Gowling WLG

Benefitting from one of the deepest IP benches in the market, Gowling WLG brings the ‘highest quality of attorneys and work product’. The group’s extensive national and international platform — it leverages seven offices across Canada as well as sizeable teams in the UK, France and China — ensures that it is a popular choice to represent major domestic and multinational companies, including global leaders in the life sciences, TMT, food and beverage and energy and natural resources sectors. National IP head Shelagh Carnegie (Toronto) is recognized for her formidable trademark prosecution practice, where she acts for Starbucks and Weetabix, among others. Further key trademark specialists include Nelson Godfrey (Vancouver), who leads the national trademark group; Natalie Rizkalla-Kamel (Toronto), who handles global trademark portfolio management, prosecution and IP enforcement; and Ottawa-based trademark partners Martha Savoy and Paula Clancy. On the patent side, notable names include Will Boyer (Ottawa), who fronts the IP litigation and strategy group, and John Harris (Ottawa), who advises on drafting and prosecuting patents and industrial designs. A formidable band of IP litigators features go-to expert Christopher Van Barr  (Ottawa), as well as Michael Crichton (Ottawa), Laurent Massam (Toronto) and Jay Zakaïb (Ottawa). The Toronto group also draws on up-and-coming litigator Charlotte McDonald and trademark-focused associate Jasleen Chahal.