Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.33 lawyers · Established 1823 · City of Toronto
One of 2,276 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 462 handling Business & Corporate Law.
About Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, known as BLG, is one of Canada's largest full service law firms. It was formed on March 1, 2000, when five regional firms, McMaster Gervais of Montreal, Borden & Elliot of Toronto, Ladner Downs of Vancouver, Howard Mackie of Calgary and Scott & Aylen of Ottawa, merged to form BLG. The oldest of those firms traces back to 1823, when a 22 year old lawyer opened a law practice in Montreal, making BLG Canada's oldest law firm. It marked its 200th anniversary in 2023 with a year of firm-wide programming, and today operates from five Canadian offices, Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, with more than 800 lawyers working fully bilingually across the country's common law and civil law systems.
BLG's Toronto office grew out of Borden & Elliot, founded in 1936, and today has more than 290 professionals working from the Bay Adelaide Centre's East Tower on Adelaide Street West, a LEED Platinum building connected to the PATH network. Its work there spans securities and capital markets, financial services, infrastructure and transportation, real estate, health, technology, life sciences and public sector matters. In the Chambers Canada 2026 Guide, BLG earned 181 rankings, including 127 for individual lawyers and 54 for practice groups, with Band 1 recognition in 12 practice areas.
Practice areas
In the community
- BLG's Toronto office supports United Way of Greater Toronto, Habitat for Humanity GTA, the Heart and Stroke Foundation and Rainbow Railroad.
- The Toronto office sponsors the University of Toronto's Law School Access Program, which offers LSAT preparation courses and ongoing mentoring.
- BLG sponsors LSAT preparation courses at five law schools across Canada and supports the Black Future Lawyers Program.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
By appointmentLawyers 33
Adrian Pel
Senior Associate
Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Alexandra Moser
Associate
Ali Abdulla
Associate
Amanda Afeich
Partner
Brennan M. Carroll
Partner
Real Estate Law
Caitlin Sainsbury
Partner
Christian Vieira
Partner
Christine Laviolette
Partner
Don Alberga
Partner
Eric Boehm
Partner
Technology & Startups
Faraneh Talaei
Associate
Frazer House
Partner
Business & Corporate Law
Hugh A. Meighen
Partner
Isaac Tang
Partner
Administrative & Regulatory LawCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Isaac Wright
Associate
Health Law
Julie Lesage
Senior Associate
Kate Agyemang
Senior Associate
Kathryn M. Fuller
Partner
Business & Corporate Law
Katrina Martin
Associate
Keaghan Hepp
Senior Associate
Kelechi Adanyi
Associate
Kendall Andersen
Partner
Kevin McGrath
Partner
Makena Anderson
Associate
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 1995–2020 · median 20 years in practice 9 of 33 lawyers
- Law schools
- McGill University (2), Dalhousie University, Osgoode Hall Law School, Queen's University, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto and 2 more 9 of 33 lawyers
- Languages on the roster
- Arabic, Cantonese, English, French, Italian, Mandarin
Who handles what
Legal support staff 1
Law clerks, paralegals and articling students at this firm. They are not licensed lawyers.
Where to find them
Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower, 22 Adelaide Street West, Suite 3400, Toronto, ON M5H 4E3 · 416-367-6000
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