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Redwood City, California, Us

Equinix is a REIT and global leader in data center solutions (hyperscale and retail), growing connectivity in 200+ data centers spanning 5 continents. As Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate I lead construction advisory, project finance, renewable energy projects and advise on real estate matters across the Americas. This also includes advice on general Canadian legal matters and corporate governance as Equinix significantly expands its presence across the country.

New York, Ny, Us

WeWork is a global commercial real estate company that provides shared workspaces and office amenities. Members include creators, entrepreneurs, technology startups and fortune 100 enterprise companies with a need for flexible space. As Director, Real Estate & Special Counsel, Canada, I led on all Canadian legal matters with a focus on negotiations, leases, construction matters, financing and general corporate transactions. I advised a team of business unit leaders through unprecedented events and led legal strategy on two of the company’s highest performing regions.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

RBC is Canada’s largest bank, with a 25 million square foot global corporate real estate portfolio of retail, office, automated banking machine and data centre properties in more than 2,000 locations around the world. As Corporate Real Estate Counsel, I advised on a global portfolio of leased and owned properties, led on all construction matters for the bank, and undertook special projects. My experience included supporting litigation, employment, corporate governance, and all procurement matters for the group. I received RBC’s Simplicity Award for leading legal strategy on an agile initiative to accelerate project delivery of Canada’s largest branch network.

Toronto, On, Ca

IO is the hub of all infrastructure projects in the province and has built a reputation for international best practice in project delivery. As Legal Counsel at IO, I reviewed procurement and financing documentation, drafted and administered template project agreements, prepared negotiation materials for external counsel, drafted statements of claim for disputes, and provided legal support for the second largest real estate portfolio in Canada.During my articling term I also supported Corporate, Lending, Real Estate and Leasing, Procurement, and Litigation groups. My experience at IO spanned a variety of sectors, payment regimes, procurement routes, and touched on all phases of the contract lifecycle (pre-contract, execution, post-contract).

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

I led negotiations for professional service engagements at TELUS. My role involved developing vendor management strategies with a variety of internal business units for their management consulting, audit, service design, marketing, PCI compliance, cyber security, and telecom infrastructure needs. I negotiated significant savings, contributing to reduced capital and operating expenditures for a long-term, value driven approach. In addition to my work on procurement and strategic sourcing initiatives, I identified and mitigated intellectual property, privacy and confidentiality risks.Based on successes in professional services and initiative on complex deals, my role was expanded to include Tail Spend. This Tail Spend group systematically undertook the reduction of compounded low-spend transactions company-wide, some of which ballooned outside designated spend thresholds of the $300M+ portfolio. In this new role I trained and led the TELUS International team of 9 Vendor Managers to reach an average savings ratio of ~40%. I was also able to achieve the fiscal year's savings goal well in advance of Q2. For the duration of my term, I successfully completed over 50 engagements and projects with an average turnover time of 1.5 months.

Oakville, Ontario, Ca

Lakeland Consulting Inc. is a professional services provider that caters to the construction and infrastructure industries. The specialist consultancy provides Commercial Management and Contractual Claims services to owners, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, consultants, law firms and other such stakeholders in the sector. With offices across Canada, clients rely on the team of professionals at Lakeland to establish commercial processes and resolve disputes with the utmost discretion. I brought cross sector experience on health, transit, roadway infrastructure, oil and gas and energy projects. Deliverables included drafting a variety of documents, claim strategy, contract management and procurement procedures, and cost recovery. I often represented Lakeland at events held by professional bodies such as the CABC, CIQS, RICS, CBA and CCPPP.

London, England, Gb

Internship during law school for a major national firm in the UK. I was selected to work in Addleshaw Goddard's Banking and Project Finance practice areas. Examined loans, facility agreements, bond purchases, invoicing, and restructuring. Also gained exposure to project finance models and financing.

Program On Negotiation - Harvard Law School Negotiation Master Class

Llb, Commercial Law

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)