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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP utilizes the full bench strength of over 800 lawyers across 5 national locations in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, to advise national and international corporates and financial institutions involved in high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions. The practice’s client base spans sectors ranging from media, tech, cannabis, infrastructure, energy and mining to financial services, retail and transport. The group’s comprehensive service covers complex M&A, joint venture agreements, corporate finance, corporate governance and shareholder activism. The practice is led by national group head of corporate and capital markets Prema Thiele in Toronto, who brings over 30 years assisting international fund managers, portfolio managers and dealers with legal and compliance issues; corporate and commercial national business leader Subrata Bhattacharjee (also Toronto); and national business leader of securities and capital markets leader Kent Kufeldt in Vancouver and Calgary. Timothy McCormick joined from Stikeman Elliott LLP in June 2022. Jason Saltzman departed in June 2022.

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Key clients

  • Pan American Silver Corp.
  • John Wood Group plc
  • George Weston Limited | Loblaw | Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation
  • Guardian Capital Group Limited
  • Groupe Mach Acquisition Inc.
  • Mercer Global Investments Canada Ltd.
  • Independence Pet Group, Inc.
  • First Citizens BancShares, Inc.
  • Concentra Bank
  • CIBC Capital Markets
  • UMB Bank
  • Loblaw Companies Limited
  • Inflexion Private Equity Partners
  • The New York Times Company
  • Epiroc Rock Drills AB
  • POSCO Canada Limited

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Prema Thiele, Subrata Bhattacharjee, Kent Kufeldt

Other key lawyers

Fred Fletcher, Stefan Timms, Timothy McCormick