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‘One of the top mining teams, which helps immensely due to its sector knowledge.’

‘Highly experienced in the mining sector with a strong and diverse team that is able to support large, complex transactions. A more practical approach to advising on legal matters than we find with some other firms.’

‘Johanna Fipke dedicated time during a hectic period to think through complex issues and I was able to leave the non-commercial negotiations with her.’

‘Georald Ingborg is a very creative thinker who maintains strong relationships with securities regulators which gives him a unique ability to create and test new ideas.’

‘Samuel Li has strong attention to detail.’

‘The lawyers have excellent experience.’

‘Strong understanding of Indigenous culture and attitudes, and relationship-driven, value-focused approach which assists greatly in negotiations.’

‘Kai Alderson is extremely knowledgeable and has a strong understanding of his client’s business and invests his time in building knowledge and capacity of his clients in addition to providing guidance.’

‘Great bench strength which includes some of the leading practitioners in federal labour law matters.’

‘The firm’s depth of knowledge and commitment to the client’s cause is impressive. Karen Sargeant and Jackie VanDerMeulen set a high bar for tenacity, professionalism, responsiveness and effectiveness.’

‘This practice is unique in the way lawyers work collaboratively with each other and with us as clients. The relationship with the practice is very cohesive and collaborative and makes it feel more than a typical lawyer/client relationship.’

‘The diversity on the team allows for a wider range of knowledge. The people in general are great to work with and are always willing to go the extra mile to help with a file. Everyone I have worked with has shown great pride and passion in their work.’

‘Associate Maria-Cristina Cavicchia is one of the most hard-working lawyers I have worked with. She always communicates clearly and effectively to ensure that myself and my team are aware of all the steps being taken in a file. She is always thinking one step ahead.’

‘Erin Porter is someone who I am always happy to work with. Her extensive experience and knowledge helps us to creatively and strategically approach grievances/arbitrations.’

‘The team, from the most junior staff all the way to partners, are incredibly responsive, provide quick and logical guidance and work hard to understand the values and culture of our organization and respond with guidance that reflects that.’

‘Karen Sargeant is always great to work with. It is clear to see how great of a mentor she is to everyone at the firm. She is always willing to answer questions and guide us in a way that is strategic and creative to resolve issues.’

‘They specialize in CRTC regulatory matters. Provide timely response to request and always sound legal advice and direction.’

‘Barbara Miller provides extremely good guidance on regulatory matters. I have a great deal of respect for her advice and knowledge.’

‘A very diversified and specialised group of litigators including ultra-specialised areas such as constitutional and IP.’

‘Marc-André Fabien and Vincent Cérat Lagana are totally invested in our cases. They know us and have well understood the political and policy implications of our litigation.’

‘This was a complex situation because of the nature of the dispute and because of the elapsed time between the events occurring and the actual dispute. When deciding which firm to engage, we felt that the Fasken team would be best equipped to understand and address the technical and legal issues involved. The Fasken team was very collaborative and made excellent use of technology in communicating with their clients.’

‘The entire team has been outstanding. Tracey Cohen in particular has been exceptional and I cannot commend her highly enough. It’s been several years since this action was commenced and Tracey always maintained her interest in us and the case. Tracey grasps issues very quickly and distills them down into the key points and speaks in plain language. She is proactive, always thinking ahead about how a situation may play out. She is very collaborative and consults her clients as needed. She always has a recommendation but is open to discussion and leaves the decision to the client (I trust her judgement completely and have never not followed her advice). She is always well prepared and is very articulate, concise and persuasive.

Kendal Paul has also been excellent to work with. She, too, is quick to grasp the salient points and provide valuable advice. She and Tracey are an excellent team and use each other as sounding boards. Like Tracey, Kendal is a consummate professional, very proactive, extremely capable and a pleasure to work with.’

‘Vincent Cerat-Lagana always goes above and beyond for all my files. He treats it as if it was his own file and makes sure we get the best possible outcome for my business. During some hard times in the pandemic, he was able to put enough pressure on the other party and save us a lot of headaches and money.’

