Ranking tables
Canada Nationwide - Canada Litigation: Product Liability
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Band 2
Band 3
Craig Lockwood Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Lindsay Lorimer McMillan LLP
Lisa Parliament McMillan LLP
Michael A. Feder KC McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Michael Eizenga Bennett Jones LLP
Randy Sutton Norton Rose Fulbright
Robin Linley Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Robin Reinertson Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Sonia Bjorkquist Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
William McNamara Torys LLP
Band 4
Ashley L. Paterson Bennett Jones LLP
Danielle Royal Stikeman Elliott LLP
Deborah Templer McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Grant Worden Torys LLP
Jacqueline Armstrong-Gates Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
Laura Fric Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Samaneh Hosseini Stikeman Elliott LLP
Teresa Dufort McMillan LLP- David NeaveDLA Piper (Canada) LLP
- Robert BellLerners LLP
Up and Coming
Associates to watch
Band 1
1 Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLPLitigation: Product Liability2024 | Band 1 |Blake, Cassels & Graydon operates a standout product liability practice providing seamless support to clients across Canada, as well as cross-border capabilities. The practice has an excellent track record in the pharmaceutical, medical devices, consumer technology, food and automotive fields. The team possesses a breadth of experience in product claims, from early product assessment and risk management to multi-jurisdictional class action defence. The firm is retained by clients for its deep knowledge of regulatory matters, including those relating to recall, marketing, consumer protection and quality control.
Band 2
2 Bennett Jones LLPLitigation: Product Liability2024 | Band 2 |Bennett Jones has a solid product liability and regulation practice with a notable offering in the automotive, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. It is regularly engaged in class action defence for prominent market players, drawing from a specialised knowledge base in providing support across each stage of potential product claims. Its lawyers are relied upon by clients for contractual and regulatory analysis and risk management right up to trial. Bennett Jones offers additional expertise in international trade and competition law.
2 McCarthy Tétrault LLPLitigation: Product Liability2024 | Band 2 |McCarthy Tétrault is a national law firm with a significant product liability practice and a strong track record for experienced trial work. It draws upon its wider experience in healthcare and class action litigation and is particularly well known for its work concerning medical devices, pharmaceutical and tobacco products, as well as advising on matters involving auto parts and agricultural products. The lawyers also provide strategic advice on litigation avoidance.
2 Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLPLitigation: Product Liability2024 | Band 2 |Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt represents a number of industry players in the tobacco and life sciences industries in product liability litigation as well as advising on product design issues. The Toronto and Calgary-based team guides clients through the full life-cycle of products, from development, marketing and sale of new products to product recall and contentious disputes. The firm's other areas of focus include medical device cases, as well as automotive, electrical and consumer products, and food and beverages.
Band 3
3 Borden Ladner Gervais LLPLitigation: Product Liability2024 | Band 3 |Borden Ladner Gervais regularly provides advice on product liability matters to manufacturers, distributors and insurers in the automotive sector. The firm also supports clients with early-stage counsel on recalls and claims prevention. Its lawyers offer expertise in matters relating to aviation, heavy equipment and machinery, electronics and consumer products. The team offers a national scope from its offices across Canada, as well as a dedicated litigation and dispute resolution team that regularly oversees both individual and class actions.
3 FaskenLitigation: Product Liability2024 | Band 3 |Fasken is a solid law firm with lawyers across Canada who are well placed to cover a range of product liability claims, spanning consumer products, electronics, recreational products, cars and aircraft equipment. The firm is also known for its medical device work. The team offers experience of individual and class action litigation across the country as well as advising on product recalls, regulatory compliance and risk management issues at the pre-litigation stage.
3 McMillan LLPLitigation: Product Liability2024 | Band 3 |This firm has a notable product liability group that is recognised for its litigation skill set as well as its experience of regulatory and risk management issues. McMillan is active in the automotive and pharmaceutical sectors, with additional expertise in relation to consumer products, food and drink, and technology. The team counsels trade associations and large corporations on regulatory matters and advises on interactions with government agencies and authorities. It is recognised for its ability to achieve early disposition in the pre-certification stage of class actions, as well as coordinating the successful defence of national litigation actions.
3 Norton Rose FulbrightLitigation: Product Liability2024 | Band 3 |Norton Rose Fulbright is a well-regarded firm with substantial experience defending clients in the life sciences sector. This includes defence of product liability claims for pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers and consumer healthcare product manufacturers. The firm has notable strength in regulatory advice and reporting and claims arising from defective products.
3 Torys LLPLitigation: Product Liability2024 | Band 3 |Torys has a well-known product liability group that is acknowledged for its work advising and defending clients in the life sciences, automotive, pharmaceutical and consumer product industries. The team, which is supported by the firm's well-respected class actions practice, litigates product liability matters across the country, with strong footprints in Toronto and Montréal.