Paul Belanger

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP - Toronto

Phone: (416) 863-4284
Fax: (416) 863-2653
E-mail: paul.belanger@blakes.com

Year called to the bar: 1988
Senior partner, Business and Securities Group. Practice emphasizes the business, affairs and regulation of financial institutions, including commercial banks, life and property and casualty insurance companies, trust and loan companies, and other regulated and unregulated providers of financial services. Involved in all aspects of acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations and joint ventures involving financial service providers, as well as regulatory and structuring issues, product development and distribution matters and all aspects of the business of insurance. In addition, advises financial services providers on ownership structures, business powers, permitted investment and related structures, corporate governance and risk management policies and systems, inter-company agreements, cross-border supervision and delivery of services, outsourcing agreements, referral arrangements and mortgage lender and broker licensing matters. Frequently involved in the delivery of training through participation in industry conferences and organization-specific seminars. Named one of Canada’s top 40 lawyers under 40 in 2002 by Lexpert® magazine in its first such report.

Paul Belanger is featured in
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