News for corporate and in-house counsel in Canada from @Lexpert. Key Media.

Toronto, Ontario
Joined August 2011
Women GCs may be well-suited to AI governance role: @BlakesLaw Board Report. Report delves into women’s advantage in some boardroom segments, especially in bigger companies lexpert.ca/news/in-house-law…
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Chief legal officer Michael Kelly assumes new senior role at OMERS. In the newly created position, he remains the company’s most senior sustainability executive lexpert.ca/news/in-house-law…
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Meet the litigation boutiques that continue to win Canada's respect. After 14 years of rankings, a select group of firms continues to stand the test of time canadianlawyermag.com/news/g…
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“Practically unachievable” – Nicole Vaz of Trillium Health Partners on Ontario’s 135-page privacy de-identification guidelines. Five health-sector GCs on AI governance, cybersecurity, and privacy reform: canadianlawyermag.com/practi… #LegalTech #PrivacyLaw
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Geopolitics isn’t background noise – for in-house counsel at a Chinese SOE, it’s a daily professional baseline. Bryan Morin of PetroChina Canada on LNG Canada’s Phase 2 FID and what separates useful from merely correct legal advice lexpert.ca/news/energy-law/b… #Energy
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Fear isn’t a strategy – but blind optimism isn’t either. @Aarani Stoneham drafted her keynote with AI, then told attendees at the @CanLawMag Canadian Legal Summit: you can’t supervise what you don’t understand. +600 attendees #CanadianLegalSummit canadianlawyermag.com/news/g…
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$50M — the annual cost of delay per major energy project in one province. Three energy GCs gave their verdict on Canada’s regulatory environment: good intentions, not enough. One fix: mandatory timelines. One project, one review. canadianlawyermag.com/news/f… #Legal #Energy
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Flexibility and uncertainty define insolvency and restructuring in Canada. RVOs, creditor-led CCAA and trade disruption are reshaping how lawyers work, writes @timbwilbur lexpert.ca/news/insolvency-r…
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General counsel compensation climbs 23.3 percent over five years. New report finds growing equity awards and changes in GC executive and board representation lexpert.ca/news/in-house-law…
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DLA Piper expands investment funds practice with partner James O’Shea. He has worked with global asset managers, institutional investors, and family offices lexpert.ca/news/finance-law/…
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Gap between AI adoption and effective governance widening: @ACCinhouse report. In-house legal departments are using AI, but many organizations have not set governance structures lexpert.ca/news/technology-l…
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NB inks infrastructure agreement with federal government. Through the agreement, over $461 million will be invested in priority projects in NB lexpert.ca/news/infrastructu…
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Rhonda Goldberg re-elected to CIRO’s board for a two-year term. Marc Provost also joins the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization’s board lexpert.ca/news/finance-law/…
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Federal change to the right to strike splits the labour bar. Union and employer counsel clash over new limits in Bill C-39’s s. 107 rewrite and whether it survives Charter scrutiny canadianlawyermag.com/practi…
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