Celebrating Exceptional Talent: 28 Torkin Manes lawyers ranked in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2025
Overview
Torkin Manes is proud to congratulate our lawyers who have been included in the 2025 Edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, six of whom are newly-ranked this year. We are also pleased to acknowledge this year’s recognition of the firm itself in the following 10 practice areas:
- Computer & IT Law
- Construction Law
- Corporate Commercial Law
- Litigation – Commercial Insurance
- Litigation – Corporate Commercial
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Professional Liability
- Property Leasing
- Property Development
- Technology Transactions
These rankings—both firm and individual—are a reflection of the client service excellence and outstanding legal counsel our team has consistently demonstrated throughout the year.
With a total of 32 rankings earned, spanning 16 areas of practice, the following is our list of lawyers who have earned this distinguished professional achievement:
- Neil M. Abramson (Professional Liability)
- Risa Awerbuck (Estate & Personal Tax Planning)
- Kenneth A. Beallor (Property Leasing)
- Andrew Biderman (Asset-Based Lending, Banking & Financial Institutions)
- Adam N. Black (Family Law)
- Allan S. Bronstein (Corporate Mid-Market)
- Jeffrey I. Cohen (Corporate Mid-Market)
- Sumeet (Sonu) Dhanju-Dhillon (Litigation – Corporate Commercial)
- Valerie A. Edwards (Professional Liability)
- Matthew Getzler (Estates & Personal Tax Planning)
- Linda Godel (Charities)
- Jonathan Goode (Construction Law)
- Ryan Hauk (Construction Law)
- Gregory D. Hersen (Construction Law)
- Niklas Holmberg (Litigation – Corporate Commercial)
- Roland Hung (Data Privacy)
- Lisa R. Lifshitz (Computer & IT Law, Data Privacy, Technology Transactions)
- Daniel Melamed (Family Law)
- Laurie Pawlitza (Family Law)
- Sammy Redlick (Corporate Mid-Market)
- Leonard D. Rodness (Property Development)
- Chaim Sapirman (Corporate Mid-Market)
- Michael T. Tamblyn (Construction Law)
- Ari Tenenbaum (Corporate Mid-Market)
- Matthew Tevlin (Corporate Mid-Market)
- Sidney H. Troister (Property Development)
- Craig Vander Zee (Estate & Personal Tax Planning, Estate & Personal Tax – Litigation)
- Lorne H. Wolfson (Family Law)
In addition to the above Lexpert-ranked lawyers, we commend Torkin Manes Partner, Seth Zuk, who is once again identified as one of this year’s Lawyers to Watch in the area of Property Development.
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory is considered the preeminent peer-review-based directory of legal practitioners in Canada, ranking both individual lawyers and firms across numerous areas of expertise.
For the firm’s full ranking list, please visit Lexpert’s website.
People
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A partner in the firm’s Litigation Group and Chair of our Health Professionals Group, Neil Abramson has built a robust law practice that encompasses a broad range of civil litigation matters. View bio
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Risa focuses her practice on estate planning, including the preparation of wills, powers of attorney and trusts, and estate administration. View bio
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A partner in our Commercial Real Estate Group. Ken specializes in commercial leasing and the sale, acquisition and financing of commercial property. View bio
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Andrew is the Chair of Torkin Manes’ Banking & Financial Services Group, with a practice that focuses exclusively on debt financing transactions. View bio
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Adam represents clients in all areas of family law, including divorce, parenting, property, support and domestic contracts.
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Allan advises clients on corporate finance and corporate/commercial legal issues, including share and asset acquisitions and dispositions, debt and equity financing, private placements, corporate reorganizations, and private equity-sponsored deals. View bio
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Jeff is the Managing Partner of Torkin Manes, with a practice primarily focused on multifaceted mergers, acquisitions and dispositions of businesses, as well as a wide variety of complex business transactions and financings.
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A partner in Torkin Manes’ Litigation Group, Sonu has built a robust practice encompassing all areas of civil and commercial litigation, with a particular focus on business law.
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Valerie is a senior member of our Litigation Group and is a highly respected member of the litigation bar. View bio
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Matthew is a leading authority on a broad range of domestic and international tax planning, primarily for owner-managers and other private corporations, with particular expertise in succession and estate planning for family businesses.
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Chair of Torkin Manes' Not-for-Profit & Charities Group, Linda counsels a wide range of not-for-profit organizations and charities. View bio
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Jonathan practises exclusively in the area of construction law, on behalf of general contractors, public and private owners, sureties, subcontractors, suppliers, financial institutions and design professionals. View bio
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Ryan has steadily built a robust litigation practice that encompasses a wide spectrum of commercial matters, with a specialization in construction law. View bio
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Greg provides ongoing strategic advice to public and private sector owners, general contractors, sureties, subcontractors, suppliers and design professionals throughout the life cycle of construction projects. View bio
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A partner in the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group, Niklas specializes in complex litigation and has represented clients in all manner of commercial and civil disputes. View bio
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Roland’s practice encompasses all aspects of corporate law, with emphasis on technology, privacy compliance, cybersecurity and data management.
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Chair of Torkin Manes' Technology and Privacy & Data Management Groups, Lisa practises exclusively in the areas of technology, privacy and cybersecurity law.
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A partner in the firm’s Family Law Group, Daniel is a Certified Specialist in Family Law by the Law Society of Ontario, as well as an experienced, sought-after family law mediator and arbitrator. View bio
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Laurie is a partner in our Family Law Group, acting on behalf of a range of clients in disputes involving high incomes, significant property, and parenting issues. View bio
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Sammy has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity and general corporate/commercial law matters across a range of industries. View bio
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Len's commercial real estate practice spans a broad spectrum of real estate matters from transactions to development to secured lending to leasing to cost-sharing. View bio
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Chaim’s practice covers all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and secured lending transactions. View bio
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Michael’s practice encompasses all aspects of the construction and real estate development sectors, including construction and commercial litigation at both trial and appellate levels. View bio
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Ari’s practice encompasses all manner of business law. An exceptional negotiator, he routinely leads complex transactions, including share and asset acquisitions and dispositions, corporate reorganizations, private equity sponsored transactions, management buyouts and succession planning arrangements. View bio
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Matt’s practice encompasses all areas of corporate law, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and cross-border transactions. View bio
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As a leading member and senior statesman of the Ontario Real Estate Bar, Sidney Troister has built an established solutions-oriented practice encompassing all aspects of commercial and residential real estate, leasing, and financing transactions and practice. View bio
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Craig's practice includes all aspects of estate, trust, capacity, fiduciary and power of attorney disputes and litigation for clients consisting of individuals, trust companies, government agencies and other organizations. View bio
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Lorne’s practice includes all aspects of family law, including divorce, custody and access, property, support, and domestic contracts. View bio
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As a partner in our Commercial Real Estate Group, Seth’s practice encompasses a wide array of matters pertaining to the acquisition, financing, leasing, co-ownership and development of commercial, industrial and multi-family real estate. View bio
