In the face of ongoing tariff threats, there’s no precedent for what’s happening on the trade front, so law firms are creating a new playbook to help clients navigate the new Canada-U.S. relationship.

Adam Lepofsky, president of RainMaker Group, a legal recruitment firm in Toronto, says the smart big firms are making a push in all the areas that “make Canada, Canada”—think energy, infrastructure and natural resources. The economy being what it is, insolvency and restructuring are hot, too; same goes for commercial litigation. Trade lawyers, obviously, are also in high demand.

As Cassels Brock & Blackwell partner Orlando Silva puts it: “The advice you give in the morning might be moot or stale by the afternoon. And then perhaps relevant again in a month—but only for a half a day. That’s how it’s going.”

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