Sheryl Seigel of Lang Michener LLP Named in Guide to the World's Leading
Women in Business Law

TORONTO, Nov. 3 /CNW/ - Lang Michener is pleased to announce that Sheryl Seigel, Partner and Chair of the firm's Business Restructuring & Insolvency Group, has been named one of the World's Leading Women in Business Law. Ms. Seigel is included in the 2010 Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law compiled by Legal Media Group as an expert in the area of Insolvency and Restructuring.

Legal Media Group compiles extensive research for their series of Expert Guides. Their research process involves sending out questionnaires to senior practitioners or in-house counsel in over 65 jurisdictions asking them to nominate leading practitioners based on their work and reputation.

A nationally and internationally recognized leader in her field with particular expertise in cross-border restructuring matters, Sheryl Seigel has also been identified as a leading lawyer in restructuring and insolvency law by other notable legal directories such as Who's Who Legal, Euromoney Best of the Best, as one of the top 25 lawyers in the world in the insolvency and restructuring area (2008), Legal Media Group's Expert Guides and the PLC Cross-Border Insolvency and Restructuring Handbook.

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