‘Sébastien Richemont is a great litigator. He just gets it. Too many litigators get tied up in complicated schemes that don’t lead anywhere, that’s not Sébastien. He flags the real issues and just focuses on that. A wonderful litigator in Court as well – keeps thing simple and punchy.

Vincent Cérat-Lagana is a future star. Also very straight to the point. Excellent in Court – keeps thing simple and punchy.’

‘Fasken provides exceptional, prompt, business-customized, and responsive service to us. We are a long-time client and we feel that our legal needs are prioritized and attended to with care and high quality service.’

‘Fasken’s banking and finance team provides exceptional legal advice while working alongside our internal finance and legal department to ensure their advice is consistent with our business objectives and needs. They are a trusted counsel to and extension of our internal legal team.’

‘It is a pleasure to work with the team, led by Angela Onesi. Lawyers are always professional, friendly, and courteous, and enjoyable team members. They collaborate well together, internally, and also externally with our business team members and counterparties’ external counsel.’

‘The team at Fasken has an ultimate can-do attitude, always able to take on work and meet client deadlines. Fasken has expertise across sectors and specializations, and team members always bring in the experts when required. Capacity/resourcing and responsiveness are two areas where Fasken stands out compared with other firms.’

‘Dev Singh is a wonderful partner to work with, he always strikes the right balance between being thorough and pragmatic, and can recommend the most commercially fair approach to ensure efficient resolution. Dev’s management of tricky client relationships and dynamics is second to none.’

‘Daniel Conrad is an absolute workhorse and has a deep knowledge of technical legal matters. Daniel always goes above and beyond to ensure deliverables are timely and accurate, and is willing to go the extra mile to meet deadlines.’

‘The people are very strong. The partners care about the client service, they do not outsource all the work to senior associates. Our partner, despite having a big book, makes himself available in a short period of time, knows everything about a file and is very commercial and pragmatic.’

‘Thomas Meagher is an excellent mining lawyer, always leads with the best advice and counsel, but is prepared to walk back and compromise based on feedback from banking partners (a very practical approach).’

‘A multi-talented team that delivers personalized service with great continuity.’

‘We value the team’s tenure on our account and file, knowledge and expertise.’

‘A lot of women on the team. Best M&A team in Montreal because they do so much volume. Very responsive. Full 360 expertise. Good business acumen.’

‘Caitlin Rose does a lot of deals in Montreal therefore has a lot of experience. Good business sense. Very responsive. Fun to work with. Rigourous.’

‘Very knowledgeable on environmental matters. Strong firm presence in the environmental space.’

‘Rosalind Cooper is exceptional. A first-rate environmental lawyer who is extremely knowledgeable, engaged, strategic, and practical in handling files. She is sought after and is my first call for anything related to environmental litigation.’

‘I really appreciated the service and strategic advice from Fasken.’

‘Ron Ezekiel – Fantastic lawyer and strategic advisor. I appreciated his practical legal and business advice which were crucial to advancing our business objectives.’

‘Rosalind Cooper gives good solid environmental advice on reasonable terms.’

‘Rosalind Cooper is very accessible; she has great experience in handling environmental charges, and is knowledgeable and practical in her solutions to problems.’

‘The team has extensive experience on major federal and provincial infrastructure projects, from which they draw upon to proactively identify issues and offer sophisticated insights that are top-tier in comparison to other firms.’

‘The team has depth in—and active engagement from—senior lawyers and quality associates to provide support.’

‘The team is consistently responsive, flexible, and easy to work with in comparison to their competitors. They offer strong commercial opinions and communicate very effectively with client teams and in-house counsel.’

‘The firm has a breadth of knowledge that has allowed us to address a wide variety of legal issues in various specialties.’

‘Thomas Barlow is especially responsive and attentive to his clients.’

‘They have a good understanding the nature of our business and their legal advice is tailored to our needs. We discuss how the matter will be handled and they are very flexible so that time and money is spent wisely.’

