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Chambers & Partners Band 1 Recognition Continues

September 10th, 2020

Bernard LLP has again been recognized by Chambers & Partners as a Band 1 (leading) firm in the field of Transportation: Shipping in Nationwide – Canada.   Four of Bernard LLP’s maritime lawyers are also individually ranked: Gary Wharton (Band 2); Peter Swanson (Band 1); Tom Hawkins (Band 2) and David Jones (Band 3).   No other firm has a greater concentration of highly ranked maritime lawyers on Canada’s West Coast.  Following on their extensive review and interview methodology Chambers & Partners described Bernard LLP as “a pre-eminent Vancouver maritime practice group, lauded for its effective transactional and litigation advice to domestic and foreign ship owners, terminal operators, P&I clubs, insurers and underwriters.

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