Toronto (Canada) – Fasken has once again been named Employment Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers Canada 2023 Awards, which were presented at the Chambers Canada 2024 guide launch event.
Fasken’s Labour and Employment and Human Rights group provides proactive, pragmatic and effective solutions to address the issues clients face. As Canada’s largest national practice with offices in each major city across Canada, our team works collaboratively in assisting clients with their multijurisdictional workplace needs.
The Firm has also continued to be recognized for our expertise and outstanding client service in the Chambers Canada 2024 guide.
In all, Fasken was recognized with:
- 11 Band 1 lawyer rankings
- 8 Band 1 practice and industry area rankings
- 139 total lawyer rankings
- 53 total practice and industry area rankings
- 192 total rankings
The following 11 Fasken lawyers were named in the Band 1 rankings: Stéphane Fillion, John Turner, Michael Bourassa, Rosalind Cooper, Clifford Sosnow, Geoffrey Cowper, KC, Tracey M. Cohen, KC, Peter Pliszka, David Hausman, Alex Cameron, and Leslie Milton.
Our team was also ranked Band 1 in the following practice and industry areas:
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Aboriginal (Indigenous) Law (Nationwide)
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Business & Human Rights Law (Nationwide) *
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Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded (AB) *
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Corporate/Commercial: The Elite (QC) *
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Employment & Labour (Nationwide, BC, ON, QC)
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Energy & Natural Resources: Mining (Nationwide)
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Real Estate (QC)
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Telecommunications & Broadcasting (Nationwide)
*New for 2024
The full listing of the Firm’s rankings is available here (Firm .pdf also available).
The Chambers Canada Guide covers lawyers and law firms practicing in all provinces and territories in Canada. The Guide recommends lawyers and law firms in over 70 practice areas across Canada. Chambers Canada is published annually.
About Fasken
As the largest premier law firm in Canada, with over 925 lawyers worldwide, Fasken is where excellence meets expertise. We are dedicated to shaping the future our clients want, precisely when it matters most. For more information, visit fasken.com.
About the Band 1 Practice and Industry Areas
Fasken’s Indigenous Law group has the benefit of being involved from the very beginning of the development of Aboriginal law in Canada and has an extensive experience with successfully defending challenges to permits and licenses by judicial review and by pursuing practical and efficient injunctions to allow projects to continue development.
Fasken’s Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice groups are clear leaders in Canada and among the country’s largest. Our M&A team advises our clients on the most complex and noteworthy transactions and cross-border deals. The group also calls upon our deep bench for industry-specific expertise and advice on regulatory matters including tax strategy, anti-trust and foreign investment, labour and employment, intellectual property, sanctions and corrupt practices and government relations. The Capital Markets group regularly acts for underwriters and issuers on Canada’s most complex corporate finance transactions. A key to our success is our proven ability to maintain longstanding relationships with our publicly traded clients (many of which we have been advising since their IPO) that extend beyond capital markets transactions and throughout their lifecycle as publicly traded issuers.
Fasken’s Global Mining Group is consistently recognized as having an unparalleled reputation and more mining and mining finance experts than any other firm. We have built a top team, whose vast experience brings clarity to even the most complex mining projects around the globe. With over 150 years of experience in the industry, we advise companies and other stakeholders on all legal issues affecting the mining sector. Our group has been named Global Mining Law Firm of the Year for 8 consecutive years – more times than any other law firm in the world.
The Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution group delivers successful and creative strategies tailored to their clients’ goals. By emphasizing strategy we place solutions ahead of problems and outcomes ahead of process. The team is consistently recognized by respected publications worldwide for its exceptional service to clients.
Fasken’s Real Estate Group is your go-to team of experts for all commercial real estate matters. We deliver on major projects and transactions and provide ongoing support for your leasing, financing, transactional, construction, municipal planning and real estate litigation needs. Our bench strength is unmatched across the country. Fasken lawyers get the deal done. We engage our collective knowledge, the deep resources of our team and intelligently deploy technological solutions to partner in your success.
Fasken’s Broadcasting and Telecommunications group works with consumers, wireless and wireline carriers, internet service providers, resellers, cable, IPTV and satellite distributors, radio and television broadcasters and digital media companies. The Firm also works with utilities and airports to leverage their communications infrastructure and businesses such as investment companies whose interests intersect with the industry and helps navigate complex regulatory requirements and foreign ownership restrictions. The group advises on the establishment of new businesses and initiatives, specialized commercial agreements and infrastructure projects at the national and international level. Fasken’s notable communications work includes advising foreign governments in developing communications infrastructure and regulatory regimes and Canada’s leading communications companies on almost every major policy and licensing proceeding held by Canada’s telecommunications and broadcasting regulator, the CRTC.
