CGCA 2025 - BLG Lifetime Achievement Award Nomination Form

BLG Stephen Sigurdson Lifetime Achievement Award 2025

Nomination Form
NOMINATION CLOSING DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2025,
AT 12 PM – EASTERN TIME
INSTRUCTIONS:

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- Collect all necessary information about the nominator(s) and the candidate.

- To draft your nomination, download the Word version here.

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ELIGIBILITY: Senior member of the in-house Bar (with 20 years or more experience as a lawyer), or one who recently retired (in calendar year 2024/25) with a distinguished history as a General Counsel.

To find our BLG Stephen Sigurdson Lifetime Achievement award recipient, our Advisory Board looks for a senior member of the in-house Bar (with 20 years or more experience as a lawyer), or one who recently retired (in calendar year 2024/25) with a distinguished history as a General Counsel. Finalists have made a real difference –– both within their own company and in-house department, as well as with the external counsel who have worked alongside them during their careers. This will be an individual with a commitment to excellence and leadership within the legal profession.

A Stephen Sigurdson Lifetime Achievement award recipient has the broadest possible range of accomplishments – the ability to run the complicated deals, the major litigation, the handling of governance issues as well as employment and regulatory matters. They will also have made a lasting contribution to their work community and the community at large within which their company operates. In short, they’ve done it all.

The submission should explain how this nominee distinguished him/herself in his/her field of expertise; in industry and in the legal community at large.

Previous Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients:

2024 - Simon A. Fish, Bank of Montreal
2023 - Gordon Currie, George Weston Limited
2022 - Doris Stamml, EY Law LLP
2021 - Kenneth J. Fredeen, Deloitte LLP
2019 - Karin A. McCaskill, Empire Company Limited / Sobeys Inc.
2018 - Monique Mercier, Telus Corporation
2017 - Stephen Sigurdson, Manulife
2016 - Francoise Guenette, Intact Financial Corporation
2015 - James Turner, Ontario Securities Commission, Torys LLP
2014 - Jean Paul (J-P) Bisnaire, Manulife Financial Corporation
2013 - Daniel Desjardins, Bombardier Inc.
2012 - Douglas Stollery, Q.C., PCL Constructors Inc.
2011 - W. David Jamieson, J.D. Irving, Ltd.
2010 - David Allgood, Royal Bank of Canada
2009 - David Miller, Rogers Communications Inc.
2008 - David McAusland, Alcan Inc.
2007 - Albrecht Bellstedt, Q.C., Trans Canada Corporation
2006 - Stewart Green, formerly of George Weston Ltd.
2005 - Martine Turcotte, BCE Inc.

Please ensure you address the following areas in your nomination:

- Description of nominee’s career (400 words)
- Description of nominee’s accomplishments (500 words)
- Description of specific deals and what makes them unique or challenging (400 words)
- Awards/Recognition (300 words)
- Nominee’s role in the community at large (300 words)
- Quotes & References (400 words)

Nominator
Name*

First NameLast Name
Title*
Corporation*
Email*
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Phone Number*
Please enter a valid phone number.
Relationship to nominee*

Additional Nominator (1)
Name

First NameLast Name
Title
Corporation
Email
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Phone Number
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Relationship to nominee

Additional Nominator (2)
Name

First NameLast Name
Title
Corporation
Email
example@example.com
Phone Number
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Relationship to nominee

Additional Nominator (3)
Name

First NameLast Name
Title
Corporation
Email
example@example.com
Phone Number
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Relationship to nominee

Additional Nominator (4)
Name

First NameLast Name
Title
Corporation
Email
example@example.com
Phone Number
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Relationship to nominee

Nominee
Name*

First NameLast Name
Title*
Corporation*
Email*
example@example.com
Phone Number*
Please enter a valid phone number.
Year called to the Bar
Province*

DESCRIPTION OF NOMINEE’S CAREER:*

0/400
NOMINEE’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:*

0/500
DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC DEALS AND WHAT MAKES THEM UNIQUE OR CHALLENGING:*

0/400
AWARDS/RECOGNITION:*

0/300
NOMINEE’S ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE:*

0/300
QUOTES & REFERENCES:*

0/400
Should be Empty:

BLG Stephen Sigurdson Lifetime Achievement Award 2025

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