Donna Spagnolo > Borden Ladner Gervais LLP > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower
22 Adelaide Street West, Suite 3400
Toronto, ON M5H 4E3
Canada

Work Department

Insurance

Position

Partner

Career

Donna practices corporate law, especially as it relates to the highly regulated insurance and investment management industries. She provides advice on day-to-day activities as well as extraordinary situations, with a focus on regulatory compliance, market conduct, governance issues and transactional matters.

Donna is a member of the firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiative.

Memberships

  • Member, IFIC Sales Practices Guidelines Review Sub-Group
  • Member, IFIC Legal and Compliance Issues Working Group
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association (business law section)
  • Member, National Society of Compliance Professionals

Education

  • LLB, York University, 1996
  • BSc (with High Dist.), University of Toronto, 1993

    Bar Admission

    • Ontario, 1998

Personal

  • Chair, Turning Point Youth Services

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Insurance

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP’s thriving insurance litigation group handles the full range of insurance defence claims, with a focus on national insurance programs for domestic and international insurers. The team also impresses with its public sector expertise, where it routinely acts as defence counsel to municipalities, school boards and hospitals. Toronto-based Rebecca Bush leads the insurance and tort liability group nationally and is recommended for her record in public authority litigation and tort litigation for large institutional clients. The group also includes Ottawa-based Larry Elliot, who focuses on civil litigation; Toronto-based Kevin McGivney, who frequently defends police services and municipalities; transactional and regulatory insurance specialist Donna Spagnolo; and specialized disputes head Graham Walker.