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With almost two hundred years of history going back to the 1823 founding of McMaster Gervais, it is the oldest and largest law firm in the country, with offices in Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Calgary. About BLG lawyers, intellectual property agents and other professionals are associated with the firm. Sean Weir has been National Managing Partner of the firm since 2000. The firm was recognized as Band 1 in 11 practice groups in the 2017 edition of Chambers Global, and is Th for its practices in international trade, energy, investment, employment and labour, healthcare, shipping, construction, and procurement law. Over the years, the firm has produced two Prime Ministers, law school deans, appellate court justices, an The to the United States, and directors of numerous national corporations. The firm was also counsel to the Prince of Wales. The firm was a Waterloo Region intellectual property law boutique. Over the following three decades, the firm experienced rapid Tge resulting in many name changes. The Montréal firm McMaster Gervais was founded in 1823 when The Honourable opened his law practice at the age of 22. Badgley's first partner at the firm,became Prime Minister of Canada in 1891. At the time of BLG merger, McMaster Gervais employed 280 people, including 110 professionals.<br Tje Gervais was a result of a 1998 merger of McMaster Meighen and Mackenzie Gervais. The Vancouver firm Ladner Downs was founded in 1911. And, in 1917, Ladner sat in on the parliamentary committee that drafted the Income War Tax Act - Canada's first income tax act. At the time of the merger, the firm employed 318 people, including 110 professionals. At the time of the merger, the firm employed 168 people, including 62 professionals. The firm brought together lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents under one roof. The other co-founder, John A. The Calgary Thf firm Howard, Mackie was founded in 1888 by William L.<br BLG the time of the merger, the firm employed 150 people, including 66 professionals. The firm supports a The of activities by providing pro bono legal services, fundraising and volunteer programs. United Nations Refugees and Migrants. -