Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) is a leading, full-service, national law firm focusing on business law, commercial litigation and intellectual property solutions for our clients. With more than 750 lawyers, intellectual property agents and other professionals in six Canadian cities, clients turn to us for assistance for all their legal needs, from major litigation to financing and patent registration.
MOST RECENT NEWS STORIES
- 2008-11-14Leading tax lawyer joins BLG's Toronto office
TORONTO (October 27, 2008) – Laura White, a leading tax expert on investment-management industry issues, has joined the Securities and Capital Markets Practice as a partner in the Toronto offices of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. (...)
- 2008-11-01"Earning their trusts", The Toronto Star, November 1, 2008
Although the common perception is that trusts exist only for the very wealthy, they primarily exist to permit people to share their wealth and save on taxes, says Brian Cohen, a partner with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP’s Toronto office who practises in the areas of wealth management, personal taxation, succession planning and trusts. (...)
UPCOMING EVENTS
- 2008-11-24Speaking Engagement - Matthew Alter
Matthew R. Alter (Toronto) will be speaking at the Canadian Institute's 18th Annual Construction Superconference on the Best Practices for Navigating the Bidding and Tendering Minefield.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Investment Management Alert - September 2008 - Impact of International Financial Reporting Standards on Canadian Registrants
On September 12, 2008, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) released Staff Notice 33-313 International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Registrants reminding registrants that international financial reporting standards (IFRS) will be effective on January 1, 2011 and will apply to certain registrants. The Staff Notice is directed to registrants that are not members of the Investment Industry Regulatory Association of Canada (IIROC) or the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (the MFDA), since both IIROC and the MFDA will be providing guidance to their members separately on adoption of IFRS.
