Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
About Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP is a leading law firm with 162 lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers across 53 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 Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP has on its team. The firm has lawyers recognized in practice areas including: Cannabis Law, Director and Officer Liability Practice, FinTech Practice, Structured Finance Law, and Trusts and Estates.
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg 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. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP has 96 rankings in practice areas including: Cannabis Law, Competition / Antitrust Law, Defamation and Media Law, Transportation Law, and Venture Capital 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 Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP's skill, advocacy, and commitment to clients.
Office Locations in Canada:
- Montréal, Quebec
- Toronto, Ontario
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Recognized Lawyers at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Christopher A. Guerreiro practises intellectual property dispute resolution and litigation, with an emphasis on patents and issues affecting the life sciences, healthcare, and other high-technology industries. Mr. Guerreiro has spent much of his career working with life sciences innovators. As a litigator and advisor, he focusses on developing dispute-resolution strategies that align with the unique interests and business objectives of clients in this space—whether through litigation or...
Jean-Philippe Joyal is a partner in the firm’s Investment Funds Group. Jean-Philippe focuses his practice on advising managers on all aspects of their business including the structuring, formation, marketing and management of investment funds, the launching of new business lines, GP-led secondaries, strategic investments and transactions and regulatory issues. Jean-Philippe has represented numerous managers in establishing open-end and closed funds, fund-of-funds structure, special purp...
Nikita Stepin practises in all areas of commercial technology and intellectual property law as well as intellectual property litigation before the Federal Court of Canada and Federal Court of Appeal. Mr. Stepin provides legal advice and services relating to corporate and commercial transactions involving technology and intellectual property rights, including the negotiation and drafting of software as a service agreements, technology sales agreements, research and development agreements and i...
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