2025 Canadian Law Awards winners announced

• Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP

Canadian Law Department of the Year

• Royal Bank of Canada

Capital Markets Deal of the Year

• TC Energy Corporation's C$7.9 billion notes offering for Liquids Pipelines business spinoff

Commercial Litigation Team of the Year

• Torys LLP; Law Office of Terry Corsianos; Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP; Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP; Ministry of the Attorney General- Crown Law Office; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP - Aquino v. Bondfield Construction Co., 2024 SCC 31

Diversity Initiative of the Year

• Enbridge - Canadian Legal Mentorship Program

Female Trailblazer of the Year - Academia & In-House

• Kathryn (Katie) Daniels - CPP Investments

Female Trailblazer of the Year - Private Practice

• Karen Sargeant - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Infrastructure & Projects Deal of the Year

• Coastal GasLink Pipeline Limited Partnership's C$7.15 billion refinancing

Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year

• Tacora Resources Inc.’s restructuring under CCAA

Law Department Innovation

• Sagard Holdings

Litigation & Dispute Resolution Boutique Law Firm of the Year

• Lenczner Slaght

Litigator of the Year

• Sandra A. Forbes - Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

M&A Deal of the Year

• Royal Bank of Canada’s C$13.5 billion acquisition of HSBC Bank Canada

Managing Partner of the Year

• Danielle Robitaille - Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP

Mid-Market Deal of the Year

• Trans Mountain Corporation, Lower Nicola Indian Band, and EPCOR's C$200 million sale of Kingsvale Transmission Line

Pro Bono Initiative of the Year

• Gowling WLG - Operation Abraham

Regional Law Firm of the Year - Atlantic Canada

• McInnes Cooper

Regional Law Firm of the Year - Ontario

• Torkin Manes LLP

Regional Law Firm of the Year - Prairies

• McKercher LLP

Regional Law Firm of the Year - Quebec

• Langlois Lawyers

Regional Law Firm of the Year - Western Canada

• Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer LLP

The Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP Award for Construction, Infrastructure and Transportation Law Department of the Year

• TC Energy Corporation

The Dye & Durham Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Legal Profession - In House

• Martine Turcotte

The Dye & Durham Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Legal Profession - Private Practice

• Carol D. Pennycook - Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

The Lawson Lundell LLP Award for Law Department Leader of the Year

• Cheryl Graden - TMX Group

The LEAP Legal Software Award for Best Use of Technology in a Law Firm

• Torys LLP

The LEAP Legal Software Award for Family Law Firm of the Year

• McCarthy Hansen & Company

See a full list of winners and advisors on the Canadian Law Awards website.