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{{CompanyInfo|
| logo = BLG.JPG
| logo = BLG.JPG
| industry = Legal Practice
| industry = Legal Practice
| founded = 2000
| founded = 2000
| headquarters = 40 King Street West Toronto, Ontario M5H3Y
| founders =
| ownership =
| headquarters = 40 King Street West Toronto,<br/> Ontario M5H3Y
| country = Canada
| country = Canada
| businesses =
| products =
| employees = 750+ lawyers
| employees = 750+ lawyers
| revenue =
| website = http://www.blg.com
| website = http://www.blg.com
| keypeople = David Scott & Doug Mitchel, National Co-Chairman
| blog =
| facebook =
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| keypeople = [[David Scott]], National Co-Chairman
[[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.<ref>[http://www.blg.com/en/home/Pages/default.aspx BLG.com]</ref>
'''Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)''' is a full-service national law firm in Canada offering corporate, litigation and intellectual property solutions.
==Company Profile==
BLG is recognized as a Go-To-Law Firm for Fortune 500 companies with 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<ref>[http://www.blg.com/en/home/Pages/default.aspx BLG.com]</ref>
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.<ref>[http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/2010-Canadian-Pro-Bono-Awards-Highlight-the-Power-of-Pro-Bono-1306026.htm Awards]</ref>
==Founding Firms and Practice Areas==
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, 2001 making it the largest law firm in Canada.<ref>[http://www.blg.com/en/media-centre/media-kit/Pages/background.aspx BLG.com]</ref>
The law firm serves its clients in a wide range of law expertise from aboriginal law, Banking, Commercial Arbitration and Mediation, Corporate Governance, Intellectual Property, International Trade Law and in all other industries <ref>[http://www.bestlawyers.com/search/firmProfile.aspx?firm_ID=38017 bestlawyers.com]</ref>
==Key Executives==
The law firms key executives include '''Sean Weir''', National Managing Partner; '''Frank S. Callaghan''', Managing Partner of Toronto; '''Deborah H. Overholt''', Managing Partner of Vancouver; '''David C. Whelan''', Managing Partner of Calgary and '''John G. Murphy''', Managing Partner of Montréal, <ref>
[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1596980 Bloomberg Businessweek]</ref>
==References==
==References==
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