7 Smart & Biggar partners featured as leading IP lawyers in Canada in the 2021 edition of Lexpert / ALM 500

Smart & Biggar is pleased to share that 7 partners are recognized among Canada’s leading lawyers for intellectual property (IP) in the 23rd Edition of The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (the Lexpert/ALM 500). Christian Bolduc, Mark Evans, Francois Guay, Philip Lapin, Nancy Pei and Matthew Zischka have each been recognized as leading lawyers for IP, and Steven Garland is listed as a leading lawyer for both IP and IP Litigation.

Inclusion in the guide is an honour that reflects the esteem and reputation the nominated lawyers hold among their peers in the industry. We congratulate our partners on this well-deserved recognition.

Smart & Biggar was also highlighted in the Lexpert/ALM 500 guide as a top law firm in Toronto and Ottawa, and notably recognized as the leading firm in Montreal, for our combined expertise in intellectual property and biotechnology law and intellectual property litigation.

The 2021 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada profiles lawyers who are ‘Most Frequently Recommended’ by their peers across Canada in approximately 35 practice areas, also highlights the leading “Who’s Who in Canadian Law Firms” based on Lexpert’s extensive, annual survey of lawyers and research with in-house counsel.

Smart & Biggar is widely recognized as Canada’s leading firm for intellectual property law, with offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. We are leaders in intellectual property and technology law and have been serving clients for over a century.