Rankings
Fraser Milner Casgrain and our individual lawyers are consistently recognized as leaders in Canadian law. Our lawyers are recommended as industry leaders by prestigious legal publications such as The Best Lawyers in Canada; Chambers Global Guide; Euromoney's Expert Guides; LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory; The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory; The LEXPERT/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Practical Law Company’s PLC Which Lawyer? and Who’s Who Legal

Our most recent appearances among these notable publications include the following:

  • Chambers Global 2010: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business ranks 28 FMC lawyers as leaders in their fields, across 14 areas of practice, and ranks FMC as a leading firm in 12 key areas of business law
  • The 2010 LEXPERT/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada features 18 FMC lawyers as leaders in their respective fields. Based on LEXPERT’s peer review surveys in 2009, the guide distinguishes those identified as the "Most Frequently Recommended" by their peers.
  • The 2010 LEXPERT/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada ranks FMC among Canada’s leading firms in the following categories: Corporate, Corporate Transactions, Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Tax and Technology Lawyers
  • Novæ Res Urbis has ranked Fraser Milner Casgrain’s Property Development team among Toronto’s "Top-Ten Development Law Firms" in its 12th annual ranking
  • The 2009 LEXPERT Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada features 5 FMC lawyers
  • FMC’s Real Estate group is 'Highly Recommended' by the PLC Cross-border Corporate Real Estate Handbook 2009-10, with 5 partners also ranked among Canada’s top Real Estate Lawyers
  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2010 recommends 85 FMC lawyers across 36 specialty areas of practice and 37 sub-specialty areas. FMC is ranked #1 (by number of lawyers) in many areas by region/office, most notably #1 in Canada in the areas of Insolvency & Financial Restructuring and Natural Resources.
  • The 2009 LEXPERT Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada features 3 of FMC's partners
  • FMC once again ranks among the ‘top tens’ in FP Dealmakers Q2 2009, highlighting the leaders in debt and equities offerings for the second quarter of 2009
  • FMC ranked #1 in Bloomberg’s Q2 2009 Canadian Equity Offerings League Tables in the Issuer Advisors (IPO) category, with several top ten positions in five additional Equity Offerings categories
  • The 2009 Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory recommends 63 of FMC’s lawyers, 19 of whom have achieved a ranking of the highest level ("Most Frequently Recommended") in at least one area of specialization; a total of 104 rankings were earned across 42 key areas of business law. The firm was also ranked as the #1 Litigation firm in the Calgary market.
  • The 2009 Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory recommends FMC among Canada's leading firms in 17 areas of practice, and lists us as Canada's sixth largest firm with 546 lawyers across our six offices, the largest firm in Edmonton with 71 lawyers, and the second largest firm in the Calgary/Edmonton market, with 187 lawyers in our Alberta offices
  • FMC ranks prominently among the ‘top tens’ in FP Dealmakers Q1 2009
  • Chambers Global 2009: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business ranks 25 FMC partners as leaders in their fields, across 11 areas of practice, and ranks FMC as a leading firm in 8 key areas of business law
  • PLC Which Lawyer? 2009 recommends 25 FMC lawyers as leaders in their respective areas of expertise, on both national and regional levels, across 16 specialty areas (20 including regional breakdowns). Each practice-specific PLC Crossborder Handbook is published independently throughout PLC’s editorial year, with each contributing to the annual PLC Which Lawyer? compendium.
  • The 2009 LEXPERT/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada ranks 16 FMC partners as leaders in their respective areas of expertise
  • LexisNexis’ Martindale-Hubbell currently features 205 FMC partners as "Peer Review Rated", including 37 top-ranked "AV Rated", based on Ethical Standards and Legal Abilities determined by Martindale’s exhaustive peer review and research process
  • The 2008 International Who's Who of Business Lawyers ("Who’s Who Legal") recommends 11 of FMC’s leading partners across 7 key areas of legal expertise for business. Each practice-specific "Who’s Who" guide is published independently throughout LBR’s editorial year, with each contributing to the annual compendium.
  • The 2007 LEXPERT Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada featured 7 of FMC's partners
  • Euromoney's Expert Guides currently recommend 16 FMC lawyers across 11 key areas of expertise for business law (as at Sept. 2008). Each practice-specific Expert Guide is released independently throughout Euromoney’s publishing year.

All statistics are based on initial date of publication unless otherwise noted and are subject to change during the editorial year.





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