Goodmans is known across Canada and internationally for excellence and market leadership in a number of practice areas. Our lawyers are consistently recognized by leading industry publications published by, among others, Lexpert, Lexpert/American Lawyer Media, Chambers and Partners, Global Counsel, Euromoney, Practical Law Company and Law Business Research.

The following is a sampling of our industry rankings and accolades from some of the most respected national and international legal and business publications:

• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010 recognizes 40 Goodmans lawyers as being top-tier in their fields and leaders in 28 distinct areas of law.
• The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (2010 edition) lists 23 Goodmans partners among the leading Canadian lawyers excelling in 17 practice areas of law.
• Chambers Global’s Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers 2010 ranks 46 individual Goodmans lawyers among Canada’s finest.  Goodmans’ Insolvency/ Corporate Recovery Group stands alone as Number 1 in Canada for the 9th consecutive year and the Real Estate and Telecommunications practices are also ranked top-tier.
• IFLR 1000 ranks our insolvency and restructuring and M&A practices top tier. Our banking and capital markets practices are also recommended.
• In 2008 and 2009, Goodmans was named “National Law Firm of the Year for Canada” at International Financial Law Review’s Americas Awards. 
• PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook 2009 ranks Goodmans in their top category in equity and debt capital markets, restructuring and insolvency and “highly recommended” for banking and finance, corporate real estate, dispute resolution, corporate mergers and acquisitions, private client, private equity/venture capital and telecoms and IT and media.
• The 2010 Best Lawyers in Canada guide ranks 56 Goodmans lawyers across 27 practice areas, as among the best lawyers in Canada.
• ACQ Finance Magazine has named Goodmans Canada’s Capital Markets Law Firm of the Year and Insolvency/Corporate Recovery Law Firm of the Year for 2009. 
• American Lawyer Media's 2010 Go-To Law Firm for the Top 500 Companies guide selected Goodmans as a "go-to" law firm for financial service companies in the area of Canada.
• Numerous Goodmans lawyers have been recognized by leading publications such as Lexpert’s Top 40 Under 40, Lexpert’s Top 25 Women Lawyers,  The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers  and Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Expert Guides to the World’s Leading Lawyers.