Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

About this office:

At Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG), It Begins With Service.

BLG is a leading, full-service, integrated national law firm focusing on business law, litigation and intellectual property solutions for our clients. With more than 750 lawyers, intellectual property agents and other professionals in Calgary, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Waterloo Region, clients turn to us for assistance with their legal needs, from major litigation to corporate finance and patent registration.

Our goal at BLG is to provide our clients with the best service, by the best professionals and support staff. We are accessible to our clients and proactive in uncovering and serving their needs. BLG's team approach provides the best resources based on location, expertise and experience to develop and articulate solutions to legal challenges. BLG's strength is the ability of its professionals to apply our breadth and depth of legal experience to clients' businesses, whether their needs are in a single location, across North America or overseas.

BLG provides advice to a variety of regional, national, and multinational businesses across a wide variety of sectors. In addition, we represent public institutions such as universities, governments and agencies, health-care facilities including hospitals as well as business, trade, and charitable groups.

BLG's professionals and staff take pride in the communities we are a part of and members of the Firm are involved in BLG's community programs including pro bono legal services, fundraising and volunteer service.

For more information about the firm, its practice areas and community support go to www.blgcanada.com.

Aboriginal Law, Advertising and Sponsorship, Appeal and Review, Asia Pacific, Aviation, Banking Litigation, Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Business Immigration, Class Actions, Commercial Arbitration and Mediation, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Lending, Commodity Tax, Competition and Marketing Law, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Corporate Tax, Directors' and Officers' Liability, Education Law, Electricity Markets, Entertainment Law, Environmental Law, Estate and Family Law, Expropriation Law, Financial Services, Forestry, Franchise and Distribution, Fraud Law, Government Relations, Health Care Institutions and Services (non-litigious), Hotel and Hospitality, Information Technology, Insolvency and Restructuring, Infrastructure and Public-Private Partnership, International, International Tax Law, International Trade Law, Investment Management, IP Litigation, Japan, Marine, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Law, National Transportation, Not-for-Profit, Oil and Gas, Pensions, Personal Tax and Estate Planning, Police and Municipal Government Liability, Privacy and Access to Information, Private Company, Product Liability, Public Law, Regulatory, Securities Litigation/Broker Liability, Structured Finance and Leasing, Tax Litigation, Venture Capital, Wealth Management.

Enhanced Internet Access to Supreme Court of Canada Materials
Patrick G. Foy, Christina Christie, October 12, 2009
For several years, the Supreme Court of Canada has made certain case information available on its website - in particular, hearing schedules, docket information, party information, and case summaries. After consultation with various stakeholders, the Court has now agreed to expand the case...

Mutual Fund Dealers Association Considers Rule Change
Gordon R. Johnson, Kara L. Beitel, October 12, 2009
On January 23, 2009, the Mutual Fund Dealers Association (the "MFDA") issued bulletin #0354-P seeking comment regarding potential rule changes which would extend suitability obligations and know your client requirements to dealings in principle protected notes ("PPNs"). PPNs are...

An Update on Federal and Ontario Temporary Solvency Funding Relief
R. Andrew G. Harrison, Maria S. Doerksen, François Morin, Bernard G. Roach, Scott McEvoy, October 10, 2009
More than 6 months have passed since the onset of the economic turmoil resulting in funding difficulty for plan sponsors of defined benefit pension plans. Solvency funding relief is currently available in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and...

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