Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded
Canada Guide 2025 : Alberta
Band 1
About
Provided by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
No matter your ambition, our advice makes it real.
Harness your ambition within complex domestic and cross-border markets. Shape growth on your terms backed by our trusted advice.
Our M&A team's deep, industry-specific expertise drives the growth engines of the Canadian economy. Find the opportunities for growth and close public and private M&A deals that matter most with the resources and advice to set your business up for long-term success.
We act quickly with the wisdom of experience, offering practical, agile advice that cuts to the heart of your top priorities. With an interdisciplinary team of M&A lawyers to negotiate and deliver transactions, backed by specialty practices that address your most urgent concerns, we help you grow on your terms with trusted, proven advice.
We support clients in all the ways that M&A takes shape in their business, including:
- Take-over bids
- Amalgamations and mergers
- Plans of arrangement
- Reorganizations, spin-offs and divestitures
- Going private transactions
- Share and asset purchases and sales
Chambers Review
Borden Ladner Gervais is a national law firm that advises on the full spectrum of corporate transactions, with strong capabilities in M&A, debt financing and securities regulatory matters in Alberta. Its diverse industry experience spans oil and gas, energy and cannabis. The department handles both domestic and cross-border transactions.
Work Highlights
- Borden Ladner Gervais represented Morguard in the $410 million sale of a portfolio of 14 hotels to InnVest Hotels and the $99 million sale of three additional hotels to Manga Hotel Group.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"BLG were strong at anticipating problems and closing difficult transactions. When the work was time-critical and required immediate attention, they were very responsive."
"Borden Ladner Gervais LLP is very service-oriented. They're dedicated to and deliver for their client."
"The team is extremely competent and communicative, and I receive very prompt service."
"The team has been extremely responsive and extremely dedicated to ensuring that we’ve been able to meet all of our deadlines. We know that we can rely on them to get the deal done on time."
"BLG were strong at anticipating problems and closing difficult transactions. When the work was time-critical and required immediate attention, they were very responsive."
"Borden Ladner Gervais LLP is very service-oriented. They're dedicated to and deliver for their client."
"The team is extremely competent and communicative, and I receive very prompt service."
"The team has been extremely responsive and extremely dedicated to ensuring that we’ve been able to meet all of our deadlines. We know that we can rely on them to get the deal done on time."
Notable Practitioners
Louise Lee is increasingly noted for her activity in the transactions space, advising clients in a range of industries on M&A and service agreements.
"We've loved working with Louise. She is very knowledgeable and good at explaining the nuances of what we need."
Ranked Lawyers at
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Alberta
Members
Provided by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Bill Woodhead
Bruce Lawrence
Joel Jones
Jonathan Doll
Melissa Smith
Michael Saliken
Miles Pittman
Nav Dhaliwal
Peter Bryan
Ravi Latour
Robb McNaughton
Scott Wilson
Xiaodi Jin