Criteria:

• Open to all capital markets deals that reached completion within 2020 for which the majority of the legal work was Canada-based. Each organisation may nominate a maximum of three deals.

Criteria:

• Open to all infrastructure and projects deals that reached completion within 2020 for which the majority of the legal work was Canada-based. Each organisation may nominate a maximum of three deals.

Criteria:

• Open to all insolvency and restructuring deals that reached completion within 2020 for which the majority of the legal work was Canada-based. Each organisation may nominate a maximum of three deals.

Criteria:

• Open to all M&A deals, including those that fall within the private equity sector, that reached completion within 2020 for which the majority of the legal work was Canada-based. Each organisation may nominate a maximum of three deals.

Criteria:

• Open to all deals with a value of CAD50-500m that reached completion within 2020 for which the majority of the legal work was Canada-based. Each organisation may nominate a maximum of three deals.

Criteria:

• Open to a class action case rendered or settled in Canada's courts in 2020 that involved upwards of 30 parties (plaintiffs)

Criteria:

• Open to a commercial case rendered or settled in Canada's courts in 2020, excluding class actions

Criteria:

• Open to all Canada-based law departments in banking or financial institutions (including banks, credit unions, lenders, insurance companies, pension funds and brokerage firms).

• The winner of this category will automatically progress to become a finalist in Canadian Law Department of the Year.

Criteria:

• Open to all Canada-based law departments in construction, infrastructure or transportation organisations.

• The winner of this category will automatically progress to become a finalist in Canadian Law Department of the Year.

Criteria:

• Open to all Canada-based law departments in energy and resources (including mining) organisations.

• The winner of this category will automatically progress to become a finalist in Canadian Law Department of the Year.

Criteria:

• Open to all Canada-based law departments.

• Winners of the three sector-specific law department awards will automatically progress to become finalists for this category; thus only law departments that do not fall within those three sector-specific categories need to be nominated.

Criteria:

• Open to all Canada-based general counsels, chief legal officers, heads of legal etc in in-house positions.

Criteria:

• Open to all projects or initiatives executed by Canada-based law departments in 2020.

• Judged on the significance, innovativeness and impact of the project or initiative.

Criteria:

• Open to firms that have offices only in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI and/or Newfoundland, and offer a wide range of legal services.

Criteria:

• Open to firms that have offices only in Ontario, and offer a wide range of legal services.

Criteria:

• Open to firms that have offices only in Saskatchewan and/or Manitoba, and offer a wide range of legal services.

Criteria:

• Open to firms that have offices only in the province of Quebec (extending across the river to include Ottawa), and offer a wide range of legal services.

Criteria:

• Open to firms that have offices only in British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and the Northwest Territories and offer a wide range of legal services.

Criteria:

• Open to all Canada-based law firms that derived at least 50% of their 2020 revenue from IP matters.

Criteria:

• Open to all Canada-based law firms that derived at least 50% of their 2020 revenue from litigation and dispute resolution.

Criteria:

• Open to all Canada-based law firms.

• Judged on the extent to which firms have pushed through technological innovation and implemented fresh approaches in creating and delivering legal products, including utilizing technology and new business models, through 2020.

Criteria:

• Open to all Canada-based litigators

• Judged on the quantity, quality, importance and innovativeness of litigation work performed during calendar year 2020.

Criteria:

• Open to all managing partners, CEOs or similar of Canada-based law firms.

• Judged on achievements, leadership and performance through 2020.

Criteria:

• Open to all Canada-based law firms and law departments.

• Judged on the concrete steps the law firm or law department took during 2020 to promote diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.

Criteria:

• Open to all Canada-based women lawyers.

• Judged on professional accomplishments, leadership, community involvement, and the extent to which the individual has either passively or actively contributed to gender equality in the legal profession in 2020.

Criteria:

• Open to any single pro bono or not-for-profit initiative executed by a Canada-based law firm or law department in 2020.

• Judged on the impact of the initiative and its contribution to society and the community.