This special report on the Canadian legal market has been published by Law Business Research to coincide with the 2010 International Bar Association’s Annual Conference, recently held in Vancouver, B.C. in October, 2010. The Canadian report draws upon the publisher’s peer and client-review-based rankings of the leading lawyers appearing in their comprehensive practice area handbooks and their global compendium, Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. An endorsement from Who’s Who Legal in this series of publications is among the most coveted by business lawyers and among the most trusted for buyers of legal services.

We would like to congratulate the following FMC lawyers on their recommendations in this special report, as well as in the originating practice area handbooks and compendium:

• Brian E. Abraham, Q.C., (Mining)
• Frank L. Davis (Mining)
• Kirsten R. Embree (Regulatory Communications) 
• John S. Haythorne (Public Procurement)
• Michael A. Hurst (Oil & Gas)
• Norman Issley (Franchise) 
• William K. Jenkins (Capital Markets, Oil & Gas, Project Finance)
• Matthew R. Lindsay (Business Crime Defence)
• Alex G. MacWilliam (Environment)
• John Lorn McDougall, Q.C. (Arbitration)
• Peter E. Murphy (Banking)
• Richard A. Neufeld, Q.C. (Oil & Gas)
• John W. Sabine (Mining)
• John R. Sandrelli (Insolvency & Restructuring)
• Stéphane Teasdale (Franchise)
• Barry Zalmanowitz, Q.C. (Competition) 
  

Please visit one of the following Who’s Who Legal sites for more information:

• Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2010
• Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers