Alison Harnick,
general counsel and
corporate secretary,
First Capital Realty
Inc., a developer and
owner of commercial
properties in major
markets in Canada.
Her legal department
has seven lawyers, six
clerks/paralegals, five
legal assistants and
one records manage
-
ment professional.
Sony Gokhale,
general counsel,
Supreme Cannabis
Co., a licensed pro-
ducer in Canada. In
three years, Supreme
has grown to about
540 employees.
Gokhale's legal team
has grown to three,
supporting all busi
-
ness functions.
Rustam (Rusty) Juma,
general counsel
and Corporate
Secretary, Eckler Ltd.,
a 92-year-old actuarial
consulting firm with
offices across Canada
and the Caribbean.
Juma is Eckler's first
general counsel.
Vivian Leung,
general counsel,
BlueCat Networks,
a DNS software com-
pany with about 380
employees world-
wide. Its customers
are large enterprises
that use DNS soft-
ware to keep their
employees connect-
ed. Her legal group
has two lawyers.
David Forrest,
general counsel,
Canada Goose Inc.,
which makes coats
and sells them all
over the world.
The legal department
is Forrest, two lawyers
and a legal assistant.
He was the first
internal legal hire
for Canada Goose
five years ago.
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