March 28, 2011


Toronto (Canada) - Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced today that Chambers and Partners has ranked 47 of its lawyers in Chambers' 2011 Global Guide.

This represents a dramatic 24% increase in the number of Fasken Martineau lawyers who are now ranked in Canada with Chambers and Partners.

Chambers is arguably the most respected legal directory and a trusted worldwide source of information for the legal community.

Fasken Martineau has also seen five of its practice groups upgraded to a higher band.  In addition, the firm's Telecommunications & Broadcasting practice is again ranked as a tier one practice. So are the firm's Dispute resolution (British Columbia) and Energy and Natural Resources (Mining) practice groups.

"I personally want to congratulate all my colleagues who were ranked in this latest edition of Chambers' Global Guide. These are outstanding results and the dramatic increase in the number of ranked lawyers highlights the quality of the work that is done by our firm and high calibre of lawyers that make up Fasken Martineau," said David Corbett, Fasken Martineau's Managing Partner.

The following Fasken Martineau lawyers appear in Chambers' 2011 Global Guide:

Banking & Finance

• Brian Wright
• John Torrey
• Jon Holmstrom
• Jon Levin
• Xeno Martis

Competition/Antitrust

• Tony Baldanza
• Huy Do
• Doug New

Corporate/M&A

• Aaron Atkinson
• Jon Levin
• Robert Paré
• Bill Orr

Dispute Resolution: Alberta

• Alex Kotkas
• Tom Ferguson

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

• Henri Alvarez

Dispute Resolution: British Columbia

• Andrew Nathanson
• Geoff Cowper
• Mark Andrews

Dispute Resolution: Ontario

• Gerry Ranking
• John Campion
• Jonathan Lancaster
• Bob Harrison

Dispute Resolution: Québec

• Dominique Gibbens
• Marc-André Fabien

Employment, Labour & Pensions

• Brian Smeenk
• Gavin Hume

Energy & Natural Resources: Mining

• John Turner
• Michael Bourassa

Environment

• Charles Kazaz
• Rosalind Cooper

Information Technology

• Ian Kyer
• John Beardwood
• Lisa Abe

International Trade/WTO

• Mark Sills
• Peter Kirby

Projects: PPP & Infrastructure

• Brian Kelsall

Real Estate

• Marty Emmons

Restructuring/Insolvency

• Edmond Lamek
• John Grieve
• Jon Levin
• Stuart Brotman

Tax

• Alain Ranger
• Alan Schwartz
• Kathleen Hanly

Telecommunications & Broadcasting

• Jay Kerr-Wilson
• Laurie Dunbar
• Leslie Milton
• Robert Buchan
• Stephen Whitehead.

About Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Fasken Martineau is a leading international business law and litigation firm. With over 675 lawyers, the firm has offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec City, London, Paris and Johannesburg. For additional information, please visit the firm's website at www.fasken.com.