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Corporate/Commercial | Canada

Alberta

Corporate/Commercial covers the broad range of non-contentious commercial legal work, including transactions, financings and corporate goverenance.

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Senior Statespeople

  1. Christopher Nixon
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    Christopher Nixon
    Stikeman Elliott LLP
    Stikeman Elliott LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Senior Statespeople | 9 Years Ranked
    Boasting a longstanding leading reputation, Christopher Nixon operates an impressive transactional practice in Calgary that sees him advise on high-profile M&A transactions.
  2. Grant A Zawalsky
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    Grant A Zawalsky
    Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP
    Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Senior Statespeople | 9 Years Ranked
    Grant Zawalsky is widely respected and long-standing reputation for his corporate law expertise and operates an active practice in Calgary advising on high-value deals. He also has notable strength advising on shareholder activism.
  3. William Maslechko
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    William Maslechko
    Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP
    Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Senior Statespeople | 9 Years Ranked
    William Maslechko enjoys a long-standing reputation as a leading corporate lawyer in Calgary. He has a strong track record of advising on M&A and corporate governance mandates, particularly in oil and gas.
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Eminent Practitioners

  1. Alicia Quesnel
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    Alicia Quesnel
    Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP
    Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Eminent Practitioners | 9 Years Ranked
    Alicia Quesnel is a highly regarded name in the Calgary and nationwide legal markets. She is best known for her experience advising energy clients on a wide array of corporate transactions.
  2. Patrick Maguire
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    Patrick Maguire
    Bennett Jones LLP
    Bennett Jones LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Eminent Practitioners | 9 Years Ranked
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Band 1

  1. Chad C Schneider
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    Chad C Schneider
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    He's an exceptional lawyer, who is knowledgeable, hard-working and pragmatic. I believe him to be the best securities and transactional lawyer in the province.
  2. Craig A Story
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    Craig A Story
    Stikeman Elliott LLP
    Stikeman Elliott LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    Craig Story is highly accomplished in handling mergers and acquisitions and private equity matters, as well as joint ventures and capital markets transactions.
  3. Frank Turner
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    Frank Turner
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    Frank works collaboratively to ensure we have a thorough understanding and is detail-oriented in everything he does. When working with Frank, we are always confident a project will go smoothly.
  4. Ross A. Bentley
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    Ross A. Bentley
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    Ross Bentley is a well-regarded securities and M&A lawyer with impressive experience across the full spectrum of transactional matters in a range of industries.
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Band 2

  1. Alyson Goldman
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    Alyson Goldman
    McCarthy Tétrault LLP
    McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 2 | 8 Years Ranked
    Alyson Goldman is an exceptionally strong lawyer with a grasp of both public and private transactions, including capital markets matters. She has additional expertise in matters concerning shareholder activism and corporate governance.
  2. Andrea Whyte
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    Andrea Whyte
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    Andrea Whyte is well equipped to advise clients on a variety of M&A and other corporate transactions. She routinely acts for clients in the mining and energy spaces.
  3. Catherine Samuel
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    Catherine Samuel
    McCarthy Tétrault LLP
    McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    I am always impressed with her depth and breadth of knowledge, ability to understand the nuances and advise. She gets to the point and doesn't waste time, but ensures we are on the same page.
  4. Jeff Bakker
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    Jeff Bakker
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 2 | 3 Years Ranked
    Jeff is a very strong lawyer and able to juggle multiple complex files with ease. He is excellent at balancing the right level of sophisticated advice with pragmatism and commercial astuteness.
  5. Leland P Corbett
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    Leland P Corbett
    Stikeman Elliott LLP
    Stikeman Elliott LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 2 | 9 Years Ranked
    He's very creative in coming up with solutions and he also has a great style which puts people at ease, helping people think constructively towards solutions.
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Band 3

  1. Brent Kraus
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    Brent Kraus
    Bennett Jones LLP
    Bennett Jones LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years Ranked
    Brent Kraus is well versed in advising clients on both domestic and cross-border capital markets and M&A transactions. He is based in Calgary.
  2. Gordon Cameron
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    Gordon Cameron
    Stikeman Elliott LLP
    Stikeman Elliott LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 3 | 4 Years Ranked
    He is an excellent, commercially-minded lawyer. He takes the time to understand our business, and provides relevant and efficient legal advice that advances our business goals and objectives.
  3. Janan Paskaran
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    Janan Paskaran
    Torys LLP
    Torys LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 3 | 7 Years Ranked
    Janan Paskaran has extensive experience acting for clients from the energy sector on mergers and acquisitions, as well as corporate finance and securities law mandates. Based in Calgary, he often advises on international oil and gas transactions.
  4. Justin Ferrara
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    Justin Ferrara
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Norton Rose Fulbright | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 3 | 6 Years Ranked
    I'm very pleased with him and impressed at how he ensures that the appropriate resources are deployed to meet our needs. He bends over backwards to ensure we're satisfied with the work we're getting.
  5. Keith R Chatwin
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    Keith R Chatwin
    Stikeman Elliott LLP
    Stikeman Elliott LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 3 | 7 Years Ranked
    Keith's counsel was spot on, he did a great job on providing advice and having that creativity with new and emerging issues. He was able to provide certainty in his legal interpretation.
  6. Marcus Archer
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    Marcus Archer
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Norton Rose Fulbright | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 3 | 3 Years Ranked
    Marcus Archer is well versed in advising clients on M&A and corporate finance transactions. He is based in Norton Rose Fulbright's Calgary office and regularly advises on matters in the energy and natural resources sector.
  7. Stephanie C. Stimpson
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    Stephanie C. Stimpson
    Torys LLP
    Torys LLP | Head of Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 3 | 7 Years Ranked
    Stephanie Stimpson assists clients from the energy sector with M&A, joint ventures and securities matters. Her practice includes a growing focus on corporate ethics and ESG risks.
  8. William S Osler
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    William S Osler
    Bennett Jones LLP
    Bennett Jones LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 3 | 9 Years Ranked
    William Osler has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and capital markets mandates. He is highly active in the energy and infrastructure industries.
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Band 4