‘Marcia Mills is very friendly and personable. Her knowledge of trade law is impressive and she has the ability to convey her knowledge in a very comprehensible fashion.’

‘Peter Pliszka and Steve Rosenhek are both experienced product litigators with significant experience in defending the auto industry.’

‘The Faskens litigation transportation team has critical depth and expertise when it comes to railway related litigation in particular. The Faskens team upholds the highest standard of professionalism and expertise and cooperation between all counsel.’

‘’Steven Rosenhek and Christopher Rae are experts in railway litigation, they are professional and provide excellent representation in and out of court for their transportation clients.’

‘The firm has a solid team with excellent bench strength.’

‘Steven Rosenkek is an exceptional transport law practitioner and a pleasure to deal with.’

‘The team includes some leading railway law practitioners.’

‘A very diversified and specialised group of litigators including ultra-specialised areas such as constitutional and IP.’

‘Marc-André Fabien and Vincent Cérat Lagana are totally invested in our cases. They know us and have well understood the political and policy implications of our litigation.’

‘This was a complex situation because of the nature of the dispute and because of the elapsed time between the events occurring and the actual dispute. When deciding which firm to engage, we felt that the Fasken team would be best equipped to understand and address the technical and legal issues involved. The Fasken team was very collaborative and made excellent use of technology in communicating with their clients.’

‘The entire team has been outstanding. Tracey Cohen in particular has been exceptional and I cannot commend her highly enough. It’s been several years since this action was commenced and Tracey always maintained her interest in us and the case. Tracey grasps issues very quickly and distills them down into the key points and speaks in plain language. She is proactive, always thinking ahead about how a situation may play out. She is very collaborative and consults her clients as needed. She always has a recommendation but is open to discussion and leaves the decision to the client (I trust her judgement completely and have never not followed her advice). She is always well prepared and is very articulate, concise and persuasive.

‘Kendal Paul has also been excellent to work with. She, too, is quick to grasp the salient points and provide valuable advice. She and Tracey are an excellent team and use each other as sounding boards. Like Tracey, Kendal is a consummate professional, very proactive, extremely capable and a pleasure to work with.’

‘Vincent Cerat-Lagana always goes above and beyond for all my files. He treats it as if it was his own file and makes sure we get the best possible outcome for my business. During some hard times in the pandemic, he was able to put enough pressure on the other party and save us a lot of headaches and money.’

‘Sébastien Richemont is a great litigator. He just gets it. Too many litigators get tied up in complicated schemes that don’t lead anywhere, that’s not Sébastien. He flags the real issues and just focuses on that. A wonderful litigator in Court as well – keeps thing simple and punchy.

Vincent Cérat-Lagana is a future star. Also very straight to the point. Excellent in Court – keeps thing simple and punchy.’

‘Accessibility; deep knowledge of the industry; pleasant interaction and patience.’

‘Highly client oriented with a high degree of personal service.’

‘Great team that is very collaborative. They go the extra mile when needed, particularly Clifford Sosnow,’

‘The Fasken Real Estate Team is the best department/firm that I have worked with in ensuring a consistent delivery of service across the country. I have engaged their lawyers in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, and they have done a great job of communicating my company’s expectations and practices within the firm so that I did not need to start fresh every time I worked with a new office. The team also sets itself apart in terms of the diversity of its lawyers and the number of females that are leading the offices. My company and I have greatly appreciated Fasken’s commitment to diversity and the difference/improvement in tone that brings to our conversations. In addition to the foregoing, the Fasken Real Estate Team in Toronto provides quality advice and work product, and probably the most responsive service I receive anywhere in the country (particularly from Andrea Centa).’

‘Andrea Centa is our company’s relationship partner, as well as the main partner who works on our real estate files, and she is incredible. Her responsiveness is unparalleled and she is excellent at both educating and providing advice to my company’s business teams. She also has incredible attention to detail and provides top-level advice on challenging files. Finally, Andrea does a great job staffing her files with qualified juniors to ensure that work is appropriately distributed and to ensure that we are charged a reasonable amount for the work that her team does for us.’

