Canada—Dentons has achieved more rankings than ever before in The Legal 500 Canada 2021 client guide. Amongst the 79 Dentons lawyers recognized, 14 are listed as Leading Individuals, while seven are ranked as Next Generation Partners and three as Rising Stars.

The number of Dentons lawyers recognized in this year’s guide has increased by 27 from last year and the Firm also achieved a ranking in the Business Immigration category for the first time, increasing the total number of practice groups ranked to 28. Two of Dentons’ practice areas, Cannabis and Media and Entertainment, retained their prestigious Tier 1 status which ranks Dentons as one of the best law firms in Canada for both cannabis and media and entertainment law.

Beth Wilson, Canada CEO at Dentons, said, “I am proud to lead a firm with such exceptional lawyers and professionals. This is testament to the consistent hard work and dedication of our teams across all six of our Canadian offices, and reflects the focus that we put on continually growing our offering to meet our clients’ needs. We thank our clients for their ongoing support and feedback to fuel our ambition to be the leading global law firm in Canada.”

Leading Individuals

Brian Abraham: Energy and natural resources - mining
Ann Bigué, Ad. E.: Indigenous Law / Aboriginal Law
Ken Dhaliwal: Media and entertainment
Eric Foster: Cannabis
Michael Hurst: Energy and natural resources - oil and gas
Gregory Kane: Telecoms
Paul Lalonde: International trade; Public procurement
Alex MacWilliam: Environment
Bernard Roth: Energy and natural resources - oil and gas
Jim Russell: Media and entertainment
John Sandrelli: Restructuring and insolvency
Juliet Smith: Media and entertainment
Y. Monica Song: Telecoms
Gordon Tarnowsky, Q.C.: Dispute Resolution

Next Generation Partners

Laura Estep: Energy and natural resources -oil and gas
Matthew Fleming: Dispute Resolution
Larry Nevsky: Tax
Andy Pushalik: Labour and employment
George Antonopoulos: Energy and natural resources - oil and gas
Michael Henriques: Banking and finance
Rachel Howie: Dispute Resolution

Rising Stars

Jayme Alter: Media and entertainment
Emma Irving: Dispute Resolution
Erica Shadeed: Dispute Resolution

Firm rankings

Banking and finance
Business Immigration
Cannabis
Capital markets
Competition and antitrust
Corporate and M&A
Dispute resolution - Dispute resolution - Alberta
Dispute resolution - Dispute resolution - BC
Dispute resolution - Dispute resolution - Ontario
Dispute resolution - Dispute resolution - Quebec
Energy and natural resources: mining
Energy and natural resources: oil and gas
Energy and natural resources: power
Environment
Indigenous law
Infrastructure and projects
International trade
Labour and employment
Media and entertainment
Pensions
Public Procurement
Real Estate
Restructuring and insolvency
Tax
Technology
Telecoms
Transport: aviation
Transport: other transport

For the complete Dentons listing, please visit The Legal 500 Canada 2021 website here.

About Dentons

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