Smart & Biggar confirms Life Sciences expertise and experience with 10 lawyers and agents named in 2019 Expert Guides: Life Sciences

Smart & Biggar is pleased to announce ten Lawyers and Agents, more than any other firm in Canada, have been included in LMG’s 2019 Expert Guides: Life Sciences.

A new addition to the list: Urszula Wojtyra, was recognized in 2018 as a Rising Star and has since been elevated to be included among the world’s leading Life Sciences law practitioners.

Congratulations to: Gunars Gaikis, Sheldon Hamilton, Yoon Kang, Daphne Lainson, Thuy Nguyen, Nancy Pei, Mark Pidkowich, David Schwartz, Alice Tseng and Urszula Wojtyra.

Smart & Biggar also topped the list with 14 lawyers and agents recognized in Expert Guides: Patents, and six lawyers and agents named in Expert Guides: Rising Stars, both released earlier this year.

Since 1994, the Expert Guides have identified leading legal practitioners considered by clients and peers to be the best in their field. Expert Guides: Patents is based on the results of over 4,000 questionnaires completed by senior practitioners and in-house counsel in over 90 jurisdictions.

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.