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Awards and accolades

We are proud of the external recognition we have gained through the awards we have won around the world. Below is a selection of our accolades since 2009.

Group awards 

 We were awarded 
Chambers GlobalBand 1 - Dispute Resolution (Alberta and Quebec)2013
 Band 1 - Energy: Oil & Gas2013
 Band 1 - Employment and Labour2013
Benchmark CanadaNorton Rose in Canada partners were awarded Alberta Female Litigator of the Year; Arbitration Counsel of the Year; Energy/Resource Litigator of the Year.2013
Best LawyersNorton Rose Canada partners named “Lawyers of the Year” in:
Aboriginal Law (Calgary)
Information Technology (Calgary)
Insolvency and Financial Restructuring (Québec)
Securities Law (Calgary & Montréal)
Corporate Law (Calgary & Montréal)
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Montréal)
2013
Acritas' Sharplegal surveyNorton Rose named top brand in Canada2012
Who's Who LegalMining Law Firm of the Year2012
 Who's Who Legal 1002012
 Band 1 - Dispute Resolution (Alberta and Quebec)2012
 Band 1 - Energy: Oil & Gas2012
 Band 1 - Employment and Labour2012
Best LawyersNorton Rose OR partners named “Lawyers of the Year” in:
Alternate Dispute Resolution (Montréal)
Appellate Law (Montréal)
Bet-the-Company Litigation (Calgary)
Construction Law (Québec)
Corporate Law (Calgary)
Equipment Finance Law (Toronto)
Insolvency and Financial Restructuring (Toronto)
Insurance Law (Calgary)
Mergers & Acquisitions Law (Calgary)
Project Finance Law (Calgary)
Real Estate Law (Calgary)
2012
PLC Life SciencesSuper League2012
PLC Cross-border Investment FundsSuper League2012
Chambers GlobalBand 1 - Dispute Resolution (Alberta and Quebec)2011
 Band 1 - Employment, Labour and Pensions2011
 Band 1 - Energy & Natural Resources (Venezuela)2011
 Band 1 - International Trade/WTO2011
Global Arbitration Review (GAR 100)Leading Canadian firm2011
Global Competition Review (GCR 100)Highly recommended in Competition/Antitrust2011
International Financial Law Review 1000Recommended firm2011
International Who's Who of Commercial ArbitrationLeading Canadian firm2011
International Who's Who of Life Sciences LawyersLeading Canadian firm2011
PLC Cross-border EnvironmentSuper League2011
PLC Cross-border Labour and Employee BenefitsSuper League2011
Practical Law Company Life Sciences HandbookOnly leading Canadian law firm in Life Sciences2011
PLC Cross-border TaxHighly recommended2011
World National Oil Companies CongressLaw Firm of the Year2011
BioPharm Insight’s Global Biotech and Pharmaceuticals Licensing League TablesTop Canadian firm2010
Chambers GlobalBand 1 - Dispute Resolution (Quebec)2010
 Band 1 - Employment, Labour and Pensions2010
 Band 1 - International Trade/WTO2010
The Davey AwardsSilver award for website - Professional Services and Law category2010
 Silver award for website - Legal Services category2010
Global Arbitration Review (GAR 100)Leading Canadian firm2010
International Financial Law Review 1000Recommended firm2010
International Who's Who of Business LawyersGlobal Mining Law Firm of the Year2010
Practical Law Company Life Sciences HandbookOnly leading Canadian law firm in Life Sciences - Regulatory2010
W³ AwardsSilver award - Communications category2010
BioPharm Insight’s Global Biotech and Pharmaceuticals Licensing League TablesTop Canadian firm2009
Global Arbitration Review (GAR 100)Leading Canadian firm2009
Global Competition Review (GCR 100)Highly recommended in Competition/Antitrust2009
International Legal Alliance SummitBest law firm in Canada2009
National magazine (Canadian Bar Association)Best law firm website in Canada2009
Practical Law Company Life Sciences HandbookOnly leading Canadian law firm in Life Sciences - Regulatory2009

Deal awards 

  We advised 
International Financial Law ReviewStructured Finance and Securitisation deal of the year$2.5 billion RBC US SEC registered covered bond deal2013
International Financial Law ReviewM&A Deal of the YearNortel in its US$4.5 billion patent portfolio sale2012
Lexpert MagazineCorporate Deal of the YearBarrick Gold Corporation in its acquisition of Equinox Minerals Limited for $7.3 billion2011
Listed MagazineDeal of the YearBarrick Gold Corporation in its acquisition of Equinox Minerals Limited for $7.3 billion2011
Canadian Council for Public-Private PartnershipsGold Award - Project FinanceThe senior lenders and bond underwriters in connection with the $1.2 billion financing of a new hospital for the McGill University Health Centre to be located in downtown Montreal.2010
Canadian DealmakersStrategic Deal of the Year Award and the Energy Industry AwardPetro-Canada in its $43 billion merger with Suncor2010
Canadian DealmakersIndustrials Industry AwardLockerbie & Hole, Inc. in its acquisition by Aecon Group Inc. for $220 million2010
Project Finance InternationalAmericas Deal of the YearThe senior lenders and bond underwriters in connection with the $1.2 billion financing of a new hospital for the McGill University Health Centre to be located in downtown Montreal.2010
Project Finance MagazineNorth American Social Infrastructure Deal of the YearThe senior lenders and bond underwriters in connection with the $1.2 billion financing of a new hospital for the McGill University Health Centre to be located in downtown Montreal.2010
Canadian Council for Public-Private PartnershipsNational Award of Merit for Project FinancingBorealis Infrastructure in connection with the $1.42 billion alternative financing for the Niagara Health System project, a state-of-the-art health care complex.2009
Managing Intellectual PropertyMost important copyright case in CanadaThe Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. in the Satellite Radio Tariff hearings before the Copyright Board of Canada.2009

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