54 Smart & Biggar practitioners recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2025
Smart & Biggar is pleased to announce that 54 of our practitioners have been recognized in five practice areas in the 2025 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.
Our Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver offices achieved the highest ranking of “Most Frequently Recommended” for Intellectual Property, and our Calgary and Kitchener offices were listed as “Consistently Recommended” in this category.
For the IP Litigation category, both our Ottawa and Toronto offices were listed as the highest ranking of “Most Frequently Recommended”, and our Montréal office was listed as “Consistently Recommended” in this category.
Our Toronto and Vancouver offices were also designated as “Repeatedly Recommended” in the Technology Transactions category, and our Ottawa and Toronto offices were listed as “Repeatedly Recommended” for Computer & IT Law.
Congratulations to all our Lexpert-ranked practitioners:
Intellectual Property (51 lawyers ranked): Daniel Anthony, Stephen Beney, Daniel Bereskin, Janice M. Bereskin, Mark Biernacki, Adam Bobker, Christian Bolduc, Charles Boulakia, Timothy Bourne, Kenneth Bousfield, Isi Caulder, Wynnie Chan, Noel Courage, Reshika Dhir (Lawyers to watch), Jean-Sébastien Dupont, Mark Evans, Patricia Folkins, Lionel Fishman (Lawyers to watch), Jonas Gifford, Elliott Gold, Matthew Graff, Micheline Gravelle, François Guay, Sheldon Hamilton, Graham Hood, Jason Hynes, Yoon Kang, Jamie-Lynn Kraft, Daphne Lainson, Philip Lapin, François Larose, Kwan T. Loh, Joanna Ma, Alfred A. Macchione, Daphne L. Maravei, Andrew McIntosh, Evan Nuttall, Nancy Pei, Mark Pidkowich, James Raakman, Bhupinder Randhawa, Mark L. Robbins, Patrick Roszell, David Schwartz, Alistair Simpson, Theodore Sum, Kohji Suzuki, Melanie Szweras, Timothy Webb, Urszula Wojtyra, Matthew Zischka
Life Sciences & Health (8 lawyers ranked): Noel Courage, Micheline Gravelle, Sheldon Hamilton, Yoon Kang, Daphne Lainson, Nancy Pei, Alice Tseng, Urszula Wojtyra
Litigation – Intellectual Property (12 lawyers ranked): Mark Biernacki, Jean-Sébastien Dupont, Mark Evans, François Guay, Sheldon Hamilton, Yoon Kang, Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie, Evan Nuttall, Nancy Pei, Mark L. Robbins, Jeremy Want, Urszula Wojtyra
Advertising & Marketing Law (2 lawyers ranked): Christian Bolduc, Alice Tseng
Computer & IT Law: Theodore Sum
The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory ranking is a recognition of excellence, awarded by peers and colleagues through a comprehensive survey process. This distinction highlights our expertise and reinforces our reputation as a leading IP firm.
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory rankings are available to view online.