22 WT Lawyers Honoured with 2026 Best Lawyers™ Awards; 7 Others Recognized as 2026 Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch™ in Canada

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

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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