This tracker lists partners, counsel, and whole teams who joined a Canadian private practice firm since September 1, 2026. Each entry links to the announcement it came from. We show the previous firm only when the announcement or the lawyer's firm biography names it, so a blank means the firm did not say, not that the move was a first job. Associate hires and new calls are left out. The Weekly Brief covers the notable moves each week.
Summary
- Moves announced
- 32
- Moves announced
- Lawyers who moved
- 55
- Lawyers who moved
- Partners hired individually
- 27
- Partners hired individually
- Team moves or combinations, 21 lawyers
- 2
- Team moves or combinations, 21 lawyers
Every move, newest first.
Showing 32 of 32 moves.
Alexander Katznelson to Mintz
Partner · Securities and capital markets
TorontoLaw360 CanadaFarzad Forooghian to Cassels
Partner · Capital markets
VancouverLaw360 CanadaLuc Pariseau to Therrien Couture Joli-Cœur
Partner · Tax
Joins the business law group; his work includes tax planning, corporate reorganizations, and business succession.
MontrealDroit-incPhilippe Asselin to Therrien Couture Joli-Cœur
Partner · Municipal and administrative law
Sat as a member and administrative judge of the Commission municipale du Québec from 2023 to 2025.
Quebec CityDroit-incStefan Kuuskne to Lerners
Partner · Commercial litigation and arbitration
Called in Ontario in 2013 and in New York in 2015.
TorontoPrecedentEric Sherkin to KMB Law
Partner · Commercial litigation
Called 2007. Joins the litigation group.
TorontoPrecedentPaul Reid to Fasken
Partner · Estates and commercial litigation, Indigenous legal matters
Joins the litigation and dispute resolution group; the firm says he was previously a partner at an Alberta firm it does not name.
Tsuut'inaFaskenBrandon Wiener and Milan Vukovic to McCarthy Tétrault
Partner · Private client tax
Wiener leads the expanded private client tax planning practice in the national tax group. Vukovic was called to the Ontario bar in 2018.
TorontoCanadian LawyerNicole Maragna to Pallett Valo
Partner · Construction litigation
Called 2015. Joins the construction and infrastructure practice; the announcement names no office.
OntarioPrecedentKonstantine Stavrakos to Thomson Rogers
Partner · Municipal and planning · From municipal government (former town solicitor)
Called 2005. Also practises expropriation and environmental law.
TorontoPrecedentJane Reid and Rosemary Gallo to Alexander Holburn
Partner · Family
Two partners hired to launch a new family law group.
VancouverLaw360 Canada10-lawyer team led by Richard J. Charney, John Mastoras, and Daniel McDonald to Dentons
Group move · Employment and labour
Three partners and seven other lawyers, with one joining the Ottawa office.
TorontoLaw TimesMogan Daniels Slager (11 lawyers) to Miller Thomson
Group move · Corporate and M&A · From Mogan Daniels Slager
Firm combination. Private company M&A and private equity team joins in early November.
VancouverMiller ThomsonValentine Gurfinkel and Jill Snelgrove to WeirFoulds
Partner · Tax and construction
TorontoLaw360 CanadaKevin Smith to McEwan Partners
Partner · Litigation
VancouverLaw360 CanadaWendy D. Riel to Fogler, Rubinoff
Partner · Intellectual property
Called 1997. Trademark practice.
TorontoPrecedentJeysa Martinez to Loopstra Nixon
Partner · Banking and finance
TorontoPrecedentLee Abraham to Fogler, Rubinoff
Partner · Corporate and M&A
Called 2019.
TorontoPrecedentAntonio Nadaira to Miller Thomson
Partner · Corporate and M&A · From BCF
Joins the business law, M&A and securities group. Droit-inc reported the move from BCF on October 21.
MontrealMiller ThomsonMarie-Ève Martineau to McCarthy Tétrault
Counsel · Litigation
MontrealLaw360 CanadaMichelle F. Yung to McCarthy Tétrault
Partner · Real estate · From Bennett Jones
Commercial real estate across Western Canada.
CalgaryLexpertMichelle Kropp and Will Russell to Sport Law
Partner · Sports
TorontoLaw360 CanadaDavid Postel to WEL Partners
Partner · Estates litigation
Called 2016. Previously practised at a Chicago firm and a Toronto litigation boutique.
TorontoPrecedentJames O'Shea to DLA Piper
Partner · Investment funds · From Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
TorontoLexpertPollyanna Lord to Cox & Palmer
Counsel · Practice not stated
HalifaxLaw360 CanadaRebecca Wakeam to Thomson Rogers
Partner · Family
Returning to the firm.
TorontoLaw360 CanadaTyler Planeta to Berger Montague
Counsel · Litigation
Senior counsel.
TorontoLaw360 CanadaNicholas Burke to McInnes Cooper
Partner · Practice not stated
Sydney, N.S.Law360 CanadaKatie Higgins to Fasken
Counsel · Infrastructure and projects
TorontoLaw360 CanadaShubhreen Dosanjh to Miller Thomson
Counsel · Banking and finance · From a global credit rating agency
Called 2015. Securitization and structured finance.
TorontoPrecedentVik Tenekjian to Affleck Greene McMurtry
Counsel · Intellectual property
Called 2006. IP litigation.
TorontoPrecedentJessica Wuergler to Mathews Dinsdale
Counsel · Employment and labour
Called 2016. Education sector labour work.
TorontoPrecedent
Where the hiring is happening.
By city
- Toronto
- 19
- Vancouver
- 4
- Montreal
- 3
- Calgary
- 1
- Halifax
- 1
- Other
- 4
By practice
- Corporate and M&A
- 3
- Litigation
- 3
- Banking and finance
- 2
- Employment and labour
- 2
- Family
- 2
- Intellectual property
- 2
- Capital markets
- 1
- Commercial litigation
- 1
These counts come from public announcements, which favour Toronto firms and firms that publicize their hires. Many moves are never announced, so read the tracker as a sample of the market rather than a census.
Sources and corrections.
We read firm news pages, Law360 Canada, Lexpert, Law Times, and Precedent's lawyer announcements each week. An entry needs a public announcement naming the lawyer, the firm they joined, and their role. Returning lawyers are included and marked. Judicial appointments, in-house moves, and non-lawyer hires are not.
If a move is missing or a detail is wrong, email will@laterallawreport.com with a link to the announcement and we will update the entry. Read more about our methodology.