2025 Canadian Law Awards winners announced

Tonight, the legal profession came together to celebrate its most outstanding achievements, organizations, and lawyers at the Canadian Law Awards.

Held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the sixth annual gala recognized Canada’s top law firms, in-house legal teams, and individual lawyers, along with their most exceptional deals and cases.

Key Media extends a warm thanks to all the sponsors who made this event possible, including Event Partner LEAP Legal Software, as well as Dye & Durham, PwC, Lawson Lundell LLP, Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP, NRF, GoVeyance, Stockwoods LLP, Bergeron Clifford LLP, Canadian National Railway Company, and the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers.

Here are this year’s Canadian Law Awards winners:

Banking & Financial Services Law Department of the Year

• Royal Bank of Canada

Boutique Law Firm of the Year

• 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.