Master of Ceremonies
William C. McDowell
Partner
Lenczner Slaght
BLG STEPHEN SIGURDSON
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD RECIPIENT
John Laidlaw, KC
Chief Legal Officer
Irving Oil
CANADIAN GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE YEAR AWARD
Leo Caffaro
Vice President Legal, North America
Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc.
Christine Chen
General Counsel
University Pension Plan of Ontario (UPP)
Olivier Chouc
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Canadian National Railway
Michel Lalande
Executive Vice-President, Legal Affairs, Compliance and Secretariat
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Nadine Marguerite Letson
Head of Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, Canada
Microsoft Canada
Dominic Paradis
Executive Vice-President and General Counsel
National Bank of Canada
Craig Segal
Chief Legal & Global Procurement Officer
Hootsuite
Jennifer Suess
Senior Vice President, General Counsel,
ESG & Corporate Secretary
RioCan REIT
MCCARTHY TÉTRAULT INNOVATION AWARD
Conni Gibson
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Interac Corp.
Shannon Higginson & lululemon Legal Team
Chief Legal & Compliance Officer
lululemon
Farah Ismail
SVP, Chief Legal, Privacy and
Compliance Officer
Saint Elizabeth Healthcare (“SE Health”)
Sue-Lynn Noel
Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Purolator Inc.
Patrice Walch-Watson
Senior Managing Director, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
BLAKES JUDY L. WILSON DIVERSITY AWARD
Conni Gibson
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Interac Corp.
Av Maharaj
VP, Legal & Corporate Affairs
Kraft Heinz
Shara Roy
Chief Legal Counsel
Ernst & Young LLP
ESG AWARD
Delia Cristea
Partner, Chief Operating Officer
Power Sustainable
Jill Daley
General Counsel and VP, Corporate Affairs
Eli Lilly Canada Inc.
Carlton David Mathias
Chief Legal, ESG, and Governance Officer
Ontario Power Generation
Monic Pratch
Vice President, General Counsel,
Corporate Secretary and Sustainability
FortisBC
Nicole Natalie Vaz
and the Trillium Health Partners Legal Department
VP, General Counsel & Chief Compliance
and Privacy Officer
Trillium Health Partners
BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Chris Jackson
Chief Legal Officer, Senior VP of Operations
Peterson Group
Doug Nathanson
Chief Development Officer, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Empire Company Limited
William Liske
Leadership Coach and Cultural Liaison
Losani Homes
Alena Thouin
Chief Operating Officer
Ontario Financing Authority
LITIGATION MANAGEMENT AWARD
Mélissa Beaudry
Senior Legal Counsel
Bell Canada
Ernie Chan
General Counsel, Operations
Aecon Group Inc.
Mark Douglas Cooper
Chief Legal and Compliance Counsel
Marsh & Mercer Canada
Lorne O'Reilly, KC
Lead Counsel and Secretary
Dow Chemical Canada
Kristin Lynne Taylor
University Counsel & Chief Legal Officer
University of Toronto
Nickola Jane Voegelin
General Counsel
University of Waterloo
MID-MARKET EXCELLENCE AWARD
Andrea Fellows
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Amica Senior Lifestyles
Aileen Gien
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary Capstone
Capstone Infrastructure Corporation
Chris Jackson
Chief Legal Officer, Senior VP of Operations
Peterson Group
William Liske
Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Losani Homes
Dinesh Ramanathan
Senior Vice President, Legal
Fengate Asset Management
Steven Teal
General Counsel & Vice President, Legal
Canaccede Financial Group Ltd. (and Fidem Finance Inc.)
OSLER PURDY CRAWFORD DEAL MAKING AWARD
Michèle Lefaivre
Managing Director, Legal Affairs, Investment (Real Assets and Equities)
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Matthew (Matt) Segal
Director, Legal
OMERS Infrastructure
David Snarch
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary,
and Vice President
MDA Space Ltd.
Nadia Somani
Senior VP, Legal and Chief Compliance Officer
Forum Asset Management (“Forum”) Forum Real Estate Income and Impact Fund (“REIIF”)
Francesco Tallarico
Chief Legal Officer & Global Head of Government Relations
Apotex Inc.
Alysha Valenti
Executive Vice President & Chief Legal and Public Affairs Officer
Oxford Properties Group
SUN LIFE TOMORROW'S LEADER AWARD
Charbel (“Chuck”) Andary
Chief Legal Officer
Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority
Rachael Andrew
Director & Legal Counsel
Cortland Credit Group Inc.
Samson Ka Yang Chan
Associate General Counsel
London Drugs Limited
Benjamin Farrow
Managing Director
Brookfield Asset Management
John Murray
Senior Vice President, Legal
Slate Asset Management
Kosta Starostin
Vice President, Legal
Cohere Inc.