WeirFoulds is pleased to announce that 30 of our lawyers have been recognized across 21 different practice areas in the 2025 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.
Each lawyer was selected based on a comprehensive survey, which has been issued annually since 1994. They are acknowledged by their peers and clients as leaders in their respective fields, and are prominent lawyers in their respective practice areas. In addition to the individual lawyer rankings, WeirFoulds has achieved firm rankings in the following eight practice areas, earning “Most Frequently Recommended” in the areas of Construction Law, Property Development and Property Leasing.
- Computer & IT Law
- Construction Law
- Corporate Commercial Law
- Litigation – Corporate Commercial
- Professional Liability
- Property Development
- Property Leasing
- Technology Transactions
We congratulate each of our lawyers listed below for their recognition in the Directory:
- Caroline Abela – Estate & Personal Tax Planning (Estate Litigation); Litigation – Corporate Commercial
- Glenn Ackerley – Construction Law; Infrastructure Law
- Sandra Astolfo – Construction Law
- Denise Baker – Property Development
- Benjamin Bathgate – Litigation – Corporate Commercial; White Collar Defence & Investigations
- Amy Block – Litigation – Regulatory & Public Law
- Janet Bobechko – Environmental Law; Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
- Lisa Borsook – Property Development; Property Leasing
- Clare Burns – Estate & Personal Tax Planning (Estate Litigation)
- Philip Cho – Insolvency & Financial Restructuring (Insolvency Litigation); Insolvency & Financial Restructuring (Financial Restructuring)
- Jennifer Corak – Estate & Personal Tax Planning (Estate & Tax Planning)
- Lisa Danay Wallace – Computer & IT Law; Technology Transactions
- Michael Dolphin – Corporate Finance & Securities
- Jill Dougherty – Litigation – Regulatory & Public Law
- Robert Eberschlag – Corporate Finance & Securities; Corporate Mid-Market; Mining
- Wayne Egan – Corporate Mid-Market
- Bruce Engell – Property Development
- Peter Jacobsen – Litigation – Defamation & Media
- Ben Kates – Litigation – Regulatory & Public Law
- Raj Kehar – Property Development
- James Kosa – Computer & IT Law; Technology Transactions
- Karsten Lee – Property Leasing
- Andrew MacDonald – Litigation – Defamation & Media
- Lucinda Main – Estate & Personal Tax Planning (Estate & Tax Planning)
- Carlos Martins – Aviation (Regulation & Liability); Litigation – Defamation & Media
- Andrea McEwan – Estate & Personal Tax Planning (Estate Litigation)
- W. A. Derry Millar – Commercial Arbitration; Litigation – Corporate Commercial
- Michael Swartz – Construction Law
- Kayla Theeuwen (Leading Lawyers to Watch) – Litigation – Corporate Commercial
- Christopher Tzekas – Property Development
Published annually since 1997 and the product of an extensive peer survey process, the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory is the most comprehensive guide to legal talent in Canada. Profiling leading lawyers across Canada, the directory has become the resource of choice for Canadian corporate counsel and Canadian law firms as well as US corporate counsel and law firms in need of Canadian legal expertise.
