CHIEF LEGAL OFFICERS FROM
CANADA'S TOP COMPANIES
ARE READY TO TAKE ON
SOME OF THE TOUGHEST
CHALLENGES FACING LEGAL
DEPARTMENTS TODAY.
I
BY JENNIFER BROWN
n the fast-paced world of Canadian
business, trying to predict what will
dominate the agendas of corporate
law departments in 2013 can be
tough, but it's fair to say the job of
in-house counsel is becoming more
complex as regulatory and compliance matters dominate the headlines.
From Canada's anti-spam law, Bill C-28,
which has passed but is not yet in force,
and heightened concern around anti-corruption practices, to a morphing of their
own roles into more strategic senior business leaders, we asked six top Canadian
general counsel to consider what their
main challenges will be this year. Often,
transactional activity and international
expansion dictate they must consider alternative structures for delivering legal services to their business units and many we
spoke with confirm this is an issue they're
tackling in the months ahead.
Proof of this can be found in the following snapshots of discussions we held with
general counsel in a vareity of industries
about everything from legislative pressures
and external firm relationships to the challenges of diversity.
Geoffrey Creighton
SVP, general counsel
IGM Financial Inc.
Jane Fedoretz
Vice president and general
counsel CEDA International
Corp.
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