15 KRB Lawyers Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada 2025

We are pleased to announce that KRB’s team is once again featured in the Best Lawyers in Canada legal ranking.

This year, 15 of our lawyers are recognized in the 2025 edition, representing an increase of more than 50% compared to last year. This distinction reflects our excellence and dedication to our clients.

As one of the oldest legal rankings, Best Lawyers uses a transparent and globally respected research process based solely on peer evaluation to recognize lawyers in 77 practice areas and 26 metropolitan areas.

Our lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada are:

1. Sabine Audette-Hall (newly ranked)
   • Information Technology Law
2. Jean-Sébastien Brière (newly ranked)
   • Intellectual Property Law
3. Maxime Cloutier
   • Corporate Law
   • Mergers and Acquisitions Law (new practice area)
4. Marie-Claude David (newly ranked)
   • Commercial Leasing Law
   • Real Estate Law
5. J. Robert Doyle
   • Asset-Based Lending Practice
   • Banking and Finance Law
   • Corporate Law (new practice area)
   • Equipment Finance Law
   • Mergers and Acquisitions Law (new practice area)
   • Project Finance Law
   • Real Estate Law
   • Structured Finance Law (new practice area)
6. Barbara Farina
   • Asset-Based Lending Practice
   • Banking and Finance Law
   • Project Finance Law
   • Venture Capital Law
7. Chris Karambatsos
   • Commercial Leasing Law (new practice area)
   • Corporate Law
   • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
   • Real Estate Law
8. Diana Lyrintzis
   • Asset-Based Lending Practice (new practice area)
   • Commercial Leasing Law (new practice area)
   • Corporate Law (new practice area)
   • Real Estate Law
9. Matthew W.P. McLaughlin
   • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
   • Director and Officer Liability Practice (new practice area)
10. Laurie McQueen
    • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
11. Laurie Meitin (newly ranked)
    • Corporate Law

Our lawyers recognized as Ones to Watch in Canada are:

1. Antoine Hammam (newly ranked)
   • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
2. Laurie Propeck (newly ranked)
   • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
3. Vincent Robert
   • Banking and Finance Law
4. Olivia Toussaint-Martin (newly ranked)
   • Banking and Finance Law

Congratulations to all!