Areas of Expertise
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP has experts who can provide legal and business commentary on a wide variety of industry sectors and business issues. To speak to an expert in any of the following areas, please contact Tricia Weagant or Elaine Mayrand.
Aboriginal Law
Arts, Entertainment & Media law
Advertising & Sponsorship
Capital Markets
- Broker liability and compliance
- Private and public financings
- Cross-border financings
- Market policy
- Corporate governance
- Directors’ and officers’ liability
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Litigation Group
- Structured finance and leasing
- Tax
- Venture capital
Charities & Not for Profits
Class Actions
Business Advisory
- Structure and organization of businesses
- Shareholder, joint venture, partnership and related agreements
- Financing methods
- Corporate governance
- Corporate disclosure
- Stock exchange listings
- Corporate compliance
- Acquisitions, mergers and divestitures
- Provincial and federal business regulations
Communications
Competition Law (Anti-trust law)
- Policy
- Regulatory
- Litigation
- Mergers and acquisitions
Constitutional Law
- Supreme Court
- Aboriginal Law
- Biotechnology
- Employment
- Charter of Rights
- Freedom of expression
- Language rights
- Investigative powers
- Due process rights
Construction, Real Estate and Infrastructure
Corporate Governance
- Board of Directors
- Disclosure
- Directors and officers’ duties and liabilities
Corporate Law
- Formation and organization of corporations and other businesses
- Reorganizations and restructuring
- Share-based compensation plans
- Tax
- Compliance
- Litigation
Energy (electricity, oil & gas, etc)
- Finance
- Regulatory issues
- Policy
Environmental
- Forestry
- Litigation
- Real estate
- Policy
- Regulation
Financial Institutions
- Regulatory
- Policy
- Insurance
- Litigation
- Professional and fiduciary liability
Food & Drug
- Biotechnology
- Clinical trials
- Ethics
- Nutraceuticals
- Pharmaceutical
Franchise Law
Fraud
- Litigation
- Corporate fraud
- Employee fraud
Government Relations
Health Law
Immigration (Business)
International Trade
Intellectual Property
- Patents
- Trademarks
- Copyright
- Industrial Design
- Domain name disputes
- Litigation
International Tax
- Corporate tax
- Structured finance
- Transfer pricing
- Venture funds
- Wealth management
- Pensions/employee benefits
- Commodity tax
- Tax litigation
Internet/Cyber Law
Labour & Employment
- Labour relations
- Wrongful dismissal
- Employment law and litigation
- Pensions and benefits
Libel & Slander
Litigation
- Alternative dispute resolution/mediation/arbitration
- Class actions
- Corporate commercial
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Product Liability
- Securities
- Supreme Court
- Regulatory
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Finance
- Hostile takeovers
- Litigation
- Strategy
- Regulatory
- Tax
Municipal
Mutual Funds
- Business
- Regulatory
- Administrative issues
- Fund governance
Natural Resources
- Forestry & Mining
- Regulation
- Policy
- Environmental
Pensions & Benefits
Public Private Partnerships
Privacy
Privatization
Product Liability
- Privacy
- Policy
- Regulations
Real Estate
- Contractual disputes
- Debtor-creditor relations
- Distribution and franchising agreements
- Financing
- Commercial leases
- Expropriations
- Assessments
Regulatory Issues
- Competition
- Energy
- Environmental
- Financial
- Telecommunications
Securities
- Shareholder rights and remedies
- Take over bids
- Proxy fights
- Shareholders’ rights plans (“poison pill”) hearings
- Oppression claims
- Derivative actions
- Shareholders’ class actions
- Plans of arrangement and corporate reorganizations
- Officers’ and Directors’ Liability
Tax
- Corporate
- Federal/Provincial budget
- International
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Restructuring and Bankruptcy
- Securities
- Tax Policy
Technology
- Finance
- Intellectual Property
- Internet
- Hospital Technology
Telecommunications
Transportation (marine, aviation, shipping etc.)
Venture Capital
- Financing
- Industry Associations/Regulatory Matters
- Fund Formation
Wealth Management
- Wills
- Estates
- Trusts
- Trust, Estate and Incapacity Dispute Resolution