The canadian legal lexpert directory is the most comprehensive guide of legal talent in canada. Published since 1997, the directory profiles leading practitioners across canada in over 60 practice areas and leading law firms in over 40 areas. The cdle was developed by nalp in consultation with canadian law schools and legal employers, and provides a user-friendly online resource that allows all canadian law students to easily access up-to-date information about employers across the country. Our research team reviews multiple sources of information each year including all known websites of lawyers and law firms and we classify each firm and/or lawyer based on publicly available information. The identification of leading practitioners and firms is based upon a comprehensive annual survey, which has been ongoing since 1994. The lawyers named on the lexpert survey have been recommended by their law firm leaders to be so named.

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Of those rankings, 20 were first-time ranked lawyers and 49 were ranked in a new category. Additionally, we received 108 firm rankings across 32 practice areas, an increase from last year’s results, demonstrating our multidisciplinary strength across the nation. The energy and natural resources mining area remains strong, with an m&a market driven by the need for lithium, cobalt and nickel to power the ev industry. Teams indicated continued activity in related capital markets transactions.

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Canada's legal system is primarily based on the british common law system owing to the fact that canada canada lawyer list was at one time a colony of great britain and is still a member of the british commonwealth. Welcome to lawyer network, canada's most complete directory of lawyers classified by categories of law. Discover the value of being a ranked firm and tips on how to successfully submit for rankings in the canada guide. For the 2024 canada guide, we took the decision to allow firms to provide an increased number of referees, 30 per section, up from the previous limit of 20. To find out more about our research process and how we rank firms please see our methodology page.