Ottawa—Dentons is pleased to announce that the Firm was recognized 97 times in the Chambers Canada 2020 client guide, 25 of which achieved the highest ranking level possible (Bands 1 and 2). Individually, 57 of our lawyers were ranked, which is an outstanding 20 percent increase over last year.

The Firm also received an impressive 32 rankings for our practice groups, being recognized for our national and regional prominence in the following areas:

Alberta

• Corporate/Commercial: The Elite
• Employment & Labour
• Energy: Provincial Regulatory  
• Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

British Columbia

• Real Estate 

Ontario

• Litigation: General Commercial  
• Real Estate  

Nationwide - Canada

• Aboriginal Law  
• Agribusiness: Agriculture & Food Products
• Agribusiness: Forestry
• Banking & Finance   
• Cannabis Law  
• Capital Markets  
• Competition & Antitrust  
• Construction  
• Employment & Labour
• Energy: Oil & Gas
• Energy: Power
• Environment
• Information Technology
• International Trade / WTO
• Media & Entertainment
• Pensions & Benefits
• Privacy & Data Protection
• Projects: PPP & Infrastructure
• Public Procurement
• Real Estate
• Restructuring Insolvency
• Startups & Emerging Companies
• Tax  
• Telecoms Media &  Broadcasting
• Transportation: Rail & Road

Of these, three practice areas were newly recognized this year: Capital Markets, Construction and Information Technology.

With representation across our six Canadian offices, these impressive and well-earned rankings reinforce the talent and scope of our lawyers’ capabilities, and reflect our collaborative efforts and common objective to deliver exceptional legal services and business solutions for clients. While many of Dentons’ lawyers have been ranked previously, 10 were included in the guide for the first time this year: Vivek Bakshi, Henry Chang, Anthony Cole, Matthew Fleming, Michael Henriques, Chase Irwin, Mark Jadd, Hartley Lefton, Stephen Lloyd and Jillian Shortt.

The following outstanding lawyers received a total of 65 rankings as leading lawyers in their fields.

Congratulations to the entire team of talented lawyers who were recognized in this year’s Chambers Canada directory.