• Member of the executive committee; responsible for all legal and compliance matters globally.• Manage $5.0m budget; achieved cost control through fixed fees and streamlined to a smaller panel of firms.• Managed multi-disciplinary teams in closing over $550m in acquisitions and divestitures to date.• Successfully re-engineered the compliance processes of Samuel’s US defense business.• Led the legal negotiations for joint venture and greenfield investments in Mexico, totalling over $95m in investment.• Oversee Samuel's IP portfolio, including management of patents and related litigation, trademarks and protection of trade secrets.• Accelerated review of low-risk contracts through the use of AI.• Managed litigation and disputes in line with business objectives.• Developed Samuel’s corporate social responsibility strategy, including a 1% net income contribution commitment to corporate giving.• Responsible for board meetings and governance.

• Led a team of 3 lawyers providing advice for over $2.0bn of private-public partnership projects.• Completed over $100m in acquisitions and divestitures in Canada and the Caribbean.• Led the successful defense of major environmental and health and safety prosecutions.• Achieved cost control and transparency in the company’s $3.0 million legal budget.• Implemented policies relating to commercial risk reviews, joint ventures, anti-bribery controls and whistleblowing.• Provide advice in respect of corporate, commercial, employment, procurement, project finance and litigation matters.

• Senior corporate counsel providing legal and strategic advice to the Canadian business• Experienced in public-private partnerships, joint ventures, corporate finance and project financing

• Responsible for the legal strategy of Astral's English language pay and speciality television channels (The Movie Network, Mpix, Viewer's Choice, Family Channel).• Led legal negotiations for licensing of studio content for The Movie Network's "subscription video on demand" streaming service, the first in Canada. • Provided advice on all legal matters including licensing, film financing, advertising, contests, privacy and regulatory compliance.

• Provided advice to the company's principal operating subsidiaries and senior management teams. • Handled matters relating to marketing and advertising, privacy, corporate/commercial, intellectual property, information technology, corporate securities, financing and employment law.

• Associate in the corporate securities group specializing in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. • Experienced in public and private equity and debt transactions including prospectus qualifications, private placements, share sales, issuer bids and take-over bids.