Border Ladner Gervais

Type:	Partnership
Industry:	Legal Practice
Founded:	2000
Headquarters:	40 King Street West Toronto, Ontario M5H3Y
Country:	Canada
Employees:	750+ lawyers
Website:	http://www.blg.com
Key People
David Scott & Doug Mitchel, National Co-Chairman

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) is the largest full-service national law firm in Canada and it is recognized as a Go-To-Law Firm for Fortune 500 companies. It has more than 750 employees which include lawyers practicing in different fields of law in various industries, intellectual property agents and other professionals. The firm has offices in Calgary, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Waterloo Region.

BLG received the Canadian National Law Firm Award during the 2010 Canadian Pro Bono Awards in recognition for the pro bono services and other programs the law firm provides and supports for the community.

Founding Firms

BLG was formed as a single national law firm in Canada after the merger of Howard Mackie of Calgary, Mc Master Gervais of Montreal, Scott & Aylen of Ottawa, Borden & Elliot of Toronto and Ladner Downs of Vancouver, on March 1, 2000.

1. Howard Mackie- founded in 1888 and one of the largest law firm in Western Canada with 150 employees including 66 professionals with expertise in local, national, and international corporate transactions.
2. McMaster Gervais- considered as the most pioneer law firm in Canada since 1823 with 280 employees including 110 professionals specializing in legal practices in the fields of industrial, maritime, financial, and economic development in Montréal and entire Canada.McMaster Gervais law firm is one of the entities responsible in the establishment of the Canadian Railway System as well as the growth of mass transportation, finance and trade industry in the country.
3. Scott & Aylen- founded in 1952, it is a fully bilingual law firm with expertise in multi-disciplinary partnership approach. The firm employs 168 individuals including 62 professionals during the merger and a business associate of Borden and Elliot until 1999.The lawn firm is well-known in its ability to bring together lawyers, patent agents, and trademark agents under one roof to provide complete legal and intellectual property services to its international or local clients.
4. Borden & Elliot- Henry Borden and Beverly Elliot founded the firm in 1936 based in Toronto with 668 employees including 230 professionals during the merger. It is recognized as the largest and most experienced when it comes to litigation practices.
5. Ladner Downs- established in 1911 based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the firm employs 318 people including 110 professionals during the merger and its expert in forestry, mining, energy, transportation, technology, manufacturing, and commercial real estate law practices.

Practice Areas

The law firm serves its clients in the following fields of expertise:

1. Aboriginal Law
2. Advertising and Sponsorship
3. Appeal and Review
4. Asia Pacific
5. Automotive
6. Aviation
7. Banking Litigation
8. Biotech and Pharmaceutical
9. Business Immigration
10. Class Actions
11. Climate Change
12. Commercial Arbitration and Mediation
13. Commercial Leasing
14. Commercial Litigation
15. Commercial Real Estate
16. Competition and Marketing Law
17. Construction, Engineering, Surety and Fidelity
18. Corporate Finance
19. Corporate Governance
20. Corporate Tax
21. Derivatives
22. Directors’ and Officers’ Liability
23. Education Law
24. Electricity Markets
25. Entertainment Law
26. Environmental Law
27. Estate and Family Law
28. Expropriation Law
29. Financial Institutions Mergers
30. Financial Services
31. Financial Services Regulatory
32. Forestry
33. Franchise and Distribution Law
34. Fraud Law
35. Government Relations
36. Health Law
37. Health Sector Services
38. Hotel and Hospitality
39. Information Technology
40. Insolvency and Restructuring
41. Insurance and Tort Liability
42. Intellectual Property
43. Intellectual Property Agency
44. Intellectual Property Litigation
45. International Construction Projects
46. International Tax Law
47. International Trade Law
48. Investment Management
49. Intellectual Property Litigation
50. Japan Group
51. Labour and Employment
52. Lending
53. Maritime Law
54. Mergers and Acquisitions
55. Mining
56. Municipal Law
57. National Transportation
58. Not-for-Profit
59. Occupational Health & Safety
60. Oil and Gas
61. Pensions and Benefits
62. Police and Municipal Government Liability
63. Privacy and Access to Information
64. Private Company
65. Product Liability
66. Public Law
67. Public-Private Infrastructure Projects
68. Real Estate Lending
69. Regulatory Law
70. Securities and Capital Markets
71. Securities Litigation
72. Specialized Lender
73. Structured Finance and Leasing
74. Tax Litigation
75. Team North
76. Wealth Management