Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Private equity has become an increasingly significant asset class for many institutional investors. Whether your business is a private equity fund, a leveraged finance provider, a venture capital firm or a target company, the right advice can make or break the deal. BLG's Private Equity Group spans across Canada with experienced lawyers located in each of our five offices to assist clients achieve their goals at all stages in the investment life cycle. We have assisted clients with all manners of private equity and venture capital legal needs ranging from fund formation to investment realization, and everything in between in respect of public and private companies in the middle market and above. Our private equity and venture capital practice provides industry leading, responsive legal advice from legal experts in mergers and acquisitions, cross-border structuring and transactions, corporate commercial matters, financial services and lending, securities, fund formation, tax, competition, restructuring and insolvency and corporate governance among other areas.

Our clients in this practice area include Canadian, U.S. and International private equity firms, pension funds, debt providers, venture capital providers and investors, target companies, strategic purchasers, management teams and boards of directors.