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Chambers and Partners, editor for “That research process is open The directory ranks lawyers and yers. Given that there are more than the Africa, Canada, Middle East, to all firms and lawyers,” Mr. Shum firms in several practice areas. The 100,000 lawyers in Canada, any CHAMBERS GUIDE Caribbean and Global-wide sections says. “There’s no secret approach. highest rated counsel receive a mention in Chambers — even one of the guide. “Our rankings come as The methodology — how to take grade of Band 1, though there are that comes in one of the lower band a result of our research.” part, what to do, when to take part two special über categories for ex- levels — is an incredible achieve- BY DREW HASSELBACK Researchers from Chambers re- — that’s all on our website. Nobody tremely respected lawyers, ment. view some basic material submit- gets any kind of in- Star Individual and Senior We should note something about Chambers is respected — and even a ted by law firms, interview clients side track.” Statesman. the numbers we report in our main little feared — in the legal commun- and consult public filings on trans- The Canadian ranks story on page LP1. ity because it is not what they call a actions that the firms have worked move from Band 1 down Crunching the numbers proved a “pay-to-play” guide. on. to Band 5, and there is a jun- little trickier this year because sev- The rankings are the result of in- The feedback collected from ior category from lawyers on the eral Canadian firms and lawyers dependent research conducted out clients must be direct, not sec- cusp of achieving one of those now appear as “foreign experts” in of the firm’s London headquarters. ond-hand. This year’s Canadian coveted band rankings, Up-and- other jurisdictional sections of the The lawyers and firms have no con- research was conducted between coming Individual. Chambers Global guide. Chambers trol over the results. April and mid-October of 2012, with This year’s edition of the helped us with the numbers by pro- “No one can buy their way in as the analysis and editorial prepared Canada section of Chambers viding us its own firm and lawyer far as research rankings are con- thereafter in time for the March 15 Global names 79 different tallies in advance of publication. cerned,” says Edward Shum of launch of the guide. firms and 1,115 different law- Financial Post NATIONAL POST, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2013 LEGAL POST fi nancialpost.com LP7

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Band 2 Bennett Jones LLP CORPORATE/ Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP M&A Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Youcanusetheguideto measure Stikeman Elliott LLP Band 1 Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Band 3 Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP alawfirm’sbenchstrength Fasken Martineau LLP Stikeman Elliott LLP Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP Torys LLP more than one category. We included Rounding out the top 10 would Gowlings An interesting exercise is to compare all those mentions, since each is a be Davies Ward (25%), Goodmans McCarthy Tétrault LLP Band 2 the number of lawyers each national worthy achievement. (20.5%), Blakes (16.6%), Osler McMillan LLP Goodmans LLP or full-service firm has ranked in The result gives you a sense of (18.3%), Bennett Jones (16.9%), Mc- Norton Rose Canada LLP McCarthy Tétrault LLP Chambers Global with the number of the bench strength of each firm. It Carthy (16.8%), Stikeman (14.1%), Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP lawyers in total. also highlights the depth of some of Lawson Lundell (12.1%) and Cassels Torys LLP Band 3 This can be tricky because it’s not the smaller national business firms. Brock (11.6%). Bennett Jones LLP always easy to get an accurate head Torys LLP ranked first in this meas- “It is not a coincidence,” says Band 4 Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP count for each firm. We used the ure, with 66 mentions or 26.3% of its Shawn McReynolds, managing Aird & Berlis LLP Fasken Martineau LLP head count that is reported in the roster written up in the guide. partner of Davies Ward, of his firm’s Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Norton Rose Canada LLP firm summary section of Chambers Les Viner, Torys’ managing part- depth. “It results from our consistent Chaitons LLP online, and some of those numbers ner, says that its bench strength re- focus over many years on selective re- Fishman Flanz Meland Paquin LLP Band 4 are estimates. We then counted up flects a simple strategy: Focus on cruiting, rigorous training, controlled Miller Thomson LLP Borden Ladner Gervais LLP the number of mentions each law- quality, not size. “It’s a relentless growth rather than rapid expansion Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP yer received in the Canadian section focus on quality. That is what we and limiting our practice areas to McMillan LLP of the guide. There are some law- communicate and that is what we do. those things we do extremely well.” yers in the guide who are ranked in It’s that simple.” Financial Post