Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2015 : A Great Year for Woods LLP

Woods LLP is once again proud to share the results of the 2015 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory further to the annual peer survey that recognizes the leading practitioners across Canada in over 60 practice areas and leading law firms in over 40 practice areas (source : lexpert.ca/directory). The results are ranked on three levels: most frequently recommended, consistently recommended and repeatedly recommended.

This year, Woods LLP is one of the most frequently recommended boutique firms in Québec and is known to perform at high levels in both litigation and commercial litigation. The firm is consistently recommended in corporate commercial litigation and repeatedly recommended in securities litigation, professional liability and class actions. 

No less than seven (7) lawyers practicing at Woods LLP were recognized by the prestigious Canadian Legal Lexpert 2015. Mtre. Sylvain A. Vauclair is repeatedly recommended for his expertise in insolvency & financial restructuring and Mtre. Caroline Biron is repeatedly recommended for her skills in professional liability. 

In the practice area of corporate commercial litigation, Mtres. Sébastien Richemont ranked as  repeatedly recommended, James A. Woods, AdE as most frequently recommended and Patrick Ouellet as consistently recommended. Mtre. Patrick Ouellet is also known for his excellence in litigation – securities and is repeatedly recommended in that field. 

In the practice area of international commercial arbitration, our peers recognized no less than three members of our team: Mtre. Stephen Drymer is one of the most frequently recommended lawyers and Mtres. James A. Woods, AdE and Joseph R. Nuss, AdE are consistently recommended.    

Finally, once again this year, the Directory recognized Mtre. James A. Woods, AdE as performing at a high level. In addition to international commercial arbitration and corporate commercial litigation, Mtre. Woods is repeatedly recommended for his precious expertise in class actions, litigation related to directors’ and officers’ liability and securities, and professional liability.