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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Offices

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

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Work Department

Corporate and M&A

Position

Partner and National Group Head, Corporate & Capital Markets

Career

Prema’s corporate and commercial practice focuses on securities law, insurance business law and mergers and acquisitions.

She helps a diverse group of clients with ongoing legal and compliance issues related to providing investment management services, distributing securities, and establishing and operating investment products in Canada.

Prema was selected as one of the Women’s Executive Network 2020 Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada – CIBC Executive Leaders award for her work leading a multidisciplinary legal team.

Prema is also a member of BLG’s partnership board.

Languages

English

Memberships

  • Former Member, Ontario Securities Commission Registrant Advisory Committee (2012-2019)
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association
  • Member, Toronto Region Board of Trade
  • Member, The National Club

Education

  • LLB, University of Saskatchewan, 1990 (Dist.)
  • B.Comm., University of Saskatchewan, 1990 (Dist.)

Bar Admission

  • Ontario, 1992

Personal

  • General manager and Assistant Coach of the Royal York Cardinals Midget/Varsity Boys Select Baseball Team
  • Member of the Executive Board of the Humber Valley Hockey Association

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Corporate and M&A

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP leverages 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, cross-border transactions. The group’s active client base spans such sectors as media, tech, manufacturing, infrastructure, energy and mining, 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 headed by national group head of corporate and capital markets Prema Thiele in Toronto, who draws on 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. Frazer House joined the Toronto office from Torys in March 2023.

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