Chambers and Partners Once Again Honours Goodmans with Top-Tier Recognition
We are delighted to announce Goodmans LLP continues to receive top-tier recognition from Chambers and Partners in the Chambers Canada 2025 Guide.
Recognition from Chambers and Partners is based on independent research and direct client feedback, and demonstrates our lawyers' strengths in technical legal abilities, client service, commercial vision and business understanding, depth of team, value and diligence.
Goodmans has earned 17 Band 1 rankings across lawyers and practices, including for our strengths in:
- Hospitality
- Intellectual Property: Litigation
- Media and Entertainment
- REITs
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Corporate/Commercial: The Elite: Ontario
- Real Estate: Zoning and Land Use: Ontario
Goodmans is also recognized for our strengths across an additional 12 areas and received 72 lawyer rankings across industries and practices in the guide.
Further, Goodmans was awarded Banking & Financial Markets Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers Canada Awards 2024, for recognized strengths in both the Banking & Finance and Capital Markets sections of the Canada Guide.
Congratulations to our lawyers and teams who have been ranked among the best in Canada!
For more information, view Goodmans Chambers Canada 2025 recognition here.
About Chambers and Partners
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