Regional Law Firm Rankings
Prairie gold
- Canadian Lawyer's top 10 prairie law firms are keeping very busy
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Global reach, regional focus
- The top 10 Ontario regional firms are proud of their mid-market positions but say that doesn’t mean they can’t serve clients around the world.
In the limelight
- Top 10 full-service law firms in Atlantic Canada
Economic growth and development have led to an optimistic outlook among Atlantic Canada’s top 10 full-service law firms. Increased investment and development in the region mean more opportunities for all firms on this year’s list — large and small, say managing partners. The firms made this year’s list through Canadian Lawyer’s annual survey based on the votes of lawyers across Canada. To qualify, these firms needed to offer a wide range of legal services and have offices only in Atlantic Canada — New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
The crème de la crème
- Lavery de Billy takes top spot in Canadian Lawyer’s ranking of the top 10 Quebec regional law firm
Canadian Lawyer’s latest top firm survey takes us to Quebec, where regional, full-service firms have established a confident foothold.
Best in the West
- Lawson Lundell tops Canadian Lawyer’s rankings of the top 10 firms in B.C., Alberta, and the North
It wasn’t long ago that a wave of mergers formed a cluster of large, national law firms and prompted legal industry pundits to declare the death of the regional firm. There is no way they can stand up to the boundless resources of big law, the experts cried. Fast-forward a decade or so, and it’s safe to declare that doomsday scenario, shall we say, a tad premature. “As Mark Twain said, rumours of our demise are greatly exaggerated,” says Edmonton-based Field LLP managing partner James Casey.
Turf wars
- Cover story: Atlantic Canada law firm rankings
The Atlantic Canada market continues to consolidate, as firms fight to keep deals down home and ride an economic boom thanks to high commodity prices, expanding oil and gas revenues, and unique legislation that allows unlimited liability companies.
Winning the west
- Cover story: Western regional firms fight over talent
Coveting mid-market deals
- Cover story: Coveting mid-market deals
While national law firms duke it out for the shrinking pie of corporate work in Canada’s rapidly consolidating capital markets, central Canada’s regional firms say their strategy to remain independent and target mid-market deals and entrepreneurial clients will leave them standing at the end of the day — something, they say, that many so-called national law firms won’t be able to accomplish. Here's our latest ranking of central Canadian firms.





