2026 WINNERS

Chuck Andary

Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Legal Officer
Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (Gordie Howe International Bridge)

Kelsey Armstrong

Partner, Corporate
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Aarondeep (Aaron) Bains

Partner
Aird & Berlis LLP

Cecilia Barnes

Counsel
Lawson Lundell LLP

Christie J. C. Bates

Principal
Smart & Biggar LP

Kevin Bianchini

National Business Leader, Specialized Business Law
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Debbie Boswell

Partner
Lerners LLP

Eric Brousseau

Partner
Ross Nasseri LLP

Jennie Buchanan

Partner
Lawson Lundell LLP

Dana Carson

Assistant General Counsel, Litigation
KPMG LLP

Joshua Chad

Partner
McMillan LLP

Jean-Raphael Champagne

Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Maxime Charbonneau

Managing Director, Legal Affairs
Novacap

Michael Currie

Partner
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP

Danielle Daigle

Partner
McInnes Cooper

France Camille De Mers

Partner
Lavery

Michael Decicco

Partner
Stikeman Elliott LLP

Laura Delemere

Construction Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Alexander Demner

Partner
Thorsteinssons LLP

Zirjan (Zee) Derwa

Partner
Bennett Jones LLP

Claudia Desjardins Bélisle

Managing Partner, Montréal
Miller Thomson LLP

Ashley Donald

Partner and Family Lawyer
Tandem Family Law (MDW Family Law NB Inc.)

David Forrester

Partner
Torys LLP

Nelson Godfrey

Partner, Patent Agent, Trademark Agent; National Practice Group Leader - Trademarks
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

Jacob Gofman

Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Adam Goldenberg

Partner
McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Brady Gordon

Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Danielle Graff

Partner
MLT Aikins

Andrew Guerrisi

Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Emily Hamovitch

Partner
Goodmans LLP

Mouna Hanna

Partner, Canadian Head of Cyber, Privacy & Data Protection Group
DWF

Emily Hazlett

Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Tyrel Henderson

Partner
Torys LLP

Christopher Horkins

Partner, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Christine Innes

Senior Director, Legal
Oxford Properties Group

Braden Jebson

Partner
Torys LLP

Aneka Jiwaji

Co-Founder and Counsel
Jiwaji Law

James Kelsall

Partner
McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Jessica Kennedy

Partner, Environmental National Practice Group Co-Leader
Bennett Jones LLP

Marissa Kirsh

Partner, Project Development and Finance
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Faiz Lalani

Partner
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Antoine Le Bihan

Partner
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Kyla Lee

Partner
Acumen Law Corporation

Andrea Lejay

Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Chenyang Li

Partner
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Andrew Lim

Vice President, Legal Counsel
Brookfield Residential

Renée Loiselle

Partner, Co-Chair, Business Law Group, Montreal
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Fraser MacLean

Partner
MacLean Law

Jamie Mandell

Managing Partner, Toronto Office
DLA Piper

Jaclyn McNamara

Partner
Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP

Matt Murphy

Managing Director, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer – Private Equity
Onex

Sonia Nijjar

Partner, Medical Malpractice and Mass Torts Lawyer
Neinstein LLP

Awele Ojechi

General Counsel
Dye & Durham Corporation

Amanda Pinto

Discipline Counsel
Law Society of Ontario

Jeremy Pleasant

Partner
McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Céline Poitras

Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

E. Rebecca Potter

Partner
Thorsteinssons LLP

Gabriel Querry

Partner
Langlois

Aoife Quinn

Partner
Lenczner Slaght

Bhuvana Rai

Lawyer / Founder
Mors & Tribute Tax Law

Nikita B. Rathwell

Partner
McKercher LLP

Devon Read

Managing Counsel
Royal Bank of Canada

Michael Rennie

Partner
Wildeboer Dellelce LLP

Chris Rudnicki

Lead Counsel
Rudnicki & Company

Emma Sako

Director & Legal Counsel, Investments
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

Caroline Samara

Partner
McMillan LLP

Gideon John Samms

Partner & Energy Group Leader
Stewart McKelvey

Elly Seddon

Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Chris Semerjian

Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Barbara Sheng

Partner
Stikeman Elliott LLP

Shawn Smith

Partner
Stikeman Elliott LLP

Gwenyth Stadig

Partner
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

Robert Stellick

Partner
Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP

Sean Sutherland

Partner, Disputes
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

David Tardif

Partner
Stikeman Elliott LLP

Annie (Qurrat-ul-ain) Tayyab

Commercial Litigator
Torkin Manes LLP

Stéphanie M. Tétreault

Partner
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP

Claire Truesdale

Partner
JFK Law LLP

Brittany Twiss

Head of Strategy and Transformation
Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

James van Wyck

Associate General Counsel
MDA Space

Aly Virani

Partner & Practice Group Leader – Private Client
Blaney McMurtry LLP

Whitney Wakeling

Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Lisa Danay Wallace

Partner
WeirFoulds LLP

Julia Webster

Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Christie Wilson

Senior Legal Counsel, North America
International Workplace Group plc

Tina Yang

Partner
Goldblatt Partners LLP

Janel Young

Partner
Stikeman Elliott LLP