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Thirty-three Davies lawyers recognized in Who's Who Legal: Canada 2010
Law Business Research's 2010 Who's Who Legal: Canada directory has identified 33 Davies lawyers as leading business law practitioners across 14 practice areas, including Banking, Business Crime, Capital Markets, Commercial Litigation, Competition, Corporate Governance, Corporate Tax, Environment, Insolvency & Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mining, Private Funds, Public Procurement and Real Estate. Davies is the recipient of a Gold Medal award from the 2010 International Legal Alliance Summit Davies has been awarded the Gold Medal award for Best Canadian Law Firm by the International Legal Alliance. The 2010 International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards recognizes leading law firms in their domestic markets across a variety of practice areas globally. Three Davies Lawyers recognized by Expert Guides' Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law Carol Hansell, Carol Pennycook, and Sarah Powell have been profiled in the 2010 edition of Expert Guides' Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law. This inaugural edition is dedicated to profiling the world's leading female practitioners across 25 practice areas. The 2010 Canadian Legal LEXPERT® Directory Recognizes 51 Davies Lawyers as Leading Practitioners The 2010 Canadian Legal LEXPERT® Directory profiled 51 Davies lawyers as leading practitioners, 26 of whom have achieved the highest ranking of "Most Frequently Recommended" in at least one area of specialization. The firm was also recognized as "Most Frequently Recommended" in the following four practice areas: Competition, Corporate/Commercial, Corporate Finance & Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions. The Canadian Legal LEXPERT® Directory is considered the pre-eminent peer-review-based directory of legal practitioners in Canada, ranking both individual lawyers and firms across 64 areas of expertise. Recommendations for lawyers in the annual publication are based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey conducted, with firm rankings tabulated from the cumulative rankings of individuals within each practice area reviewed. Davies is the recipient of two Corporate INTL Global Awards Davies has been awarded both the M&A Advisory and Corporate Governance Excellence in Canada Award by Corporate International's 2010 Global Awards. The 2010 Awards recognize leading legal teams in chosen practice areas globally. Davies PPP/Infrastructure Practice recognized with "Deal of the Year" awards Davies' leading PPP/Infrastructure practice has been recognized with three 2009 "Deal of the Year" awards by Project Finance Magazine. The award-winning projects include Global Deal of the Year: Port of Miami Tunnel, North America PPP Deal of the Year: Port of Miami Tunnel and North America Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year: Niagara Health System. Five Davies lawyers profiled in Expert Guides' Best of the Best Carol Hansell, Shawn McReynolds, Carol Pennycook, Stephen Ruby and Timothy Youdan have been profiled in the 2010 edition of Expert Guides' Best of the Best. This international guide compiles the top 25 practitioners in each jurisdiction. The research process involves sending over 4,000 questionnaires to senior practitioners or in-house counsel involved in each practice area in over 60 jurisdictions, asking them to nominate leading practitioners based on their work and reputation. Three Davies lawyers recognized as “Lawyers of the Year” for 2010 Nathan Boidman, Guy Du Pont and David W. Smith, Q.C., have been recognized by the Best Lawyers Directory as “Lawyers of the Year” for 2010. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and community, is honoured as the “Lawyer of the Year”. The qualities on which leading lawyers are assessed include legal ability, professionalism and integrity. Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Davies ranked #1 in Mergers & Acquisitions by Chambers Global 2010 38 Davies lawyers were profiled as leading lawyers by Chambers Global 2010: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Davies was recognized as a leading Canadian firm across nine practice areas: Corporate / M&A, Competition & Antitrust, Public Private Partnerships, Tax, Banking & Finance, Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Restructuring and Energy & Natural Resources. The qualities on which leading lawyers are assessed include legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness, diligence, and commitment to the client. Click here view the firm's rankings on-line. Davies ranks as the leading Canadian firm for corporate transactions relative to firm size The 2010 LEXPERT®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada profiled 28 lawyers and ranks Davies' as the leading Canadian firm for corporate transactions (including banking, competition law, corporate commercial law, corporate finance & securities, corporate tax and mergers & acquisitions), relative to firm size. Davies' tax practice is ranked by the 2010 LEXPERT®/American Lawyer Media Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada as the leading practice in Montréal and in the top three in Toronto. 67 Davies lawyers recognized as Leading Lawyers The 2010 Best Lawyers, Canada Directory recognizes 67 Davies lawyers as Leading Lawyers in practice categories that include Banking Law, Competition/Antitrust Law, Class Action Litigation, Corporate/Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Director & Office Liability, Derivatives Law, Environmental Law, Equipment Law, Gaming Law, Insolvency & Financial Restructuring, International Arbitration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Finance Law, Public Finance Law, Real Estate Law, Securities Law, Structured Finance Law, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates. Davies' M&A and Capital Markets practices recognized as tier one in 2010 IFLR 1000 The 2010 IFLR 1000 - Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms recognizes Davies' M&A practice as tier one and states "While megadeals have disappeared from the market, the expertise harboured at Davies has not. Peers still regard the firm's M&A group as one of the most capable in Canada." Additional rankings include:
Davies recognized as a Go-To Law Firm by 2010 ALM guide Davies has been recognized as a Go-To Law Firm by the 2010 ALM reference guide Go-To Law Firms of the World's Leading Companies. 33 Davies partners ranked as leaders in their field Legal Media Group's 2009 Expert Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers have ranked 33 Davies partners as leaders in their fields, across 15 areas of practice. Davies' Competition & Foreign Investment Review Group recognized by Global Competition Review Davies' Competition & Foreign Investment Review Group has been profiled in the 2009 GCR 100 as one of the top competition practices in the world, as selected by Global Competition Review. Bill Ainley named Best M&A Lawyer in Canada World Finance magazine has named William M. Ainley Best M&A Lawyer in Canada. The award is part of the 2009 World Finance Awards, which is given to those demonstrating innovation and originality, market leadership and the ability to keep ahead of the competition. Davies recognized by Lexpert Magazine Davies was a significant player in 3 of the Top 10 Canadian Corporate Deals and in 2 of the top 10 Business Cases of 2009 as reported in the January 2010 issue of Lexpert® Magazine. The 2009 Canadian Legal LEXPERT® Directory profiled 49 Davies lawyers, 29 of whom have achieved a ranking of the highest level in at least one area of specialization. The firm was also recognized as "Most Frequently Recommended" in the following nine practice areas: Competition, Corporate/Commercial, Corporate Finance & Securities, Derivative Instruments, Litigation – Corporate/Commercial, Litigation – Securities, M&A, Property Development and Tax. Additional Lexpert rankings:
Davies receives top ratings from PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2009 PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook profiles 37 lawyers and rates Davies as the leading firm in the areas of Competition/Antitrust, Corporate / M&A, Environmental, Private Equity and Tax. 43 Davies lawyers receive AV rating 2009 Martindale Hubbell ranks 43 Davies lawyers with their highest rating (AV) peer review rating. Davies is ranked 20th by Bloomberg's M&A Legal Advisory League Table rankings for worldwide global announced deals in 2008.
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