Whitelaw Twining and WT Montréal, members of the DWF Group, proudly celebrate the recognition of 22 lawyers in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers™ in Canada, along with seven rising stars named in Ones to Watch™.
VANCOUVER, CANADA – September 4, 2025 – Whitelaw Twining and WT Montréal, members of the DWF Group, are pleased to announce that 22 of the firm’s lawyers have been recognized in the 2026 Edition of Best Lawyers in Canada™. In addition, seven other lawyers from the firm have been recognized in the 2026 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™.
The following WT Lawyers will be featured in this year’s Best Lawyers in Canada™ awards:
Calgary, AB
Lindsey Galvin
- Insurance Law
Ryan Mullins
- Insurance Law
- Personal Injury Litigation
WT Montréal – Montréal, QC
Yves Carignan
- Insurance Law
Ayse Gauthier
- Privacy and Data Protection Law
- Technology Law
Erik P. Masse
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Product Liability Law
Toronto, ON
Gerry Gill
- Insurance Law
Mouna Hanna
- Privacy and Data Security Law
- Personal Injury Litigation
Chet Wydrzynski
- Insurance Law
Vancouver, BC
Nigel Beckmann
- Insurance Law
- Personal Injury Litigation
Franco Cabanos
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Personal Injury Litigation
Ryan Darby
- Construction Law
- Insurance Law
- Professional Malpractice Law
Andrew N. Epstein
- Insurance Law
John C. Fiddick
- Construction Law
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
Justine Forsythe
- Insurance Law
Alexandre T. Maltas
- Construction Law
- Insurance Law
Kelly Murray
- Insurance Law
- Legal Malpractice Law
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Real Estate Law
Amy Peck
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Daniel A. Shugarman
- Insurance Law
- Personal Injury Litigation
Michael D. Silva
- Insurance Law
- Maritime Law
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Transportation Law
Patrick J. Sullivan
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Director and Officer Liability Practice
- Securities Law
Kim A. Wigmore
- Insurance Law
- Maritime Law
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Transportation Law
Gaynor Yeung, KC
- Insurance Law
- Personal Injury Litigation
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™
Calgary, AB
- Gordon Becher
- Insurance Law
- Tanner Oscapella
- Construction Law
- Insurance Law
Vancouver, BC
- Nicole Chang
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Savannah Hamilton
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Rebecca A. Sim
- Securities Law
Toronto, ON
- Merella Botros
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Nicholas W. Smith
- Personal Injury Litigation
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