BLG started as the dream of one lawyer in 1823. For more than 200 years we’ve helped our clients and communities build, innovate, protect and grow, tying our legacy to their success.
Today, we are Canada’s Law Firm: nearly 800 legal professionals from coast to coast – former Supreme Court justices, next-generation leaders, scientists, engineers, industry experts and internationally respected advocates – providing practical legal advice to domestic and international clients across more practices and industries than any other Canadian firm.
BLG is consistently trusted to lead some of the country’s most challenging cases, uniquely positioned to deliver on specialized and complex matters, regularly chosen as a strategic legal partner in the deals that make headlines, and the go-to to deliver results that set precedents in Canada’s highest courts.
With five offices in Canada’s largest cities – Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal – BLG offers clients an integrated national presence and coordinated global reach for everything from M&A and capital markets, to disputes, financing, international trade, and trademark and patent registration.
We support clients across North America, Europe and Asia in virtually every area of law, with special expertise in M&A, infrastructure and public-private projects, financings, international trade, and high stakes multi-jurisdictional commercial litigation and arbitration. At home, we regularly advise governments, governmental organizations and agencies, as well as trade groups and broader public sector clients, such as universities and charitable groups.
Fully bilingual in English-French across all practice areas, BLG is one of the few Canadian firms with expertise in both the common and civil law systems in Canada.
At BLG, we:
For BLG, being Canada’s Law Firm is more than a memorable tagline. It is an expression of our highest calling: to use our minds, hearts and hands to shape a better future for us all.
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