Blakes is pleased to announce that we continue to achieve top results in Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business. This year, thanks to our clients and peers, we are once again the only Canadian firm to receive the highest number of Band 1 (top-tier) firm rankings across the following practice areas:
- Banking & Finance
- Banking & Finance: Financial Services Regulation
- Competition/Antitrust
- Corporate/Commercial: The Elite (Alberta)
- Corporate/Commercial: The Elite (B.C.)
- Corporate/Commercial: The Elite (Ontario)
- Corporate/M&A
- Dispute Resolution
- Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Defence)
- Energy: Oil & Gas
- Environment
- Information Technology
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Litigation: Products Liability
- Pensions & Benefits
- Projects: PPP & Infrastructure
- Public Procurement
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Transportation: Aviation
We also have the most Band 1 firm and lawyer rankings combined out of 170 rankings overall.
In addition, we have been honoured with a Chambers Canada Award for 2016 in the area of Competition. The awards are based on the research for the 2017 edition of Chambers Canada and reflect a law firm’s pre-eminence in key practice areas. They also reflect notable achievements over the past 12 months, including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service.
