Lexpert Information

Since 1994, Lexpert has been Canada's definitive legal directory and rankings service — connecting businesses with the lawyers and law firms best positioned to serve them, ranked by practice area, province, and city. Lexpert's rankings are built on one of the most rigorous peer survey methodologies in the legal industry. The most recent edition draws on 18,222 completed surveys from partners and senior practitioners at law firms from nearly 25,000 requests. A response rate that high from Canada's most senior lawyers says everything about how seriously the profession takes Lexpert. The rankings span 42 practice areas — from M&A, banking and finance, and litigation to mining, energy, immigration, and workplace human rights — searchable by province and city. Today, 6,272 ranked lawyers across 890 firms call the directory home. Rankings are compiled from a comprehensive annual peer survey, validated by Lexpert's own editorial research team. For in-house counsel and business leaders navigating complex legal challenges, it's the most credible place to start your search. Beyond the main directory, Lexpert offers three additional resources: the Lexpert 500, identifying Canada's leading cross-border lawyers for Canada-US transactions; Canada's Largest Law Firms, a searchable guide to the country's biggest legal practices by city; and Big Deals, our database of Canadian M&A transactions capturing the deals, firms, and lawyers behind them. Lexpert also produces sector-specific Special Editions each year, featuring firm- and journalist-written articles on leading Lexpert-ranked lawyers across key practice areas and industries. Lexpert TV, our video series, brings conversations with Canada's leading legal practitioners directly to the profession. Each year we celebrate excellence through the Lexpert Rising Stars awards, the Canadian Law Awards, and the Canadian Legal Summit.