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• Sana Halwani Named a Global IP Star

  Sana Halwani continues to be recognized for her patent and trademark expertise in Managing Intellectual Property’s 2020 IP STARS handbook, a leading guide to the world’s foremost IP firms and practitioners.

  Sana Halwani | May 1, 2020
• Lexpert Highlights Lenczner Slaght’s Professional Excellence

  Lenczner Slaght’s litigators continue to be recognized by their peers as the foremost practitioners in their fields.

  April 24, 2020
• Chambers Global Recognizes Lenczner Slaght for the 18th Consecutive Year

  Canada’s leading litigation firm continues to be recognized for its dispute resolution expertise by world-renowned directory, Chambers Global, alongside notable full-service, national, and international firms.

  February 13, 2020
• Lenczner Slaght’s Expert Litigators Ranked in Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2019

  Canada’s leading litigation firm continues to be recognized for its exceptional litigation expertise.

  December 17, 2019
• Lenczner Slaght’s 19th Year at the Centre of the Lexpert Bull’s-Eye

  Canada’s leading litigation firm continues to be recognized as the #1 firm in Toronto for Litigation and Commercial Litigation by the 2020 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.

  December 13, 2019
• Lenczner Slaght Welcomes Vinayak Mishra

  Exceptional associates continue to choose Canada’s leading litigation firm, strengthening the firm's talent pool, knowledge, and experience.

  Vinayak Mishra | October 21, 2019
• Chambers Canada Recognizes Lenczner Slaght as a Top-Tier Litigation Firm

  Canada’s leading litigation firm and its expert litigators continue to advance their position in the latest edition of world-renowned directory, Chambers Canada, with nine new rankings.

  September 19, 2019
• Best Lawyers in Canada Recognizes Lenczner Slaght with 100 Rankings

  In the latest edition of Best Lawyers in Canada, 28 Lenczner Slaght lawyers earned a total of 100 rankings, up from 86 in 2019.

  August 21, 2019
• Lencnzer Slaght Welcomes Jacqueline Chan

  Canada’s leading litigation firm is pleased to announce that Jacqueline Chan is the newest Associate to join our growing Intellectual Property Group.

  Jacqueline Chan | July 29, 2019
• IAM Patent 1000 Recognizes Lenczner Slaght’s IP Expertise

  Canada’s leading litigation continues to be recognized year over year for its exceptional Intellectual Property expertise.

  Sana Halwani | June 6, 2019
• Sana Halwani is an IP Star

  Managing Intellectual Property’s 2019 IP STARS handbook, a leading guide to the world’s foremost IP firms and practitioners, has once again recognized Sana Halwani for her patent and trademark expertise.

  Sana Halwani | June 5, 2019
• Our IP Talent Portfolio Continues to Grow

  Lenczner Slaght adds another exceptional litigator to its expert Intellectual Property team.

  Kaitlin Soye | January 21, 2019
• Lenczner Slaght Welcomes Strong Addition to its IP Talent Portfolio

  Canada’s leading litigation firm is pleased to announce that Cynthia Tape has joined our growing Intellectual Property Group as Counsel.

  Cynthia L. Tape | December 17, 2018
• Lenczner Slaght Litigators Ranked in Best Lawyers in Canada

  Canada’s leading litigation firm is proud to announce that 25 of the firm’s 58 lawyers have been recognized in the Best Lawyers in Canada 2019 publication across multiple categories.

  August 21, 2018
• Lenczner Slaght’s IP Team Receives Worldwide Recognition

  Canada’s leading litigation firm and all three of its Intellectual Property partners are ranked in the 2018 edition of IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals.

  Andrew Skodyn, Sana Halwani & Melanie Baird | June 7, 2018
• Lenczner Slaght Partners Named Global IP Stars

  Andrew Skodyn and Sana Halwani have once again been recognized for their patent and trademark expertise in Managing Intellectual Property’s 2018 IP STARS Handbook, a leading guide to the world’s foremost IP firms and practitioners

  Andrew Skodyn & Sana Halwani | May 22, 2018
• Sana Halwani is a Globally Recognized IP Star

  For the second year in a row, Sana Halwani has been named in Managing Intellectual Property’s Top 250 Women in IP list, featuring lawyers from across the world!

  Sana Halwani | April 26, 2018
• Lenczner Slaght Ranked as a Top Firm for Patent Work by IP STARS

  Lenczner Slaght has once again been recognized as a top patent contentious firm in Canada by the 2018 Managing Intellectual Property’s IP STARS publication, a leading guide to the world’s foremost IP firms and practitioners.

  March 6, 2018
• Lenczner Slaght Ranked for the 16th Consecutive Year in Chambers Global 2018

  Canada’s leading  litigation firm is once again recognized in the area of Dispute Resolution by this world-renowned directory alongside notable full-service, national and international firms.

  February 15, 2018
• Top 10 Business Decisions of 2017

  Google v. Equustek Solutions, 2017 SCC 34 is ranked second in Lexpert's Top 10 Business Decisions of 2017. Lenczner Slaght's William C. McDowell and Scott Rollwagen are mentioned as counsel to Google Inc.

  William C. McDowell & Scott Rollwagen | February 5, 2018
• Our Expert IP Team Continues to Grow

  Canada’s leading  litigation firm continues to add exceptional litigators to its IP talent portfolio.

