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52 BD&P lawyers recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers Canada

Published August 29, 2024

Best Lawyers has released the 2025 Canadian edition. Using a peer-reviewed process, lawyers are selected for this recognition based on the opinions of other leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical and legal practice area.

We are thrilled to share that BD&P Managing Partner Alicia Quesnel has been named Lawyer of the Year in Energy Law and BD&P Partner Jeff Sharpe has been awarded Lawyer of the Year in Bet-the-Company Litigation. The Lawyer of the Year award is given to those with the highest voter feedback in their metropolitan and practice area.

Overall, 52 BD&P lawyers have been recognized in this year's edition including:

Syd S. Abougoush
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Securities Law
Ted Brown
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Securities Law
Paul G. Chiswell
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Kelsey C. Clark
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Steven Cohen
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Lindsay Cox
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Securities Law
David de Groot
- Construction Law
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Labour and Employment Law
Heather DiGregorio
- Tax Law
Susan Fader
- Construction Law
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Michael J. Flatters
- Tax Law
Cheryl C. Gottselig, K.C.
- Real Estate Law
Robert H. Graham
- Labour and Employment Law
Bronwyn Inkster
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Securities Law
James Kidd
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Securities Law
Brittney N. LaBranche
- Energy Law
- Competition / Antitrust Law
Kirk Lamb
- Tax Law
David LeGeyt
- Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Joanne Luu
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Robert Martz
- Appellate Practice
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
William S. Maslechko
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Douglas A. McGillivray, K.C.
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Douglas G. Mills
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Stuart Money
- Natural Resources Law
- Oil & Gas Law
James Murphy
- Corporate & Commercial Litigation
Kathy L. Pybus
- Banking and Finance Law
Alicia K. Quesnel
- Energy Law
- Natural Resources Law
- Oil and Gas Law
- Competition / Antitrust Law
Jay P. Reid
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Aaron Rogers
- Energy Law
David W. Ross
- Tax Law
Gina A. Ross
- Labour and Employment Law
Jeffrey E. Sharpe
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Construction Law
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Director and Officer Liability Practice
- Securities Law
Richard Smith
- Labour and Employment Law
Nancy D. Smith
- Banking and Finance Law
Richard F. Steele
- Labour and Employment Law
Andrew F. Sunter
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Securities Law
Rita Tripathy
- Personal Injury Litigation
Sylvie Welsh
- Corporate Law
John A. Wilson
- Real Estate Law
Carolyn A. Wright
- Energy Law
- Oil & Gas Law
Grant A. Zawalsky
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law

The following lawyers have been included as 'Ones to Watch':

Ryan Algar
- Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Sydney Black
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Lauren Coles
- Labour and Employment Law
Michael Deyholos
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Jennie Han
- Tax Law
Kylan Kidd
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Julia Lisztwan
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Michael Low
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Thomas Ostrowerka
- Real Estate Law
Rami Pandher
- Tax Law
Alison Scott
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Natasha Wood
- Energy Law
Janna Young
- Labour and Employment Law

For the full list of award recipients visit: https://www.bestlawyers.com/canada

52 BD&P lawyers recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers Canada

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