Smart & Biggar tops the Best Lawyers list for IP with 30 lawyers selected for 2019

Smart & Biggar is pleased to announce that 30 lawyers have been included in the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada for Intellectual Property, more than any other firm.

Partner, François Guay was also recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” in Intellectual Property Law for the Montreal region. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is selected as "Lawyer of the Year," making this accolade particularly significant for François. Receiving this designation speaks to the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in their same community and practice area.

The Best Lawyers in Canada list is divided by geographic region and practice areas, and we are proud to have lawyers featured from across all five of our offices in Canada, and  recognized under six categories in addition to Intellectual Property Law: Advertising and Marketing Law, Biotechnology Law, Information Technology Law, Privacy and Data Security Law, Technology Law.

Congratulations to all of our lawyers recognized among the most influential lawyers in their field(s) of expertise by Best Lawyers.

Ottawa

Allan Brett Intellectual Property Law	Steven Garland Intellectual Property Law	Colin Ingram Intellectual Property Law
Daphne Lainson Intellectual Property Law, Biotechnology Law	Philip Lapin Intellectual Property Law	David E. Schwartz Intellectual Property Law, Biotechnology Law
Elliott Simcoe Intellectual Property Law	Kohji Suzuki Intellectual Property Law	Jeremy Want Intellectual Property Law

Toronto

Mark Biernacki Intellectual Property Law	Mark Evans Intellectual Property Law	Ronald Faggetter Intellectual Property Law
Gunars Gaikis Intellectual Property Law, Biotechnology Law	Sheldon Hamilton Intellectual Property Law	Yoon Kang Intellectual Property Law, Biotechnology Law
Nancy Pei Intellectual Property Law, Biotechnology Law	Keltie Sim Luft Intellectual Property Law, Advertising and Marketing Law	Alice Tseng Advertising and Marketing Law, Privacy and Data Security Law
Matthew Zischka Intellectual Property Law

Montreal

Christian Bolduc Intellectual Property Law	Jean-Sébastien Dupont Intellectual Property Law	Sanjay Goorachurn Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law
François Guay Intellectual Property Law	Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie Intellectual Property Law	Ekaterina Tsimberis Intellectual Property Law

Vancouver

Jonas Gifford Intellectual Property Law	Mark Pidkowich Intellectual Property Law	Christopher Robinson Intellectual Property Law, Biotechnology Law
Theodore Sum Intellectual Property Law, Information Technology Law, Technology Law

Calgary

Alistair Simpson Intellectual Property Law

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in Canada lists are selected based on peer reviews, and on the basis of professional expertise, undergoing an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing. Each of the selected lawyers received the top scores in these peer reviews in their respective areas, indicating a high level of respect from peers and clients.

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Smart & Biggar is Canada's largest firm practising exclusively in intellectual property and technology 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. For more information, please visit smart-biggar.ca.