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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Global 2026

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Rankings

Global

Leading firm in Global 2026

Top figures

5

Offices

2156

Company Size

1823

Established Year

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1 Global Practice Guides

Overview

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As Canada’s law firm, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) delivers comprehensive legal solutions and an exceptional client experience for domestic and international clients. With a multidisciplinary team of 800 lawyers, intellectual property agents, and other professionals, BLG provides business law, dispute resolution, and intellectual property solutions to a wide range of clients internationally in virtually every area of law.

Industry sectors (15)

  • Banking & Financial Services
  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Antitrust/ Competition & Foreign Investment
  • Corporate/ Commercial; Capital Markets; Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Disputes - Commercial and Construction
  • Environmental and Indigenous Law
  • Health Care
  • Information Technology; Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Security
  • Insolvency & Restructuring
  • Intellectual Property
  • Labour & Employment
  • International Trade
  • Investment Management & Review
  • Municipal & Land Use Planning
  • Tax/ Private Clients

Key people

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  • David Di Paolo

    National Managing Partner and CEO

  • Melinda Park, K.C.

    Regional Managing Partner (Calgary)

  • Vincent Frenette

    Regional Managing Partner (Montréal)

  • Larry Elliot

    Regional Managing Partner (Ottawa)

  • Cindy Clarke

    Regional Managing Partner (Toronto)

  • Steve M. Winder

    Regional Managing Partner (Vancouver)

  • Patricia (Trish) L. Morrison K.C.

    National Group Head, Disputes - Commercial and Construction

  • Prema Thiele

    National Group Head, Corporate and Capital Markets

  • Graham Walker

    National Group Head, Specialized Disputes

  • Gus Karantzoulis

    National Group Head, Specialized Business Law

Work & experience

Provided by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Special expertise includes mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure and public-private projects, financings, international trade law, commercial disputes and arbitration. BLG has acted in international banking transactions (including sovereign risk lending); international insolvencies, liquidations and restructurings; international joint ventures, reorganizations and acquisitions; commercial contracts; and international and multi-jurisdictional disputes.

Ranked Offices at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

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Canada - Head office

Ontario

Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower 22 Adelaide Street West Suite 3400 , Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5H 4E3, Toronto

Canada

Alberta

Centennial Place East Tower, Suite 1900 520-3rd Avenue SW , Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2P OR3, Calgary


Québec

1000 rue de La Gauchetière Street West Suite 900 , Montréal, Québec, Canada, QC H3B 5H4, Montréal


British Columbia

Waterfront Centre, 200 Burrard Street, Suite 1200, PO Box 48600, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V7X 1T2, Vancouver

Ranked Departments at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (15)

Canada

Ranked Individuals at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (39)

Canada

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Top figures

5

Offices

2156

Company Size

1823

Established Year

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