Providing Strategic Advice on Legal Liabilities

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Raman Grewal is a partner in the Corporate Group. She practises principally in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, having expertise in a wide range of matters including domestic and international securities offerings, corporate governance, and securities regulatory compliance. She has counselled Canadian and international issuers and underwriters on a wide range of capital markets transactions and securities regulatory matters, including boards of directors, public and private issuers, dealers, advisers, investment funds, and asset managers. She also advises on capital markets infrastructure and compliance, including fintech and other developments in the capital markets. Raman has a lead role in training and educating practice group members about legal, regulatory, and market developments through formal and informal education initiatives, including internal and external continuing legal education, publications, and presentations. She is also responsible for developing and managing legal content and current awareness to ensure that both lawyers and clients have the benefit of the firm’s collective legal expertise and the latest in legal and industry developments. Professional Activities Raman is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, the Canadian Bar Association, and the American Bar Association and has recently completed her mandate as a member of the Securities Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission. She is also a member of Stikeman Elliott’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the Toronto office, as well as a member of the firm’s Professional & Ethics Committee. Raman is one of the managing editors of the Corporate Governance Report and teaches corporate governance matters as part of the Master of Finance Program at the Schulich School of Business, York University. She has also written and presented on a wide range of topics relating to her capital markets practice. Background Prior to joining Stikeman Elliott, Raman practised corporate finance and securities with a major Toronto law firm and articled as a law clerk to the Chief Justice and Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Mr. Jull is a Partner at Gardiner Roberts LLP and completed a two-year interchange with the Competition Bureau Legal Services in Ottawa in the position of General Counsel from 2016 to 2018. Mr. Jull is the co-author of Profiting from Risk Management and Compliance (Thomson Reuters, 2023; co-authored with the Honourable Todd Archibald). A Student Edition of this text is used in a course taught by Mr. Jull at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, entitled Financial Crimes and Corporate Compliance, and at the graduate level at Osgoode Hall Law School. Mr. Jull conducts compliance reviews and litigates disputes that involve a compliance component. His risk and compliance practice includes reviews of mergers and acquisitions and spans a diverse range of subject areas, including competition law and regulatory standards in areas such as the environment and telecommunications. As part of risk management, Mr. Jull provides advice to organizations on a due diligence matrix for compliance. The matrix is based on a mathematical model which incorporates new behavioral research. Mr. Jull has litigated cases at all levels of courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada and courts of appeal, in areas including constitutional and tax law, telecommunications, securities oppression, environmental offences, misleading/deceptive advertising, and civil/criminal fraud. Mr. Jull is listed in the Who’s Who Legal–Canada Report 2022, Business Crime Defence. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto (Victoria College), 1978, and Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., 1981; LL.M., 1985).

Over four decades of legal practice in complex commercial and constitutional litigation, arbitration and mediation, administrative law, trade law, and international law. Repeatedly recognized as a leader in these fields by Chambers Global, Lexpert, and Best Lawyers. He has appeared as lead counsel before all Canadian federal and Québec courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as numerous administrative tribunals and boards. He has advised and represented a variety of clients in relation to all manner of trade issues, trade agreements, and trade negotiations. He has acted as a panellist in three bi-national panels created under NAFTA. A frequent speaker on various subjects, including recent trade treaties signed by Canada. He served as President of the Canadian Bar Association from 2002 to 2003 and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is also a member of several organizations, including the London College of International Arbitration and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Fluent in English and French, both spoken and written.

Nadir Patel is a Senior Strategic Advisor in the Business Law Group. He provides strategic advice on regulatory affairs, global government relations, ESG-related matters, and doing business in international markets. Prior to joining us, Nadir held a series of high-level government positions over a distinguished career in Canada's public service. Most recently, he served as Canada's High Commissioner for the Republic of India, where he oversaw Canada's largest embassy abroad, with eight offices across the country. He managed Canada's presence and programs in India and the nearby region, including political and diplomatic relations, security and defence ties, public affairs, consular and migration matters. He also played a key role in developing one of Canada's fastest-growing commercial relationships, addressing complex market access issues and advising on two-way market entry and investment strategies with Canadian and Indian CEOs, their executive teams, and senior government leaders. Prior to his arrival in India, Nadir served as Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer for Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. His mandate included strategic planning, finance, human resources, labour relations, information technology, risk management, contracting, procurement, and real property. From 2009 to 2011, Nadir was Canada's Consul General in Shanghai, managing Canada's presence in Eastern China, facilitating trade, investment, and political relations, and promoting Canada's participation in the 2010 World Expo. Prior to that, Nadir held a series of senior government positions, including Chief of Staff to the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, where he helped write Canada's first national security policy. He also served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, and subsequently became Canada's Chief Air Negotiator, negotiating an unprecedented 43 international airspace treaties, including a ground-breaking open-skies agreement with the European Union. Nadir began his career as a tax auditor at the Kitchener-Waterloo offices of Revenue Canada and subsequently served in progressively senior positions in the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency's offices in Montreal and Ottawa, including Senior Departmental Assistant to the Minister of National Revenue, Director of Ministerial Services, and Corporate Secretary. Nadir is Managing Director at Fairfax Consulting, Strategic Advisor to the President of Huron University, and sits on the boards of Canadian Tire Corporation and Jumpstart Charities. He has served on several private, Crown corporation, and not-for-profit boards and is a frequent speaker and presenter.

Yana is an associate in Boughton’s Securities Law practice group. She assists public and private companies with a wide range of corporate, commercial, and transactional matters, including financings, public offerings, private placements, stock exchange listings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate reorganizations. She also advises clients with respect to securities regulatory compliance, stock exchange matters, and corporate governance. Leveraging her experience as a business lawyer in Russia—before moving to Canada in 2013—Yana graduated with her J.D. from the University of Victoria, Faculty of Law. Prior to law school, Yana founded and operated a business. While completing her J.D., Yana interned at the BC Securities Commission, where she assisted the Capital Markets, Derivatives, and Fintech Regulation divisions. Yana also provided legal services to businesses with limited means at UVic Law’s Business Law Clinic. These experiences helped Yana understand and serve clients’ needs better. Yana’s dedication to the legal profession extends beyond her role as an associate. She currently serves as Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s Law Students Section and is a founder and former executive of the UVic LawTech Society. Yana also speaks fluent Russian and Ukrainian.