2020 WINNERS & EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
DEAL AND CASE AWARDS
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Catalyst Paper Restructuring
Firms: Bennett Jones LLP, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Goodmans LLP, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, Jones Day, Lawson Lundell LLP, Miller Titerle Law Corporation, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Clairvest Restructuring
Firms: Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber LLP, Goodmans LLP, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, Miller Thomson LLP, Torys LLP
Nautilus Minerals Insolvency
Firm: Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Air Canada Acquires Aeroplan
Firms: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Miller Thomson LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Torys LLP
Organization: Air Canada
Banks: American Express, CIBC, TD Bank
Aphria's Takeover Defence of Green Growth's Hostile Bid
Firms: Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Axium and Manulife buy Northwest British Columbia Hydroelectric Facilities from AltaGas
Firms: Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Canadian Natural Acquires Devon Canada Assets
Firms: Bennett Jones LLP, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Digital Colony Buys Cogeco Peer
Firms: McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Miller Thomson LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP
First Air and Canadian North Merge
Firms: Bennett Jones LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Osisko Mining Reverse Takeover of Chantrell Ventures
Firms: Bennett Jones LLP, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Peterson McVicar LLP
The Stars Group Combine with Flutter Entertainment
Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP
BC Partners Buys GardaWorld
Firms: McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Séguin Racine, Attorneys
CCMP Purchase of BGIS From Brookfield
Firms: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Ropes & Gray LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Torys LLP
Organization: BGIS Global Integrated Solutions
Accountants: Alvarez and Marsal, Deloitte LLP, Ernst & Young LLP, Wilmington Trust
Banks: Bank of Montreal, Citibank, CIBC, Morgan Stanley
Onex Acquires WestJet
Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Dentons Canada LLP, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Goodmans LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Sale of Canada's Shares in Ridley Terminals
Firms: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Goodmans LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Lawson Lundell LLP, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Bank: Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd.
Newmont Acquires Goldcorp/Newmont Barrick Joint Venture
Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Goodmans LLP, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Brookfield Acquires Genworth
Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Goodmans LLP, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Torys LLP
Banks: Bank of Montreal, CIBC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, National Bank of Canada, RBC, Scotiabank, TD Bank
Canopy Acquires Acreage
Firms: Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Dream Global Sale to Blackstone
Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Goodmans LLP, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Hasbro Acquires Entertainment One
Firms: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP - Federal Indian Day School Class Action
Bennett Jones LLP - Das v. George Weston Limited
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP - TELUS Communications Inc. v. Wellman
Koskie Minsky LLP, Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck LLP, Wagners Law Firm, Acheson Sweeney Foley Sahota LLP, Quessy Henry St-Hilaire, avocats - Sherry Heyder v. The Attorney General of Canada and Larry Beattie v. The Attorney General of Canada
McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Koskie Minsky LLP - Reddock v. Canada (Attorney General)
Torys LLP - Saurette v. AstraZeneca Canada Inc.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP - Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, and the dual appeal in Bell Canada v. Canada (Attorney General)
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP - Canada Post Corp v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP - Third Eye Capital Corporation v. Resources Dianor Inc./Dianor Resources Inc.
Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP - Concord Pacific Acquisitions Inc. v. Oei
Torys LLP - Ituna Investment LP v. Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. and Mosten Investment LP v. Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
Torys LLP - Ontario First Nations (2008) Limited Partnership v. Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation
Newmont acquires Goldcorp/Newmont Barrick joint venture
Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Goodmans LLP, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Air Canada acquires Aeroplan
Firms: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Miller Thomson LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Torys LLP
Organization: Air Canada
Banks: American Express, CIBC, TD Bank
BC Partners buys GardaWorld
Firms: McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Séguin Racine, Attorneys
Catalyst Paper restructuring
Firms: Bennett Jones LLP, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Goodmans LLP, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, Jones Day, Lawson Lundell LLP, Miller Titerle Law Corporation, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Paulson & Co. Replaces Detour Gold's Board
Firms: Goodmans LLP, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
TransAlta strategic Partnership with Brookfield
Firms: Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Torys LLP
Organizations: Brookfield Asset Management; TransAlta Corporation
Banks: CIBC World Markets, Inc., RBC Global Asset Management
Wataynikaneyap Transmission Project
Firms: Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, McMillan LLP, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Torys LLP
Organization: Ministry of the Attorney General
Banks: CIBC, National Bank of Canada, RBC, Scotiabank, TD Bank
Winners of the six Sector-specific deals awards categories progressed to become finalists for this category, creating a total of 7 finalists that were revealed at the event.
