Borden Ladner Gervais LLP fields a corporate commercial and mergers & acquisitions practice that acts on large M&A deals in Canada mainly for infrascture, energy, financial services and mining sectors. The firm’s national corporate and capital markets group is led by Prema Thiele, while Subrata Bhattacharjee leads the national corporate and commercial team. Both lawyers are based in Toronto. Timothy McCormick and Kathryn Fuller jointly lead the Toronto securities and capital markets team and Nick Pasquino heads up the Toronto corporate commercial team. In Vancouver, Kent Kufeldt leads the national securities and capital markets practice and Sean Muggah is the regional corporate and capital market practice head. Lastly, the Calgary team is led by Ravi Latour, while Ryan Tomicic spearheads the Montréal practice. The aforementioned lawyers are all experts in M&As and cross-border transactions. Other notable team members includes Fred Pletcher, who sits in Vancouver and is an expert in representing public and private companies in M&As and corporate finance matters. Matthew Literovich in Toronto joined the firm from Dentons in November 2025 to head the firm's corporate healthcare group.
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Key clients

  • POSCO Canada
  • Forum Asset Management
  • Asahi Kasei
  • Franklin Resources | Franklin Templeton
  • Epiroc
  • NSUS Group
  • Morguard and InnVest Hotels
  • Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
  • Modine Manufacturing
  • Pan American Silver
  • Sinclair Dental
  • Payfare

Work highlights

Advised POSCO Canada on a cross-border asset and equity sale.
Assisted Forum Asset Management with a real estate investment trust acquisition.
Advised Asahi Kasei on a cross-border investment and strategic joint venture.

Practice head

Prema Thiele; Subrata Bhattacharjee; Kent Kufeldt; Sean Muggah; Ravi Latour; Timothy McCormick; Kathryn Fuller; Nick Pasquino; Ryan Tomicic

Other key lawyers

Fred Pletcher