Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
About Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP is a leading law firm with 153 lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers across 38 practice areas. The firm's tenure with Best Lawyers began in 2006. Having lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers' Purely Peer Review® emphasizes the lawyers’ credibility and reputation for their practice amongst peers in their practice areas and regions. It displays professional validation of the legal talent that Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP has on its team. The firm has lawyers recognized in practice areas including: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Corporate Governance Practice, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law, Mining Law, and Transportation Law.
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP also appears in Best Law Firms® accolades. The Best Law Firms rankings are founded on a time-tested and transparent research process that has remained consistent since Best Lawyers launched it in 2010. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP has 78 rankings in practice areas including: Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice, Energy Law, Labour and Employment Law, Tax Law, and Transportation Law, echoing their Best Lawyers awards and team of top legal talent.
*Unactivated firm profiles show a limited selection of up to 5 practice areas per publication.
These honors come directly from peer feedback, reflecting the strong regard other leading attorneys have for Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP's skill, advocacy, and commitment to clients.
Office Locations:
- Calgary, Alberta
- Toronto, Ontario
- Vancouver, British Columbia
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Recognized Lawyers at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Chris Hersh is a business law partner based in Toronto and the Canadian head of our antitrust and competition practice. Chris provides strategic counsel to clients on all aspects of competition law, including mergers and acquisitions, criminal matters, abuse of dominance, marketing and advertising, as well as pricing and distribution issues. He also regularly works with international clients to obtain approvals under the "net benefit," national security and cultural sector review provisions o...
As a patent and trademark lawyer Toronto-based, Mark D. Penner’s practice focuses on all aspects of the acquisition, protection, enforcement and strategic use of a wide range of intellectual property assets in Canada and around the world. Acting for a range of clients, from individual inventors, start-ups and other early stage companies to large multinational companies, Mark provides strategic advice in a variety of technology areas, including biotechnology, chemistry, energy, social me...
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