FIRM AWARDS
Aitken Klee LLP
Bereskin & Parr LLP
Deeth Williams Wall LLP
Gilbert's LLP
Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP
Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP
Hunter Litigation Chambers
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP
Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP
Thomson Rogers
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Dentons Canada LLP
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
MacKay Real Property Law
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Cox & Palmer LLP
WeirFoulds LLP
Barriston Law
Beard Winter LLP
Lerners LLP
McLeish Orlando LLP
Torkin Manes LLP
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Lavery de Billy LLP
Farris LLP
DuMoulin Black LLP
Hakemi & Ridgedale LLP
Harper Grey LLP
Harris & Company LLP
Linda Plumpton - Torys LLP
Awatif Lakhdar - Lavery de Billy LLP
Chris Rusnak - Harper Grey LLP
Irwin G. Nathanson, Q.C. - Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP
Julie Girard - Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Malcolm Ruby - Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
Sean Griffin - Langlois Lawyers LLP
Steven Mason - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Les Viner - Torys LLP
Anik Trudel - Lavery de Billy LLP
Blair McCreadie - Dentons Canada LLP
Dave Leonard - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Julia E. Lawn - Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP
Robert Seidel, Q.C. - DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Teresa Dufort - McMillan LLP
Tom Curry - Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
Goldblatt Partners LLP
Green and Spiegel LLP
Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP
Oatley Vigmond LLP
Roper Greyell LLP
Smart & Biggar LLP
Whitten & Lublin PC
Wildeboer Dellelce LLP
Winners of the two sector-specific boutique firm categories automatically progressed to become finalists for this category, creating a total of 9 finalists that were revealed at the event.
IN-HOUSE AWARDS
BMO Financial Group
CIBC
CPP Investments
iA Financial Group
National Bank of Canada
PSP Investments
Sun Life Financial
TD Bank Group
TMX Group Limited
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
Bruce Power L.P.
Enbridge Inc.
Graymont Limited
Manitoba Hydro
Ontario Power Generation
TransCanada Energy Corporation
Kerry O'Reilly Wilks - TransAlta Corporation
Andrea Cotroneo - Capital One Bank (Canada Branch)
Chris Wallace - Federation of Canadian Municipalities
David Hanick - Starlight Investments
Dr. Christelle Gedeon - Aphria Inc.
Jennifer Suess - RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
Phil Shaer - Canopy Growth Corporation
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Bell Canada
Aecon Group Inc
Air Canada
BMO Financial
Hudson's Bay Company
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Pembina Pipeline Corp
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
Winners of the three sector-specific law department categories automatically progressed to become finalists for this category, creating a total of 7 (8 with a tie) finalists that were revealed at the event.
LEGAL PROFESSION AWARDS
Barbara De Dios - Canadian Dental Services Corp
Faren Bogach - WeirFoulds LLP
Heather L. Treacy, Q.C., ICD.D. - DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Jennifer Suess - RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
Kerry O'Reilly Wilks - TransAlta Corporation
Leanne O'Leary - Cox & Palmer LLP
BMO Financial Group – “Closing the access to justice gap through pro bono activities”
Cox & Palmer LLP – “Newfoundland Court of Appeal decision in Re A.A”
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP – “Pro Bono Gender Markers initiative”
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP, co-counsel McCarthy Tétrault LLP – “Court of Appeal for Ontario decision in Canadian Civil Liberties Association v Canada”
Nicola Law Group – “Traffic Court Duty Counsel Project”
McCarthy Tétrault LLP – “Inclusion Now”
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP – "Our People First: Mental Health Strategy"
Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP – “Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion in Recruitment and Advancement Policy”
Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP – “ReferToHer™"
Ministry of the Attorney General – “Bimickaway"
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP – “Achieving greater representation of women in leadership and partnership”
Smart & Biggar LLP – “Diversity Goals: Diversity Leadership & Programs”
