Tamryn Jacobson and Bradley Wiffen named 2023 Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40
Goodmans is pleased to congratulate Tamryn Jacobson and Bradley Wiffen who have been honoured as two of Lexpert® Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 for 2023.
Tamryn Jacobson is a partner in the Dispute Resolution Group at Goodmans. Her practice focuses on complex commercial arbitration and litigation. In addition to representing clients in active disputes, Tamryn provides advice to clients in assessing litigation risk with a view to avoiding litigation and works to find business solutions to complicated legal issues.
Bradley Wiffen is a partner in the Corporate Restructuring Group at Goodmans, which is consistently and widely recognized as Canada’s leading corporate restructuring practice. Bradley has significant experience in Canadian and cross-border corporate restructurings, recapitalization transactions, acquisitions, financing transactions, and related corporate and insolvency law matters.
About Lexpert® Rising Stars
Lexpert® Rising Stars includes lawyers in private practice, as well as in-house counsel. Finalists were selected by an advisory board who lead some of Canada's largest law firms and corporations. The 2023 Rising Stars were announced at the awards gala on November 23, 2023 at Toronto's Liberty Grand.
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