Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
Chambers Global
The Best Lawyers in Canada
PLC Which lawyer?
Who’s Who Legal
IAM Patent 1000
Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers
Managing Intellectual Property
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
The 2012 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory identified several Heenan Blaikie offices and lawyers as leaders in their field.
- Andrea Rush
- Jonathan Stainsby
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Chambers Global, The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
Chambers Global 2012: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business recognized numerous Heenan Blaikie lawyers as leaders in their fields. Heenan Blaikie also ranked in several practice areas overall, including the highest ranking for our Labour and Employment practice. Lawyer rankings are based on, among other things, “technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client.”
Band U (Up and coming)
- Andrew Skodyn: Intellectual Property (Litigation)
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The Best Lawyers in Canada
The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013 (Woodward/White) has ranked numerous Heenan Blaikie lawyers as top lawyers, with several of them recognized in two or more fields, across some 50 practice areas. The Best Lawyers in Canada compiles lists of outstanding lawyers annually by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
- Bill Mayo
- Andrew Skodyn
- Jonathan Stainsby
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PLC Which lawyer?
PLC Which lawyer?, published in the UK by Practical Law Company (PLC), has recognized Heenan Blaikie across multiple practice areas.
PLC Which lawyer? is a guide to lawyers and law firms in more than 110 countries and provides independently researched market intelligence on lawyers active in core commercial practice areas. Its independent research is based on firm and lawyer track records, client feedback and peer reviews.
Highly Recommended
- Canada – Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
Recommended
- Canada – Intellectual Property
- Canada – Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (Jonathan Stainsby)
- Canada – Life Sciences: Patent Counselling
- Canada – Life sciences: Patent Litigation
Recognized
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Who’s Who Legal
Who's Who Legal, the London-based publication and the official research partner of the International Bar Association (IBA) as well as the strategic research partner of the ABA Section of International Law, has published the annual edition of the InternationalWho’s Who of Business Lawyers as well as special reports that identify several Heenan Blaikie lawyers as leaders in their respective fields, across numerous practice areas.
International Who’s Who of Life Sciences Lawyers 2012
Jonathan Stainsby was selected as one of the highly accomplished practitioners, praised for their contentious, transactional and regulatory expertise.
International Who’s Who of Patent Lawyers 2012
Jonathan Stainsby and Bill Mayo rank among the world’s leading patent lawyers who were voted as the best in the field.
International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers 2012
Andrea Rush is listed among the leading trademark lawyers with proven expertise in all trademark matters from registering and licensing trademarks to enforcement proceedings and litigation.
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IAM Patent 1000 – Guide to the World’s Leading Patent Practitioners
In June 2012, the Intellectual Asset Management’s newest publication, IAM Patent 1000 – Guide to the World’s Leading PatentPractitioners, has recognized our Intellectual Property group. Our Firm was ranked as Silver for Litigation and Licensing, and Recommended for Prosecution.
IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners is the first one-stop-shop guide listing best-in-class patent prosecution, licensing and litigation practitioners in 50 key jurisdictions. Nearly 1,000 phone interviews were conducted with numerous lawyers, patent agents and in-house counsel to gather market intelligence on the leading players in the field.
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Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers
The following intellectual property lawyers were named leading lawyers in patent law and trade mark law in the Legal Media Group (Euromoney) Experts Guides series, Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers.
Toronto
- Bill Mayo (2011 Guide to the World’s Leading Patent Law Practitioners)
- Andrea Rush (2012 Guide to the World’s Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners)
- Andrea Rush (2012 Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law)
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Managing Intellectual Property
In 2011, as in past years, Heenan Blaikie was recognized by Managing Intellectual Property in the areas of Patent Contentious, Trademark Contentious, and Trademark Prosecution. In 2010, we were named the Canadian Patent Contentious Firm of the Year. The award recognized Heenan Blaikie's Patent group trial victories in Sanofi-Aventis v. Novopharm (ramipril) and Eli Lilly v.Novopharm (olanzapine). In 2007, we received the award for the “Patent Case of the Year” for Canada. The magazine’s awards and rankings recognize firms that have demonstrated outstanding performance, based on independent research and peer evaluations.