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Canadian LAW AWARDS 2024 42 www.lawawards.ca IN-HOUSE AWARDS Judged on the quantity, quality, importance, and innovativeness of legal work performed during calendar year 2023 THE SINGLETON URQUHART REYNOLDS VOGEL LLP AWARD FOR CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TRANSPORTATION LAW DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR EXCELLENCE AWARDEES Aecon Group Inc. BC Ministry of the Attorney General, Legal Services Branch Transportation Major Projects Team (LSB) CDPQ Infra Inc. Manitoba Hydro Legal Services Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation / (Infrastructure Ontario or IO) Pomerleau Transdev Canada PROUDLY SPONSORED BY We are a preeminent Canadian construction and infrastructure law firm. Our peers and clients recognize our lawyers as the best in the construction industry. Over forty years of leadership in Canadian construction and infrastructure law is complemented by a broad offering of legal services in litigation and corporate transactions. Read more about us here: www.singleton.com CASE AWARD Judged on a single case's size and complexity and the extent to which it set new standards of excellence in the delivery of legal services by the team COMMERCIAL LITIGATION TEAM OF THE YEAR EXCELLENCE AWARDEES Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG), Ouellet c. Compagnie de chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique, 2022 QCCS 4643 Bennett Jones LLP; Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG); Branch MacMaster LLP; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP; Dutton Brock LLP; Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP; Koskie Minsky LLP; Lerners LLP; Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP; Stikeman Elliot LLP; Thomas Gold Pettingill LLP, Workman Optometry Corporation et al. v. Certas Home and Auto Insurance et al. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Dentons Canada LLP, Petty v. Niantic Inc., 2023 BCCA 315 Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP; Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP; Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Sandoz Canada Inc. v. British Columbia, 2023 BCCA 306 McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Facebook, Inc., 2023 FC 533 THE LAWSON LUNDELL LLP AWARD FOR LAW DEPARTMENT LEADER OF THE YEAR EXCELLENCE AWARDEES Bindu Cudjoe, Laurentian Bank of Canada Carisa Gordon, Calian Group Ltd. David Taylor, Corporation of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent Gassim Bangoura, Birks Group Laurie Sargent, Indigenous Rights and Relations Portfolio at the Department of Justice Canada Sarah Qadeer, Deloitte LLP Sharon Haward-Laird, BMO Financial Group PROUDLY SPONSORED BY Lawson Lundell is a full-service business law firm in Western and Northern Canada known for its practical and strategic approach to legal and business problems. The Firm has more than 200 lawyers located in offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Yellowknife, and Kelowna. www.lawsonlundell.com THE DYE & DURHAM AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION – IN -HOUSE EXCELLENCE AWARDEES City of Vaughan Laurentian Bank of Canada PROUDLY SPONSORED BY Dye & Durham is one of the world's largest legal software providers. Our software helps law firms do more with less effort, get paid faster, and make better decisions with confidence. From intake to invoice, and everything in between. Dye & Durham has everything you need to run your legal practice. www.dyedurham.ca The recipient of this award will be announced at the Canadian Law Awards gala LAW DEPARTMENT INNOVATION