Smart & Biggar recognized as the top-ranked firm for Canadian IP in the 2017 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
Smart & Biggar announced today that the firm has once again earned top ranking in the 2017 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. The firm was recognized as the “Most frequently recommended” firm in Ottawa, Toronto, and “Consistently recommended” firm in Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary. The firm continues to demonstrate their position of leaders in Canadian IP law – Smart & Biggar was the only firm to make top rankings in all cities in which they operate – Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary.
In addition, twenty-three lawyers were recognized in the edition as “Lexpert-Ranked” lawyers:
Selected in Intellectual Property:
- Mark Biernacki
- Christian Bolduc
- Allan Brett
- Mark Evans
- Ronald Faggetter
- Gunars Gaikis
- Steven Garland
- François Guay
- Sheldon Hamilton
- Colin Ingram
- Yoon Kang
- Daphne Lainson
- Philip Lapin
- Nancy Pei
- Christopher Robinson
- David Schwartz
- Elliott Simcoe
- Alistair Simpson
- Kohji Suzuki
- Ekaterina Tsimberis
- Matthew Zischka
Selected in Litigation - Intellectual Property:
Selected in Biotechnology:
Selected in Computer & IT Law:
The publishers of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory identify leading law firms and practitioners by thoroughly surveying over ten thousand respected Canadian lawyers, corporate counsel and other professionals across 64 practice areas.

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