Experience

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  The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC)

  • Toronto, Canada Area

  • Senior Policy Advisor

    • Jan 2017 - Present
    • Toronto, Canada Area

    Provides key support and advice to the General Counsel and to IFIC members in relation to major securities law policy issues and other policy matters that impact or are applicable to investment fund managers and distributors

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  Western University

  • London, Ontario

  • Adjunct Professor of Law--Securities Regulation

    • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
    • London, Ontario

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  MJS CAPITAL MARKETS ADVISORY

  • Toronto, Canada Area

  • Principal

    • 2014 - Dec 2016
    • Toronto, Canada Area

    MJS Capital Markets Advisory is a Canadian specialist legal and business advisory firm providing organizations, governments, associations and regulators with strategic, practical and responsive advice with respect to capital markets regulatory policy, securities regulatory compliance, the structuring of capital markets regulators and compliance.As trusted advisors, MJS Capital Markets Advisory works closely with cients to provide expert advice and services in the following areas:1. the development of securities regulatory policy through an extensive analysis of the proposed policy initiatives and providing guidance and direction on the proposals;2. compliance by capital markets registrants, including investment funds, M&A and investment banking within evolving and complex regulatory environments by developing compliance strategies, policies and matrices; 3. the structure of securities regulatory authorities by advising on proposed governance and operational structures; and4. monitoring current and emerging legal and regulatory developments in M&A, corporate finance, corporate governance and wealth management areas of practice

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  Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

  • Toronto, Canada Area

  • Knowledge Management Leader, Business Law Department

    • 1988 - 2014
    • Toronto, Canada Area

    Osler is one of Canada’s pre-eminent business law firms, continually ranking in the top of Canadian law firms for mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions, with an established reputation in policy work, especially in securities law and governance advisory work.Knowledge Management Leader, Business Law Department (1997–2014)Built and led the Business Law Department’s Current Awareness and Thought Leadership programs to keep all lawyers up to date on the most current legal and regulatory developments in investment fund, M&A, corporate finance and corporate governance areas of practice.Concurrent Special Projects: Senior Legal Advisor, Canadian Securities Transition Office (CSTO) (2009 - 2010) Chief of Staff, Crawford Panel on Single Securities Regulator (2005 - 2007) Staff Member, Five-Year Review Committee, Reviewing the Securities Act (Ontario) (2001 - 2003)Associate, Business Law Department (1988–1997) Practiced investment funds, corporate finance, M&A and derivatives at increasingly senior levels and held progressively important secondment positions involving securities regulation, structure and policy. Led the Business Law department’s thought leadership program. Concurrent Secondments: Legal Counsel, Ontario Securities Commission, Corporate Finance Department (1991–1992 &1996)