Chris Bennett Named a Rising Star by Lexpert

Davis LLP is pleased to announce that Chris Bennett, a partner in the Vancouver office, was selected as one of the Lexpert® Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 at a gala event in Toronto last night.

"Chris Bennett is incredibly deserving of this honour," says Robert Seidel Q.C., National Managing Partner with Davis LLP. "Davis prides itself on having exceptional lawyers and Chris is a shining example. Few lawyers have the distinction of being responsible for a new niche in the legal profession, and Chris is one of them."

Three years ago, when he was an associate with Davis LLP, Chris spearheaded Canada's first Video Game Law Department. Having recognized that no Canadian law firms focussed on providing legal services to the industry, Chris drew together a group of Davis LLP associates with expertise in taxation, employment, immigration, commercial law, litigation, and other areas of specialization required by video game companies. Today, Davis is a legal leader in the Video Game Industry.

Chris is head of the firm's Trade-marks, Technology & Outsourcing, and Video Games & Interactive Entertainment Law Practice Groups. He is also a member of the firm's Intellectual Property Law and Franchise & Distribution Law Groups and is chair of the firm's Environmental Sustainability Task Force.

Chris was one of the lawyers chosen as Rising Stars from a pool of hundreds of Canadian nominees. Finalists were selected by an advisory board of 30 lawyers who lead some of Canada's largest law firms and corporations.