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Law and Rights by Gérard Lévesque – week of September 15 – 21, 2009
There is a great number of francophone lawyers in the Toronto region. This week I present you Ilana Singer.
Since July 2009, Ilana Singer works an associate director of FAIR Canada (Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights). A national investor voice in securities regulations and a catalyst for advancement of shareholder and investor rights, the Foundation offers on its website www.faircanada.ca a well of information, particularly useful in the today`s unstable economic environment in which many people lost a large portion of value of their investments.
An experienced lawyer in securities regulations, Ilana Singer worked since 2001 to 2009 at the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). In her most recent role as Senior Advisor, International Affairs, she focused on shareholder and investor rights from a global perspective.
Ilana’s deep understanding of securities markets and regulation stems from her domestic and international work at the OSC, as well as her experience as a corporate and securities lawyer at McMillan LLP (1999-2001).
At the OSC, Ilana led the International Monetary Fund’s assessment of the securities regulatory framework in Ontario and, as the principal liaison within the OSC on international matters, routinely advised the OSC Chair and Vice-Chairs on areas of international interest.
One of her key projects was the corporate governance report for the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). That IOSCO report focuses on the rights of minority shareholders in listed issuers.
As a lawyer in the OSC’s Corporate Finance Branch, Ilana co-led the development and drafting of National Policy 41-201 Income Trusts and Other Indirect Offerings, and worked on a number of other significant projects and transactions, including the national prospectus instrument.
Ilana is fluent in French, Spanish and Hebrew, and is a member of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA).
Ilana co-chaired the first AIJA international business trusts conference and is a program leader with the Toronto Centre: Leadership in Financial Supervision. Ilana is also an avid cyclist, swimmer, and triathlete. Ilana completed her undergraduate studies in psychology (1994) at Queen’s University, and obtained her law degree (1997) from the University of Toronto.
Ilana Singer can be reached at FAIR Canada, 161 Bay Street, 27th floor, Toronto, M5J 2S1; tel: (416) 572-2215; e-mail: ilana.singer@faircanada.ca.
