Lexpert magazine features articles and columns on developments in legal practice management, deals and lawsuits of interest in Canada, the law and business issues of interest to legal professionals and businesses that purchase legal services.
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Canadian LAW AWARDS 2026 DEAL CATEGORIES See our Special Features on Top Deals on pages 22-38, which also reveals the Excellence Awardees in the Canadian Law Awards deals categories. Thank you to our esteemed judges for lending their time and expertise to help recognize and celebrate excellence in the legal profession. 2026 JUDGING PANEL Macdonald Allen Partner- Litigation practice group WeirFoulds LLP Stephen Beney Principal Smart & Biggar Michael Casey Senior VP and General Counsel EllisDon Nicholas Cerminaro Senior Vice President and General Counsel GardaWorld George Cooper, KC Chief Executive Officer and Partner Cox & Palmer Lauren Cook Global Corporate Counsel, Environment and Regulatory Teck Resources Limited Lindsay Cox Partner Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer, LLP Bindu Cudjoe General Counsel, Canadian Banking TD Bank Lydia de Guzman VP & Chief Counsel, Group Benefits Manulife Vincent de l'Etoile Partner, Litigation Group; Member Board of Directors Langlois Lawyers, LLP Camille De Mers Partner - Business Law Group Lavery Martin K. Denyes Firm Chair Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Enzo Di Iorio Chair Miller Thomson LLP David Di Paolo National Managing Partner and CEO Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) Frédéric Duguay General Counsel & Corporate Secretary Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) Anita Dusevic Oliva Executive Vice-President, General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer and Chief Compliance Officer TC Energy Paul Fruitman Partner Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP Aileen Gien General Counsel & Corporate Secretary Capstone Infrastructure Corporation Monique Jilesen Managing Partner Lenczner Slaght Philippe Johnson Managing Partner, Montreal Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP David M. Kramer Senior Legal Counsel Suncor Energy Inc. François Lajeunesse Conseiller juridique principal / Senior Legal Counsel Desjardins Group Sophie Lamonde Managing Partner Stikeman Elliott LLP Adrian Lang Chief Legal and Privacy Officer Staples Canada Dale H. Lastman, C.M. Chair Goodmans LLP Brian Lerner Partner MLT Atkins Jennifer Manning Director and Senior Counsel Legal Affairs BCI Carlton Mathias Chief Legal, ESG and Governance Officer Ontario Power Generation Blair McCreadie Managing Partner, Toronto Dentons Canada LLP Melanie McGrath General Counsel CBCL Limited Chelsea McKay Hazewinkel, K.C. Hazewinkel, K.C. Chief Legal Officer Paladin Security Group Ltd Dave J.G. McKechnie Partner, Employment & Labour Relations McMillan LLP Benjamin Na Managing Partner, Toronto Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP Teodora Niculae Senior Counsel Mastercard Lorne O'Reilly, KC Lead Counsel Dow Chemical Canada ULC Benoit Palmer Chief Counsel, Minerals, Legal services Conseiller juridique principal, Minerals, Services juridiques Rio Tinto Heather Platt Chief Legal Officer Metrolinx Karrin A. Powys-Lybbe Partner Torys LLP Emmanuel Pressman Chair, Corporate Department Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Clifford G. Proudfoot, KC Managing Partner Lawson Lundell LLP Bruce Reynolds Co-Managing Partner, Mediator and Arbitrator Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP Luisa Ritacca Managing Partner Stockwoods LLP Tracy Ross Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Global Businesses and Products RBC Bo Rothstein Managing Partner Farris LLP Shara Roy Chief Legal Counsel Ernst & Young LLP Yasmin Shaker General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Invest Ontario David Snarch Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary MDA Bryson A. Stokes Firm Managing Partner Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP David Taniguchi Vice President, Legal & Corporate Secretary Enbridge Inc. Kristin Taylor Managing Partner Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Jennifer Teskey Managing Partner, Canada Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP Yasmin Visram Associate General Counsel, Canadian Affairs iA Financial Group Patrice Walch-Watson Senior Managing Director, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Andrea Wood Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Governance Officer TELUS Caroline Zayid Managing Partner, Ontario Region McCarthy Tétrault LLP 46 www.lawawards.ca