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12 www.canadianlawyermag.com/inhouse Lucie Tedesco brings financial regulation experience to McCarthy Tétrault Joining the firm as senior counsel in the national financial services department, Lucie Tedesco has spent more than two decades in the finance industry. Tedesco served as commissioner of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, was a member of the federal Financial Institutions Supervisory Committee, an ex-officio board member of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, a board member of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and chairwoman of the International Financial Consumer Organisation. Tedesco's practice will entail advising clients on financial regulation and serving as counsel to sectors subject to market requirements, according to a McCarthy Tétrault press release. Sébastien Richemont joins Fasken Joining the partnership in the litigation group, Sébastien Richemont has more than 20 years in the practice, spending the beginning of his career at Woods LLP, focusing on litigation, arbitration and insolvency. Richemont also works as a lecturer and professor in a training program sponsored by the Université du Québec à Montréal — a 15-hour training seminar for lawyers. Throughout his career, Richemont has led several manufacturer's liability class actions and has "been at the forefront" of numerous mandates in information technology, energy, securities litigation and defamation, according to a Fasken press release. INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE NAME LEAVING (COMPANY LISTED) JOINING (COMPANY LISTED) NEW POSITION Guillaume Lavoie Lavery de Billy LLP Torys LLP The leader in M&A, private equity and venture capital is joining the firm's Montreal office. Michael Smith General Motors of Canada Bennett Jones LLP Former in-house lawyer joins firm's Toronto office Lucie Tedesco Financial Consumer Agency of Canada McCarthy Tétrault LLP Former deputy commissioner of the FCAC joins McCarthy Tétrault as senior counsel Sébastien Richemont Woods LLP Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Litigator is an expert in manufacturer's and professional liability Jeff Wreschner Masuch Law LLP McLeod Law LLP Commercial litigator and employment lawyer joins the Calgary firm Eugene Chen Nerland Lindsey LLP McLeod Law LLP Chen brings more than 20 years experiences in securities, corporate finance and M&A. Simon McCleary Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP DLA Piper (Canada) LLP g. McCleary joins the litigation, arbitration and investigations group. Charlene Ripley Goldcorp Inc. SNC-Lavalin Ripley joins SNC as executive vice president and general counsel. PEOPLE Canada appoints first pay equity commissioner The Canadian Human Rights Commission has tapped Karen Jensen for the brand-new role of pay equity commissioner. Formerly practice group leader of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP's labour and employment practice, Jensen has practised in human rights law, constitutional law and labour and employment law and has advised organizations on sexual harassment, compliance with domestic, international and constitutional human rights standards and professional misconduct. Jensen was assistant dean at the University of Ottawa's faculty of law and adjudicated and mediated human rights disputes at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal from 2005 to 2009. "The new pay equity commissioner will help ensure that everyone within federal jurisdiction receives equal pay for work of equal value," said chief commissioner Marie-Claude Landry in a CHRC press release.