JULY 2016
14
INHOUSE
Jason Young
Head of legal at
PayPal Canada
Barbara Silverberg
Head of legal at
Dell Canada
Lara Speirs
General counsel & vice
president regulatory affairs,
Randstad Canada
Robert Soccio
General counsel, corporate
secretary, compliance officer,
director of human resources,
Navistar Canada
JASON YOUNG: The fi rst
lawyer PayPal has retained
in Canada since it entered
the market 10 years ago.
The global legal function
has more than 200 lawyers
from Singapore to Germany
to Israel and all points in
between. Young is the only
lawyer in Canada and has
been in the role 16 months.
BARBARA SILVERBERG:
Head of legal for Dell Canada
in the job about eight years.
She has a team of six — two
lawyers, two paralegals, and
two contracts managers —
who do contract drafting
and negotiating.
LARA SPEIRS: Randstad is
headquartered in Diemen,
Netherlands and present in
40 different countries. She is
the fi rst general counsel for
Randstad Canada. Speirs runs
a team of fi ve but is the only
lawyer. She has a director of
contracts and three others
managing contracts. Speirs is
also the chief privacy offi cer
and manages public affairs
at Randstad.
ROBERT SOCCIO: Soccio is
the only lawyer in Canada for
Navistar Canada, but the legal
department of the company
consists of more than 20
lawyers. The company has
operations primarily in
Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and
Brazil.
ALENA THOUIN: The general
counsel and corporate
secretary with Alterna Savings
and Alterna Bank is the head
of the legal function and
holds the compliance role
as well. Her department
consists of three lawyers
including herself. She is the
fi rst general counsel within
the organization and has been
there there for two years .
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