In the 2005 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Davies was ranked as the foremost corporate law firm in Canada in each of the Toronto and Montréal markets, relative to firm size.  The 2006 rankings continue that trend with Davies having a disproportionate number of leading practitioners and a greater percentage of lawyer citations than any other major Canadian law firm.  Listed are:

• George Addy  (Competition)
• William Ainley  (Corporate Commercial, Corporate Finance, M&A)
• Robert Bauer  (Project Finance, Property Development)
• Maryse Bertrand (Corporate Commercial, Corporate Finance, M&A)
• John Bodrug (Competition)
• Nathan Boidman (Corporate Tax)
• William Brock   (Corporate Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation)
• Sylvain Cossette (Corporate Commercial, Corporate Finance)
• Guy Du Pont  (Corporate Tax Litigation)
• William Gula   (Corporate Commercial, Corporate Finance, M&A)
• Carol Hansell  (Corporate Commercial)
• Gregory Howard   (Property Development)
• Shawn McReynolds  (Corporate Finance)
• Patricia Olasker   (Corporate Commercial, Corporate Finance)
• Carol Pennycook  (Banking, Corporate Commercial, Corporate Finance, Project Finance)
• Stephen Ruby  (Corporate Tax)
• David Smith, Q.C.   (Corporate Tax)
• Jay Swartz  (Banking, Corporate Commerical, Corporate Finance, Insolvency, M&A, Project Finance)
• Pierre-André Themens  (Corporate Commercial, Project Finance, Property Development)
• Kent Thomson   (Competition)
• John Ulmer  (Corporate Tax)
• David Ward, Q.C.   (Corporate Tax Litigation)

Four of our lawyers are listed among Lexpert's 40 Corporate Lawyers to Watch in 2006.  Making up this strong showing, the group from Davies includes:

• Vincent Mercier  (Toronto)
• Fiona Kelly   (New York)
• Scott Hyman  (Toronto)
• Brian Salpeter  (Montréal)
  

Among the 40 Corporate Mid-Market Lawyers to Watch are:

• Cameron Rusaw  (Toronto)
• Jay Swartz (Toronto)

Lexpert's Guide to the Leading 100 Canada/US Cross-Border Litigators in Canada also recognizes Davies lawyers.  Listed are:

• Kent Thomson (Corporate Commercial and Competition)
• William Brock  (Corporate Commercial)
• George Addy  (Competition)
• John Bodrug(Competition)

And from our Litigation group, Sandra Forbes was named as one of Lexpert's 25 Litigators to watch.