Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Distinguished by its formidably deep bench, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP’s full-service insurance group draws on specialists in regulatory, corporate and contentious work across its national offices. In Toronto, insurance sector head Paul Belanger is widely admired for his broad expertise in financial services regulation and insurance industry M&A. Belanger recently teamed up with fellow Toronto-based regulatory specialist Bonny Murray to advise TD Insurance on all Canadian aspects of its new catastrophe bond deal; notably, TD is the first Canadian insurer to sponsor a bond solely focused on catastrophe perils in Canada. In Calgary, David Tupper is a go-to name for insurance litigation, where he is a popular choice to represent major global insurers in subrogation actions, coverage disputes and liability defence matters. The practice also draws on Montreal-based insurance litigator Matthew Liben; Toronto-based Jake Gilbert, who focuses on non-contentious insurance; and Toronto-based Michael Elder, who is noted for insurance-related transactions.