As Canada’s largest full-service law firm, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) delivers compre­hensive legal solutions and an exceptional client experience for domestic and international clients — across more practice areas and industry sectors — than any other Canadian firm.

With a multidisciplinary team of over 700 lawyers, intellectual property agents and other professionals, BLG serves businesses and institutions across all of their legal needs, including M&A and capital markets, complex disputes, financing, and trademark and patent registra­tion.

BLG is the largest of Canada's few AmLaw Global 100 firms, with five vibrant offices in each of Canada's principal business markets, and the nation's capital. As a bilingual English-French firm, BLG excels under both the common and civil law systems in Canada.

The firm continues to build a legacy of 'firsts': it was Canada's first founded law firm, one of the first in North America to implement client service standards, and consistently receives legal industry recognitions for innovation in client service delivery and value.

The firm continues to build a legacy of 'firsts': it was Canada's first founded law firm, one of the first in North America to implement client service standards, and consistently receives legal industry recognitions for innovation in client service delivery and value.

International Work

BLG provides business law, dispute resolution and intellectual property solutions to a wide range of clients internationally in virtually every area of law. Special expertise includes mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure and public-private projects, financings, interna­tional trade law, commercial disputes and arbitration. BLG has acted in international banking transactions (including sovereign risk lending); international insolvencies, liquidations and restructurings; international joint ventures, reorganisations and acquisi­tions; commercial contracts; and interna­tional and multi-jurisdictional disputes.

Diversity

Diversity and inclusiveness are critical to the firm’s success. The principles of employment equity, diversity and human rights are an integral part of our culture. As Canada’s Law Firm, BLG champions diversity and inclu­sion in the workplace and in the wider legal community. BLG actively participates in and promote programs aimed at improving and celebrating diversity within the legal profes­sion and the broader business community, including our robust Transgender Accommo­dation and Inclusivity Policy, BLG's mental health strategy, unconscious bias training, and the development and continued growth of the Driven By WomenTM initiative. BLG is a proud partners of Catalyst Canada, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and Pride at Work Canada.

Clients & Community

BLG is proud to support its clients and communities. The firm provides insight to domestic and international public and private corporations across all business sectors. BLG advises governments, governmental organisations and agencies, as well as trade groups and broader public sector clients. The firm’s ability to make a positive impact in the communities in which it lives and works directly connects to how it cultivates its relationships, both inside and outside of the office. BLG supports nearly 200 different non-profit organizations annually, ranging from local charities and grassroots community initiatives to international charitable missions. The firm’s cross-practice and cross-country firm provides more than 20,000 pro bono hours of legal support to nearly 200 not-for-profits and vulnerable individuals.

Management & Demographics
Management & Personnel
Regional Managing Partner - Vancouver
Regional Managing Partner - Toronto
Regional Managing Partner - Ottawa
Regional Managing Partner - Montréal
Regional Managing Partner - Calgary
National Managing Partner & CEO
Contacts
Contacts
Tyler Hodgson
White Collar Crime
416.367.6460
Adam Chamberlain
Team North
http://www.blg.com/en/ourpeopl
Stephen Fyfe
Tax
416.367.6650
Stephen Redican
Structured Finance and Securitization
416 367 6134
Cindy Clarke
Specialized Litigation
416.367.6203
Marc Jolicoeur
Specialized Business Law
613.787.3515
James D.G. Douglas
Securities Litigation
416.367.6029
Jeffrey A. Read
Saskatchewan
604.640.4097
Hugh D. Williamson
Regulatory Law
403.232.9541
Wendy J. Earle
Real Estate Litigation
416.367.6186
Colin MacDonald
Public Policy & Government Relations
403.232.9523
Christopher D. Bredt
Public Law
416.367.6165
Robert L. Love
Product Liability
416.367.6132
Jeffrey A. Read
Private Equity
604.640.4097
Barbara McIsaac
Privacy and Access to Information
613.369.4781
R. Andrew Harrison
Pensions and Benefits
416.367.6046
Bruce A. Lawrence
Oil and Gas
403.232.9597
J. Pitman Patterson
Municipal Law
416.367.6109
Fred R. Pletcher
Mining
604.640.4245
Robert R. Shouldice
Mergers and Acquisitions
604.640.4145
Paul A.D. Mingay
Mergers and Acquisitions
416.367.6006
Darren McGuire
Maritime
514.954.3105
Jeffrey S. Graham
Life Sciences
416.367.6174
Sean Muggah
Korea
604.640.4020
Jeffrey S. Thomas
Japan
604.640.4203
John E. Hall
Investment Management
416.367.6643
Robert J.C. Deane
International Trade and Arbitration
604.640.4250
R. Bruce Reynolds
International Construction Projects
416.367.6255
Christine Pallotta
Intellectual Property Litigation
416.367.6267
Joachim T. Fritz
Intellectual Property Agency
613.787.3544
Jason Howg
Intellectual Property
403.232.9415
Lawrence Elliot
Insurance and Tort Liability
613.787.3537
Jill McCutcheon
Insurance - Corporate/Regulatory
http://www.blg.com/en/ourpeopl
Patrick T. McCarthy
Insolvency and Restructuring
403.232.9441
Marc Duchesne
Insolvency and Restructuring
514.954.3102
Robert R. Shouldice
Infrastructure
604.640.4145
Mark J. Fecenko
Information Technology
416.367.6711
Manoj Pundit
India
416.367.6577
David C.S. Longcroft
Hospitality
604.640.4211
William Carter
Health Sector Services
416.367.6173
Anne C. Corbett
Health Sector Services
416.367.6013
John J. Morris
Health Law
416.367.6241
D. Ross McGowan
Fraud Law
604.640.4173
Blair A. Rebane
Franchise and Distribution
604.640.4130
Robert G. Owen
Forestry
604.640.4044
Stephen F. Waqué
Expropriation Law
416.367.6275
Daniel J. Dochylo
Estate Trust and Family Litigation
416.367.6139
William K. McNaughton
Environmental Law
604.640.4120
J. Pitman Patterson
Environment, Municipal, Expropriation & Regulatory
416.367.6109
Linda L. Bertoldi
Electricity Markets
416.367.6647
Eric M. Roher
Education Law
416.367.6004
Carol Derk
Derivatives
416.367.6181
Vincent DeRose
Defence and Security Industry
613.787.3589
David A. Crerar
Defamation & Media Law
604.640.4181
Paul-Michael Rebus
Debt Capital Markets
416.367.6260
Paul A.D. Mingay
Corporate Finance
416.367.6006
Victoria Prince
Corporate Commercial
416.367.6648
Frank S. Callaghan
Corporate & Capital Markets
416.367.6014
Ian Houston
Construction and Engineering, Surety & Fidelity
416.367.6111
Robert S. Russell
Competition and Marketing Law
416.367.6256
David Longcroft
Commercial Real Estate
604.640.4211
John Blair
Commercial Litigation
403.232.9723
Adam Chamberlain
Climate Change
416.367.6172
Timothy O. Buckley
Class Actions
416.367.6169
Lily Wang
China
604.640.4033
Victoria Prince
Charities & Not-for-Profits
416.367.6648
Brian Dingle
Business Immigration
416.367.6189
Martin Sclisizzi
Banking Litigation
416.367.6027
D. Bruce Garrow
Aviation
416.367.6125
Howard S. Silverman
Asset Based Lending
416.367.6119
Patrick G. Foy, QC
Appeal and Review
604.640.4133
Alexandra Nicol
Advertising and Sponsorship
514.954.3158
Kenneth J. Tyler
Aboriginal Law
604.640.4185

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