DLA Piper Canada lawyers recognized in 2025 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP is pleased to share that 57 of our lawyers have been recognized as leading practitioners in the 2025 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.

The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory identifies the top law firms and practitioners in the country. The rankings were based on an extensive, peer-review process in which over 23,000 participants from law firms across Canada were surveyed for 2025.

Congratulations to the following lawyers recognized in the 2025 edition of the directory:

• Paul Albi, K.C. - Family Law
• Derrick Auch - Corporate Mid-Market, Mining
• Kate Bake-Paterson - Charities
• Eric Belli-Bivar - Banking
• Ian Bendell* - Infrastructure Law
• Keri Bennett - Data Privacy
• Ryan Black - Computer & IT Law, Corporate Mid-Market, Technology Transactions
• Wally Braul - Aboriginal Law, Environment
• Colin Brousson - Insolvency: Financial Restructuring and Litigation, Insolvency: Insolvency Litigation
• Ruby Chan - Corporate Mid-Market, Mining
• Jennifer Cleall, K.C. - Corporate Mid-Market
• Max Collett - Environment
• Don Collie - Mining
• Antony Cortese - Corporate Commercial
• Jordan Deering - White Collar Crime
• Russel Drew - Corporate Mid-Market
• Megan Filmer - Corporate Mid-Market
• Robert Fonn - Corporate Finance & Securities, Corporate Mid-Market, Mining
• Michael Ford - Employment
• Catherine Gibson - Corporate Mid-Market, Property Leasing
• Noam Goodman - Corporate Mid-Market
• David Hawreluk, K.C. - Construction
• Brian Hiebert - Forestry Law
• Roy Hudson - Corporate Mid-Market
• Michelle Isaak - Estate & Personal Tax Planning
• Josh Jantzi - Environment
• Daniel Kenney - Corporate Mid-Market
• Sydney Kert - Corporate Mid-Market
• Howard Krupat - Construction Law, Infrastructure
• Edmond Lamek - Insolvency & Financial Restructuring
• John Landry, K.C. - Transport
• Roger Lee - Estate & Personal Tax Planning (Estate Litigation)
• Alan Macek - Intellectual Property
• Vaughn MacLellan - Corporate Finance, Corporate Mid-Market, Mining
• Ted Maduri - Corporate Mid-Market
• Garry Mancell, R.P.F. - Forestry Law
• Elizabeth Mayer - Infrastructure Law, Project Finance
• Robert McDonald - Computer & IT Law, Intellectual Property
• Alan Monk - Mining
• Veronica Monteiro - Pensions (Employer)
• James Padwick - Asset-Based Lending, Banking
• Catherine Pawluch - Aviation, Transportation
• Marc Philibert - Corporate Mid-Market
• Jennifer Poirier - Mining
• Brian Poston - Aviation
• Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy - Intellectual Property, Litigation: Intellectual Property
• David Reid - Mining
• Ian Reynolds, K.C. - Corporate Mid-Market
• Robert Seidel, K.C. - Corporate Commercial, Corporate Mid-Market
• Daniel Shapira - Property Development
• Derek Sigel - Corporate Finance, Corporate Mid-Market
• Bruce Stratton - Intellectual Property, Litigation: Intellectual Property
• Heather Treacy, K.C. - Aboriginal Law
• Jeff Waatainen - Forestry
• Trevor Wong-Chor - Corporate Mid-Market
• Stephen Wortley - Corporate Finance
• Kevin Wright - Competition Law