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llapalme@casselsbrock.com

Telephone: 416 869 5781
Fax: 416 644 9353

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
2100 Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 3C2
Canada

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Laurie LaPalme

Laurie is a partner in the firm. She practises in the areas of corporate and commercial law, with an emphasis on corporate and regulatory insurance, transactions, corporate reorganizations and governance involving both public and private companies. In addition to her insurance, corporate and regulatory practice, Laurie has experience acting as corporate counsel to clients in a broad range of industries including fashion, manufacturing and information technology. In addition to her general business clients, Laurie’s clients include both domestic and foreign life and general insurance companies, insurance agents and brokers, reinsurance companies and other financial services clients.

Laurie’s corporate and insurance regulatory practice involves mergers and acquisitions, portfolio transfers, demutualization, corporate reorganizations, formation of insurers, federal and provincial licensing, corporate governance, compliance matters and working with both federal and provincial regulators. She has also advised insurance clients in connection with the establishment and operation of captive insurers, self-funded deductible programs and other risk retention and transfer structures. Laurie assists clients with respect to entry into Canada, including the incorporation, organization and financing of their companies, the drafting of shareholder, partnership and joint venture agreements, purchase and sale agreements, as well as the drafting of a range of commercial agreements, outsourcing agreements, security agreements and service agreements.

Laurie regularly organizes and presents seminars to clients and professional associations. She is also responsible for the firm’s Business Law Group Newsletter, which is published quarterly.

Education

LL.B., University of Western Ontario, 1998
BBA Hons., Wilfrid Laurier University, 1995

Achievements

Call to the bar

Associations

• Canadian Bar Association
• Ontario Bar Association