Border Ladner Gervais
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| 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.[1]
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.[2]
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:[3]
- Aboriginal Law
- Advertising and Sponsorship
- Appeal and Review
- Asia Pacific
- Automotive
- Aviation
- Banking Litigation
- Biotech and Pharmaceutical
- Business Immigration
- Class Actions
- Climate Change
- Commercial Arbitration and Mediation
- Commercial Leasing
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Real Estate
- Competition and Marketing Law
- Construction, Engineering, Surety and Fidelity
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Tax
- Derivatives
- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability
- Education Law
- Electricity Markets
- Entertainment Law
- Environmental Law
- Estate and Family Law
- Expropriation Law
- Financial Institutions Mergers
- Financial Services
- Financial Services Regulatory
- Forestry
- Franchise and Distribution Law
- Fraud Law
- Government Relations
- Health Law
- Health Sector Services
- Hotel and Hospitality
- Information Technology
- Insolvency and Restructuring
- Insurance and Tort Liability
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property Agency
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- International Construction Projects
- International Tax Law
- International Trade Law
- Investment Management
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Japan Group
- Labour and Employment
- Lending
- Maritime Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mining
- Municipal Law
- National Transportation
- Not-for-Profit
- Occupational Health & Safety
- Oil and Gas
- Pensions and Benefits
- Police and Municipal Government Liability
- Privacy and Access to Information
- Private Company
- Product Liability
- Public Law
- Public-Private Infrastructure Projects
- Real Estate Lending
- Regulatory Law
- Securities and Capital Markets
- Securities Litigation
- Specialized Lender
- Structured Finance and Leasing
- Tax Litigation
- Team North
- Wealth Management