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What the Team is Known For

Borden Ladner Gervais operates a national M&A practice and has a significant Vancouver presence. The team is noted for its involvement in both domestic and cross-border mining and securities transactions, and also handles M&A and commercial work in other sectors too, including in technology, oil and gas, and real estate. It offers further expertise in transportation matters and infrastructure projects, leveraging a strong national practice in these areas. The group acts for both public and private companies on financings, joint ventures and matters of corporate governance.

Work Highlights

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  • Borden Ladner Gervais acted for Pan American on its joint bid with Agnico Eagle Mines for Yamana Gold through a plan of arrangement.

Strengths

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The BLG Vancouver lawyers I've dealt with have been very service-oriented and very prompt in responding.

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Global

The BLG team were amazing to work with. They were extremely responsive and were able to bring a significant number of specialists and deep bench of resources to the table.

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Global

They're multidisciplinary advisers who can pull in a variety of specialists given they're a full-service firm. They're great people, strong technical advisers and excellent relationship builders.

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Global

BLG has a number of in-house experts and we've never had them refuse a file or struggle to meet deadlines due to lack of capacity.

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Notable Practitioners

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Fred Pletcher
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Fred Pletcher
5
Band 5
Vancouver-based Fred Pletcher is noted for his experienced handling of M&A transactions and matters of corporate governance, acting particularly for clients in the mining sector.

He has tons of experience, excellent judgement and I'm very comfortable with his advice. He's an absolute pleasure to work with.

He is able to provide very pertinent advice very quickly, plus he is pragmatic and really practical.

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Fred Pletcher
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Fred Pletcher
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