Experience

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  Nova scotia securities commission

  Apr 1989 - Jun 1996

  Corporate finance accountant

  Corporate Finance Accountant

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  Osler hoskin & harcourt

  Jun 1996 - Sept 2000

  Associate

  Member of Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology, and General Corporate practice groups, with a corporate and securities transactional practice.

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  Brobeck, phleger & harrison

  Sept 2000 - Jan 2002

  Associate

  Corporate and securities transactional practice for technology and emerging growth companies, including mergers and acquisitions, private securities offerings, venture capital financing and general corporate counseling.

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  Axeda systems inc.

  Jan 2002 - Mar 2004

  Vp and general counsel

  Member of the executive management team and legal advisor to the Board, Chairman and CEO and other senior executives regarding all legal matters, including corporate, securities, intellectual property, commercial transactions, litigation, employment and real estate matters.

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  Irving group moncton

  Apr 2004 - Dec 2007

  Vp and general counsel

  Member of the senior corporate management team reporting to the reported to the President of the Irving Group Moncton companies. Responsible for managing a legal department of four, developing and implementing centralized legal and risk functions at the corporate level and providing day-to-day legal counsel to senior management of the Irving Group Moncton companies.

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  Mcinnes cooper

  Jan 2008 - now

  Partner

  Practice in the areas of corporate finance, corporate and cross-border.