Bennett Jones is acting for four clients who are Excellence Awardees in the 2025 Canadian Law Awards. Bennett Jones partner Lincoln Caylor is up for an individual honour as an Excellence Awardee in the Litigator of the Year category.
The Canadian Law Awards honor the exemplary achievements and unwavering dedication of legal professionals across the country. Winners will be announced on May 7, 2025.
Bennett Jones' clients are nominated in the following categories:
M&A Deal of the Year
Canadian Natural Resources Limited’s US$6.5 billion acquisition of Chevron’s Alberta assets
Bennett Jones is acting as lead counsel to Canadian Natural Resources
M&A Deal of the Year
Glencore's C$9.93 billion acquisition of Teck Resources Limited
Bennett Jones acted for Nippon Steel
M&A Deal of the Year
Advent International, Philip Fayer, Novacap and CDPQ’s US$6.3 billion joint acquisition of Nuvei Corporation
Bennett Jones acted for BMO Capital Markets
Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year
Xplore’s C$1.8 billion recapitalization
Bennett Jones acted for the primary creditor group
Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year
Tacora Resources Inc.'s restructuring under CCAA
Bennett Jones acted for the primary creditor group
Litigator of the Year
Lincoln Caylor
The award is open to all Canada-based litigators. Awardees are judged on the quantity, quality, importance and innovativeness of litigation work performed during 2024. Lincoln advises clients on international economic crimes from asset-tracing investigations and asset-recovery litigation, to trust contests over alleged misconduct and enforcement actions in complex, global financial frauds and related internal investigations, including Canada's anti-money laundering regime.
The full list of 2025 Excellence Awardees is available here.
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