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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Corporate/Commercial: The Elite

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BLG is Canada’s law firm and we are recognized in the marketplace for our roster of marquee clients in a variety of industries and sectors. We provide fully-bilingual business and legal services in connection with private and public financings, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, as well as a wide variety of corporate matters, including shareholders’ agreements, governance requirements, privacy issues and general policies.

Given our long-standing presence in Québec, we are uniquely positioned to assist clients in navigating the distinct challenges and considerations presented by its civil law system, particularly as it relates to the provincial aspects of international M&A and capital markets transactions. We represent leading institutional investors on strategic transactions in Québec, which includes extensive venture capital and private equity expertise. Our firm’s transactional expertise is backed by deep industry knowledge and expertise as well as bench strength in specialized areas.

We are known for our cross-border transactions, including those where multi-national or foreign businesses are being purchased and the buyers are US-based companies. We represent all types of parties in such transactions, including buyers, sellers, targets, investment bankers, boards of directors, special committees, commercial banks providing acquisition financing, merchant banks and institutional investors.

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Corporate/Commercial: The Elite - Québec

Band 3

What the Team is Known For
Borden Ladner Gervais advises on commercial transactions across various industries in Québec, including telecoms, technology, life sciences and manufacturing. The law firm frequently services Montréal-based clients and benefits from the firm's integrated national platform. The team's experience encompasses venture capital investment work and public and private M&A. It acts for international firms on the Canadian law aspects of cross-border M&A and capital markets transactions, as well as private equity and venture capital. The group also has a presence in infrastructure matters and projects.
À propos de l’équipe

Borden Ladner Gervais conseille des entreprises québécoises en matière de transactions commerciales dans divers secteurs, notamment les télécommunications, les technologies, les sciences de la vie et l'industrie. Le cabinet conseille fréquemment des clients montréalais et bénéficie de sa plateforme nationale intégrée. Son expérience englobe les investissements en capital-risque et les fusions et acquisitions publiques et privées. L'équipe représente des entreprises internationales sur les aspects de droit canadien des fusions et acquisitions transfrontalières et sur les opérations sur les marchés financiers, ainsi que sur les questions de capital-investissement et de capital-risque. Le groupe est également présent dans les dossiers et projets d'infrastructures.

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Work Highlights

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  • BLG acted for Telesat Canada on its funding agreements with the Government of Canada and the Government of Québec.

  • BLG a agi pour Télésat Canada dans le cadre de ses accords de financement avec le gouvernement du Canada et le gouvernement du Québec.

Strengths

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  • The Borden Ladner Gervais team have excellent experience and work ethic as well as being tenacious and forward thinking.

    Corporate/Commercial: The Elite respondentCanada

  • The BLG attorneys are all experts in their respective fields. They respond promptly, are professional and are truly partners with their clients.

    Corporate/Commercial: The Elite respondentCanada

  • BLG is collaborative and works tirelessly to get the deal done. They are a true partner on cross-border deals and do an outstanding job.

    Corporate/Commercial: The Elite respondentCanada

  • BLG est un cabinet collaboratif qui travaille sans relâche pour conclure les transactions. Véritable partenaire pour les transactions transfrontalières, il réalise un travail remarquable.

    Corporate/Commercial: The Elite respondentCanada

  • L'équipe de Borden Ladner Gervais possède une excellente expérience et éthique de travail, tout en étant tenace et innovant.

    Corporate/Commercial: The Elite respondentCanada

  • Les avocats de BLG sont tous experts dans leurs domaines respectifs. Ils interviennent rapidement, font preuve de professionnalisme et sont de véritables partenaires pour leurs clients.

    Corporate/Commercial: The Elite respondentCanada

Notable Practitioners

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  • Patrice Martin
    Patrice Martin

    Patrice Martin

    Patrice Martin maintains an active practice in mergers and acquisitions and corporate law. He acts for clients active across the IT, telecom and media sectors.

    Patrice Martin exerce activement en fusions-acquisitions et en droit des sociétés. Il représente des clients des secteurs de l'informatique, des télécommunications et des médias.

    • We always get very good leadership from Patrice, he has a lot of diplomatic sense and sees the big picture.

      Corporate/Commercial: The Elite respondentCanada

    • Nous bénéficions toujours d'un très bon leadership de la part de Patrice, il a beaucoup de sens diplomatique et voit la situation dans son ensemble.

      Corporate/Commercial: The Elite respondentCanada
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