  1. Benjamin S. P. Hudy
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    Benjamin S. P. Hudy
    Stikeman Elliott LLP
    Stikeman Elliott LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 4 | 3 Years Ranked
  2. Dan Shea
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    Dan Shea
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 4 | 4 Years Ranked
    Dan Shea advises clients on various transactions arising in the private equity and capital markets mandates. He is the leader of the firm's Canadian corporate group.
  3. Frank Sur
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    Frank Sur
    Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
    Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years Ranked
    Frank Sur heads the firm's corporate practice group in Canada. He impresses with his activity on transactions, handling M&A and capital markets matters in a range of industries, including the biotech and energy spaces.
  4. Jessica Myers
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    Jessica Myers
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 4 | 2 Years Ranked
    Jessica Myers is a Calgary-based partner with a notable reputation for her corporate law practice. She advises public and private companies in connection with M&A and capital markets mandates.
  5. John Piasta
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    John Piasta
    McCarthy Tétrault LLP
    McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 4 | 3 Years Ranked
    John Piasta is noted for his experienced handling of M&A and securities transactions. He is based in the firms Calgary office and is particularly noted for his ability to advise on energy sector transactions.
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    Lonny Tetley
    Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP
    Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years Ranked
    Lonny Tetley focuses his practice on corporate and commercial law matters, advising clients on a broad spectrum of corporate transactional work, capital markets work and corporate governance issues.
  7. Neville Jugnauth
    4
    Neville Jugnauth
    Torys LLP
    Torys LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 4 | 5 Years Ranked
    Neville Jugnauth advises on private equity investments and M&A transactions. His clients include energy companies headquartered in Alberta and further afield, as well as Crown corporations.
  8. Olga Kary
    4
    Olga Kary
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 4 | 3 Years Ranked
    She offers great client service and the ability to move files to conclusion by directing the team and working effortlessly with our in-house group.
  9. Peter Keohane
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    Peter Keohane
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 4 | 7 Years Ranked
    I greatly value his legal advice and skills of course but, even more than that, the way he helps to guide negotiation, strategy and interpersonal dynamics that are always part of transactional work.
  10. Sarah Gingrich
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    Sarah Gingrich
    Fasken
    Fasken | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 4 | 2 Years Ranked
    Sarah Gingrich is co-leader of Fasken's securities, mergers and acquisitions group and the practice group leader for the group's Calgary office. She regularly assists clients with M&A transactions in a range of industries, including the insurance, pharmaceutical and energy sectors.
  11. Scott Clarke
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    Scott Clarke
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 4 | 7 Years Ranked
    Scott Clarke advises on M&A and corporate governance mandates, typically acting on matters arising within the energy and manufacturing sectors.
  12. Sony Gill
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    Sony Gill
    Stikeman Elliott LLP
    Stikeman Elliott LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 4 | 6 Years Ranked
    Sony Gill assists clients with a broad range of corporate matters in the mid-market in Calgary, including M&A, recapitalisation and joint venture transactions. He is particularly active in the oil and gas space.
  13. William K Jenkins
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    William K Jenkins
    Dentons Canada LLP
    Dentons Canada LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Band 4 | 9 Years Ranked
    William Jenkins possesses experience in a broad range of corporate matters, including M&A and equity financings. He co-leads the firm's banking and financial services group in Calgary.
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Up and Coming

  1. Jennifer Baugh
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    Jennifer Baugh
    Torys LLP
    Torys LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Up and Coming | 2 Years Ranked
    Jennifer Baugh assists clients with a range of corporate and capital markets transactions. She is particularly adept at handling mandates in the energy sector.
  2. Jessica Brown
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    Jessica Brown
    Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
    Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Up and Coming | 1 Years Ranked
    Jessica Brown of Cassels, Brock & Blackwell has a solid corporate practice assisting companies and investment funds with mergers and acquisitions, often in the energy space. She is also active on financing matters, acting for underwriters.
  3. Justin Sherman
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    Justin Sherman
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Up and Coming | 1 Years Ranked
    Justin Sherman is active on M&A and equity offerings, frequently acting for clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
  4. Kelsey Armstrong
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    Kelsey Armstrong
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Up and Coming | 1 Years Ranked
    Kelsey has exceptional client service skills and is highly knowledgeable. Kelsey advocated for and advanced reasonable positions, was technically very strong, and provided superior results.
  5. Louise Lee
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    Louise Lee
    Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
    Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Up and Coming | 1 Years Ranked
    Louise Lee is increasingly noted for her activity in the transactions space, advising clients in a range of industries on M&A and service agreements.
  6. Michael Pedlow
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    Michael Pedlow
    Torys LLP
    Torys LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Up and Coming | 2 Years Ranked
    Mike has provided timely and thoughtful advice. He takes the time to walk through things and ensure that his advice is understood and also meets our needs.
  7. Zafar Jaffer
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    Zafar Jaffer
    Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
    Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Up and Coming | 1 Years Ranked
    Zafar Jaffer acts for notable Canadian companies on M&A and capital markets matters. His expertise also includes cross-border transactions and tax aspects.

Associates to watch

  1. Joe Mooney
    Joe Mooney
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Norton Rose Fulbright | Corporate/Commercial
    2025 | Associates to watch | 1 Years Ranked
    Joe Mooney enjoys a burgeoning reputation for his practice, which focuses on banking and finance work. He advises both lenders and borrowers on a broad range of transactions, notably in the energy sector.