59 WeirFoulds lawyers recognized in 2025 editions of Best Lawyers in Canada and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

WeirFoulds congratulates the 49 lawyers who have been recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada, and the 10 lawyers who have been recognized in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. This year the firm lawyer’s have proudly earned 97 rankings in 28 specialty areas.

Best Lawyers has ranked legal practitioners and firms across multiple practice areas through exhaustive peer-review surveys of the legal community for more than 25 years. Those surveyed are asked to assess their peers’ legal abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

We are honoured that our clients and peers continue to take the time to express their satisfaction with the high-quality counsel, service and professionalism provided by WeirFoulds.

Below is the list of lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch along with the areas in which they have been ranked:

Best Lawyers in Canada

Caroline Abela

  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Trusts and Estates

Glenn Ackerley

  • Construction Law

Richard Arezes

  • Real Estate Law

Sandra Astolfo

  • Construction Law

Denise Baker

  • Municipal Law

Carleigh Bassett

  • Corporate Law

Amy Block

  • Administrative and Public Law

Janet L. Bobechko

  • Environmental Law

Lisa Borsook

  • Commercial Leasing Law
  • Real Estate Law

Alan Bromstein

  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Health Care Law

David Brown

  • Corporate Law

John Buhlman

  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Environmental Law

Clare Burns

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Trusts and Estates

Philip Carpenter

  • Construction Law

Krista Chaytor

  • Commercial Leasing Law
  • Construction Law

Jennifer Corak

  • Trusts and Estates

Jeff Cowan

  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Real Estate Law

Lisa Danay Wallace

  • Information Technology Law
  • Privacy and Data Security Law

Jill Dougherty

  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Health Care Law

Robert Eberschlag

  • Mining Law

Wayne Egan

  • Corporate Law
  • Mining Law

Bruce Engell

  • Municipal Law

Bryan Finlay

  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Class Action Litigation
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Director and Officer Liability Practice
  • Securities Law

Sean Foran

  • Expropriation Law
  • Real Estate Law

Peter Jacobsen

  • Defamation and Media Law

Wojtek Jaskiewicz

  • Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law

Ben Kates

  • Administrative and Public Law

Raj Kehar

  • Municipal Law

James Kosa

  • Information Technology Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Privacy and Data Security Law
  • Technology Law

Brian Kuchar

  • Construction Law

Karsten Lee

  • Commercial Leasing Law
  • Real Estate Law

Andrew MacDonald

  • Aviation Law
  • Defamation and Media Law

Lucinda Main

  • Trusts and Estates

Carlos Martins

  • Aviation Law
  • Defamation and Media Law

Andrea McEwan

  • Trusts and Estates

Debra McKenna

  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Health Care Law

Bradley McLellan

  • Real Estate Law

W. A. Derry Millar

  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation

Patrick Nugent

  • Real Estate Law

Laroux Peoples

  • Trusts and Estates

Ken Prehogan

  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation

Greg Richards

  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation

Steve Rukavina

  • Corporate Law
  • Real Estate Law

Abbey Sinclair

  • Expropriation Law
  • Municipal Law

Michael Swartz

  • Construction Law

David Thompson

  • Commercial Leasing Law
  • Real Estate Law

Christopher Tzekas

  • Expropriation Law
  • Real Estate Law

Frank Walwyn

  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Internal Arbitration
  • International Trade and Finance Law
  • Trusts and Estates

Daniel Wong

  • Labour and Employment Law

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

Lia Boritz

  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Labour and Employment Law

Chantal deSereville

  • Municipal Law

Michael Ding

  • Tax Law

Shawn English

  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Max Gennis

  • Construction Law

Lori Isaj

  • Trusts and Estates

Megan Mah

  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Labour and Employment Law

Sanaya Mistry

  • Trusts and Estates

Arman Poushin

  • Commercial Leasing Law

Jonah Waxman

  • Trusts and Estates
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