Mississauga, ON, May 30, 2022—EllisDon has been named the winner of the Canadian Law Award’s (CLA) Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP Award for Construction, Infrastructure, and Transportation Law Department of the Year.
The award recognized EllisDon’s Canadian-based legal services department and its innovative, quality, quantity, and significant contributions to the construction, infrastructure, or transportation sectors during 2021.
"The last two years were challenging. Legal Services dealt with new and unique issues while keeping up with its regular work–that is, our executive assistants, lawyers, labour relations, subcontract management, and insurance claims teams,” says Andrés Durán, Senior Vice President, Legal Counsel, EllisDon. “I am extremely proud of this team’s commitment, collaboration, and hard work to achieve this well-deserved award."

Under Durán’s leadership, EllisDon’s Legal Services department encompasses construction contract review and negotiation, subcontractor-consultant contractual issues, P3 pursuits, real estate projects, corporate, claims management, enterprise intelligence, digital services, and more.

The Canadian Law Awards attract legal professionals from across Canada to celebrate excellence in the legal profession. The annual awards recognize the nation’s leading law firms, in-house legal teams, individuals, deals, and cases. The Canadian Law Awards commenced in 2020 and held its first in-person event in 2022.