partner, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 5232, fgilbert@fasken.com
Brian C. Kelsall, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 5493, bkelsall@fasken.com
Laura F. Cooper, Partner | LEADER, LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 5471, lcooper@fasken.com
Frank Mariage, Partner, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 7540, fmariage@fasken.com
Neal J. Smitheman, Counsel, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3441, nsmitheman@fasken.com
Clifford Sosnow, Partner, Toronto, ON | Ottawa, ON, +1 613 696 6876, csosnow@fasken.com
Kibben Jackson, Partner, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4786, kjackson@fasken.com
Andrew I. Nathanson, KC, Partner | Co-Leader, White Collar Crime, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4908, anathanson@fasken.com