‘Strong and integrated team, collaborative internally and with clients, highly responsive and good line of sight into the real estate market across Canada.’

‘Andrea Centa provides timely and robust legal advice across real estate sectors and always finds a practical solution. She partners very effectively with internal counsel on matters and involves internal counsel at the right level.’

‘The team is filled with problem solvers. Individuals who are open to change and think strategically about how to approach new challenges.

‘Their fees are very competitive based on the service offering provided.’

‘I work most closely with Andrea Centa and Allyson Roy who are extremely sharp and details oriented ensuring that no stone is left unturned and we are absolutely comfortable as we due diligence an asset purchase. I feel completely comfortable with this team to ensure that the small elements of each deal and relationship will be managed with a strong duty of care. They are also both great deal lawyers in that they understand when to push back against a counterparts position and when to work to acquiesce to cut the deal.’

‘Team works well together and is very integrated within a large national full-service firm which allows for optimal service delivery.’

‘Solutions oriented team. Very supportive of each other and all are great with clients. Good people that know what they are doing.’

‘Knows how to read a room of people when negotiating and or dealing with difficult situations.’

‘The Fasken practice is unique as a result of its combination of deep technical expertise and experience combined with its responsiveness and capacity.’

‘Brandon Farber is responsive, amicable, intelligent and creative. The combination of these qualities makes him stand out from his peers as he is able to find innovative solutions for time sensitive matters while being very pleasant to work with.’

‘A powerhouse legal firm that is a one stop shop. Fasken is a firm that is able handle almost any legal matter and in an excellent fashion.’

‘Excellent teaming and collaboration across the firm. Very practical team, focused on solutions and expedient results.’

‘Highly qualified, up to date on all technical aspects, aware of industry practice and proactive.’

‘My experience is mainly with Martin Legault, who is very professional, available and always proposes practical solutions when challenges arise in reviewing and negotiating complex transactions.’

‘A very diversified and specialised group of litigators including ultra-specialised areas such as constitutional and IP.’

‘Marc-André Fabien and Vincent Cérat Lagana are totally invested in our cases. They know us and have well understood the political and policy implications of our litigation.’

‘This was a complex situation because of the nature of the dispute and because of the elapsed time between the events occurring and the actual dispute. When deciding which firm to engage, we felt that the Fasken team would be best equipped to understand and address the technical and legal issues involved. The Fasken team was very collaborative and made excellent use of technology in communicating with their clients.’

‘The entire team has been outstanding. Tracey Cohen in particular has been exceptional and I cannot commend her highly enough. It’s been several years since this action was commenced and Tracey always maintained her interest in us and the case. Tracey grasps issues very quickly and distills them down into the key points and speaks in plain language. She is proactive, always thinking ahead about how a situation may play out. She is very collaborative and consults her clients as needed. She always has a recommendation but is open to discussion and leaves the decision to the client (I trust her judgement completely and have never not followed her advice). She is always well prepared and is very articulate, concise and persuasive.

‘Kendal Paul has also been excellent to work with. She, too, is quick to grasp the salient points and provide valuable advice. She and Tracey are an excellent team and use each other as sounding boards. Like Tracey, Kendal is a consummate professional, very proactive, extremely capable and a pleasure to work with.’

‘Vincent Cerat-Lagana always goes above and beyond for all my files. He treats it as if it was his own file and makes sure we get the best possible outcome for my business. During some hard times in the pandemic, he was able to put enough pressure on the other party and save us a lot of headaches and money.’

‘Sébastien Richemont is a great litigator. He just gets it. Too many litigators get tied up in complicated schemes that don’t lead anywhere, that’s not Sébastien. He flags the real issues and just focuses on that. A wonderful litigator in Court as well – keeps thing simple and punchy.

Vincent Cérat-Lagana is a future star. Also very straight to the point. Excellent in Court – keeps thing simple and punchy.’