Awards & Recognition
Goodmans is honoured to be recognized by leading industry publications and directories, and to be commended by our clients around the world.
We're proud of our achievements and pleased to share them here – to give you a sense of what you can expect from us.
Please visit our Expertise page for a detailed awards & recognition overview of each of our practice areas.
Recent Rankings
Chambers Global 2024 recognizes 35 Goodmans lawyers among Canada’s finest and the firm as leading in the areas of Restructuring, IP: Litigation, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A, Private Equity, IT, IP, International & Cross Border Transactions, Tax, Telecommunications and Broadcasting.
Chambers Canada 2025 recognizes 72 lawyers among Canada’s finest with 17 Band 1 rankings across lawyers and practices including Corporate/Commercial: The Elite (Ontario), Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Ontario), IP: Litigation, Media & Entertainment, REITs, Hospitality and Restructuring/Insolvency.
IFLR1000 2023 recognizes 40 Goodmans lawyers across 11 practice areas. The firm received Tier 1 rankings in M&A and Restructuring and Insolvency, and was recognized for strengths in Banking, Capital Markets: Debt and Equity, Project Finance, and Project Development: Energy and Infrastructure.
The Legal 500 Canada 2025 recognizes 69 Goodmans lawyers across 15 practice areas. The firm received Tier 1 rankings in the areas of Corporate M&A, Entertainment and Restructuring, while also recognized for its strength in Banking, Capital Markets, Competition & Antitrust, Dispute Resolution: Ontario, IP, Construction, Real Estate and Tax.
Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 recognizes 100+ Goodmans lawyers across 43 practice areas and 18 lawyers on its “Ones to Watch” list. Partners Andrew Brodkin, Michael Koch and Mitchell Sherman were also honoured as "Lawyer of the Year" in their practice areas.
Benchmark Canada 2024 recognizes Goodmans Dispute Resolution team and 16 of our litigators as “Litigation Stars” and "Future Stars".
At the Benchmark Litigation Canada Awards 2024, Goodmans Intellectual Property Group was named 'Intellectual Property Firm of the Year' and Partner Andrew Brodkin was named 'Intellectual Property Litigator of the Year'.
The 2024 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory recognizes 91 Goodmans lawyers as being top-tier in 34 areas of law.
The 2024 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada recognizes 15 Goodmans lawyers as "Most Frequently Recommended" across 11 areas.
Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2023 recognizes 45 Goodmans lawyers across 16 practice areas. Lawyers Andrew Brodkin, Ben Hackett, Stephen Halperin, Neill May, Harry Radomski, Peter Ruby, Carrie Smit, Carolyn Stamegna and David Zitzerman were additionally honoured as “Global Elite Thought Leaders” in their distinct areas of practice.
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Our experience is that Goodmans invests in talented people by ensuring they have good exposure to varied work and good mentoring from the senior leaders in their firm. This gives us confidence that Goodmans will be there for us in the long run. — The Legal 500 Canada