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Rick Da Costa

Partner and National Leader, Corporate and Regulatory Insurance & Reinsurance​ · Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

CanadaInsurance & Reinsurance, Corporate / M&A

About

Partner and National Leader, Corporate and Regulatory Insurance & Reinsurance at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Canada. A globally minded insurance and reinsurance lawyer, he led Alberta's first captive re-domestication, helped change regulations permitting Alberta captives to insure third‑party risks, structures and creates captives, advises regulators (including provincial bodies and Canada's Department of Finance), and has senior‑executive experience at a major insurance group.

Practice areas

Insurance & ReinsuranceCorporate / M&ARegulatory

Office

Expertise

Captive InsuranceCaptive Re-domesticationInsurance RegulationReinsuranceCaptive Formation & StructuringChange Management

Education

  • Certified In-House Counsel – Canada (CIC.C), Canadian Bar Association / Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto) / Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, 2020
  • J.D., University of Windsor, 2009
  • M.A., Carleton University, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, 2007
  • B.A. (Hons), University of Western Ontario, 2004

Admissions

  • Ontario (2010)
  • Member, Law Society of Alberta
  • Member, Law Society of Ontario
  • Certified In-House Counsel (CIC.C), 2020