  Naomi Metcalfe & Veronica C. Tsou | January 8, 2018
• Lenczner Slaght is Named a Top-Tier Firm in Legal 500 Rankings

  Along with the firm’s Tier 1 ranking in Dispute Resolution with four leading lawyers and one next generation lawyer recognized, Lenczner Slaght is also ranked in Intellectual Property, Labour and Employment, and Competition and Antitrust.

  November 29, 2017
• Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2017 Highlights Lenczner Slaght Litigators

  Lenczner Slaght is proud to be named as “the foremost litigation team in the country” by Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2017, with six of our expert litigators recognized for their exceptional work representing clients.

  October 12, 2017
• International Recognition for Lenczner Slaght’s Expert IP Team

  Canada’s leading litigation firm is delighted to announce that its IP team won three awards at the 2017 LMG Life Sciences Awards, where the preeminent lawyers and law firms in the US and Canada were recognized for their work in the life sciences industry.

  Melanie Baird, Sana Halwani & Andrew Skodyn | September 14, 2017
• Acclaimed photos of late Chicago photographer Vivan Maier at centre of Canadian court fight

  Sana Halwani is mentioned in an article in The Star regarding an action for copyright infringement in fine art photographs taken by the posthumously-discovered photographer Vivian Maier. Sana is counsel to the Stephen Bulger Gallery in this case.

  Sana Halwani | August 29, 2017
• Lenczner Slaght Ranked Among the Best

  Almost half of the leading litigation firm’s lawyers are recognized in the Best Lawyers in Canada.

  August 22, 2017
• Lenczner Slaght Recognized Internationally in IP Litigation

  Canada’s leading litigation firm and two of its IP partners, Sana Halwani and Andrew Skodyn, are ranked in the 2017 edition of IAM Patent 1000.

  Sana Halwani & Andrew Skodyn | June 13, 2017
• Lenczner Slaght is the Unrivaled Litigation Boutique in Chambers Global 2017

  The firm’s litigators earned the top rankings alongside full-service, national and international counterparts in the litigation categories.

  March 29, 2017
• Sana Halwani Joins Lenczner Slaght

  Newest partner brings together science, law, and advocacy.

  Sana Halwani | March 6, 2017
• Lenczner Slaght lawyers recognized in Lexpert ALM 500 Guide

  Canada’s leading litigation boutique leads all firms with 10 lawyers ranked in litigation practice areas in the 2017 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (“ALM 500”)

  January 4, 2017
• Supreme Court hears arguments in case pitting Google against B.C. firm

  William C. McDowell was quoted in the Globe and Mail article Supreme Court hears arguments in case pitting Google against B.C. firm on December 6, 2016.

  William C. McDowell | December 7, 2016
• Peers Recognize Lenczner Slaght's Expertise in Cross-border Litigation

  Fifteen Lenczner Slaght lawyers have been ranked in the Lexpert 2016 Guide to the Leading U.S/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada

  November 25, 2016
• Lenczner Slaght Lawyers Ranked Best

  Nearly half of the firm’s lawyers recognized among Canada’s foremost practitioners

  August 10, 2016
• Lenczner Slaght Remains Among Top in Chambers Global Rankings

  Canada's leading litigation practice recognized in tier one for 14 consecutive years.

  March 30, 2016
• Lenczner Slaght Lawyers Repeatedly Ranked Among the Best

  Half of the firm's lawyers are ranked as leading practitioners and three named "Lawyer of the Year" in the latest Best Lawyers in Canada Directory.

  August 24, 2015
• 20 Lenczner Slaght Lawyers Recognized in 2015 Lexpert Directory

  Recognized by Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as leading practitioners.

  June 25, 2015
• Lenczner Slaght Repeatedly Tops Chambers Global Ranking

  Canada's leading litigation practice remains highly regarded for 13 consecutive years.

  April 2, 2015
• Lenczner Slaght - "a fortress inhabited by litigation royalty"

  13 Lenczner Slaght lawyers recognized in the 2015 Benchmark Litigation Directory.

  March 30, 2015
• Premier practice comprised of Toronto's premier litigators

  Legal 500 Canada recommends Lenczner Slaght in Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labour and Employment Law.

  December 29, 2014
• Lenczner Slaght Welcomes Four New Associates

  Canada's leading litigation practice grows to 53 lawyers.

  Chris Kinnear Hunter, Jaclyn Greenberg & Danielle Glatt | September 10, 2014
• 23 Lenczner Slaght Lawyers Ranked Among the Best

  Nearly half of the firm's 49 lawyers are ranked as leading practitioners and two named "Lawyer of the Year" in the latest Best Lawyers in Canada Directory.

  August 27, 2014
• Lenczner Slaght Increases Rankings in 2014 Lexpert Directory

  Canada's leading litigation practice continues to add new names to the list.

  June 3, 2014
• Lenczner Slaght Tops Chambers Global Ranking

  Canada's leading litigation practice remains in Band 1 for 12^th consecutive year.

  March 25, 2014
• Lenczner Slaght Welcomes Two New Partners

  Canada's leading litigation practice grows to 20 partners with newest additions.

  Rebecca Jones | January 28, 2014
• High-profile partners join Lenczner Slaght

  Canada's leading litigation practice gains two new widely admired lawyers.

  Scott Rollwagen & Andrew Skodyn | September 3, 2013
• Lenczner Slaght Lawyers Ranked Among the Best

  Canada's leading litigation practice has 22 professionals in the 2014 Best Lawyers in Canada list.

  August 12, 2013