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Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• As Commercial and Corporate Legal Counsel, I:
• Advise leadership on operational, legal and reputational matters while anticipating and mitigating risks;
• Proactively build relationships with stakeholders to provide thoughtful advice and analysis that supports organizational goals and objectives; and
• Create efficient processes, self-service tools and introduce technologies that offer a positive return on investment, and which strengthen the legal teams’ profile within UHN.

Toronto, ON, CA

• As Senior Legal Counsel, I:
• Provided leadership with strategic counsel and independently drafted, reviewed, and negotiated a broad range of commercial agreements and related documents, including: MSA and SaaS agreements, SOWs and SLAs, vendor.
• Championed change by leading on initiatives that advanced the delivery of in-house legal services. Examples include: creating and rolling-out a legal Comms channel; an intake review process; introducing a cost-saving.
• Advised senior leadership and stakeholders on a variety of legal and regulatory compliance matters including: business and corporate law, contract law, intellectual property law, and multijurisdictional privacy law.
• Lead on privacy and training content to ensure on-going compliance with legal obligations by partnering with leaders and stakeholders to devise corporate adherence and risk mitigation strategies.
• Oversaw corporate intellectual property, real estate, licensing and insurance portfolios.

Mississauga, Ontario, CA

• As Director of Contracts, I:
• Interpreted complex commercial and legal scenarios and advised the business on legal terms, risk and responsibilities while providing leadership with strategic direction and legal expertise to support growth.
• Supported business development by creating a professional services SOW from scratch to monetize custom integrations with client PMS and health information systems, including Epic.
• Drafted and concluded, amongst others: confidentiality/NDA, pharmacy supply, distribution, marketing, consultant and contractor agreements, SaaS, IT service agreements, financing and commercial leases.
• Aligned contracting processes with business objectives and drove the contract lifecycle from start to finish, advising stakeholders, clients, vendors, investors, and others through the contracting process.
• Provided strategic guidance to retail and pharmacy operations and advised on US healthcare, pharmacy law and other regulated compliance programmes, including HIPAA and US Federal and State Medicare.

• I provided advice and counsel to clients in the areas of employment, litigation, governance, privacy and contracting.Summary of Employment and Contract law experience:
• Provided timely and practical legal solutions to meet the needs of my large public sector employer.
• Advised on a variety of human resources issues, including handling complex investigations on employee conduct and performance, disabilities management, mergers and restructurings.
• Drafted employment agreements, severance agreements and consulting agreements.
• Drafted workplace policies and procedures and oversaw their implementation and compliance.
• Expert in developing Partnership Agreements between local and central government and NHS Trusts.

Diss, Norfolk, GB

• Advised national and international companies on UK & EU IP, data protection and competition law.
• Researched Canadian Revenue Authority, UK tax authority and ICO legislation, legal precedents and regulations, and advised an international tech company on their tax affairs.
• Worked start to finish on a multi-national corporate restructure and other projects including a company sale by shares, which included drafting of share purchase agreements and appropriate indemnities.
• Advised a national trade body on changes to law and prepared bespoke T&Cs and legal documents.
• Provided comprehensive company secretarial services and corporate governance advice to clients, including new incorporations, preparation of memoranda, articles of association, management of books and statutory.

Diss, Norfolk, GB

• Advised on organizational restructures, including redundancies, business transfers, trade union agreements, and pensions.
• Drafted compromise and service agreements, employment contracts, company policy handbooks, and seminar training materials.
• Advised on complex grievances, disciplinary and discrimination issues.
• Progressed litigation claims and settlement negotiations directly or through mediation.

Diss, Norfolk, GB

• Advised on, negotiated and resolved commercial property issues for landlords and public sector clients.
• Prepared a variety of documents, including contracts of sale, leases, deeds, licences, options, overages, funding and other agreements.

Diss, Norfolk, GB

• Progressed various family law matters from start to finish for a diverse set of clients.
• Instructed and briefed legal counsel and attended court on behalf of clients.

Legal Accreditation, Canadian Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence

Lpc, Postgraduate Diploma In Legal Practice

Bachelor Of Laws - Ll.B., With Honours

Bachelor Of Arts, International Studies And Western European History