Capital Markets Tribunal announces new members of the Securities Proceedings Advisory Committee

TORONTO, Jan. 18, 2024 /CNW/ - The Capital Markets Tribunal is pleased to announce the updated membership of the Securities Proceedings Advisory Committee (SPAC).

The SPAC advises the Governance & Tribunal Secretariat on a variety of policy and procedural initiatives relating to the Capital Markets Tribunal.

The SPAC includes members in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario who are currently practicing, or have within the last three years practiced, in the area of securities litigation. Members serve three-year terms that may be extended. Staff of the OSC's Enforcement Branch, General Counsel's Office and Governance & Tribunal Secretariat also serve on the Committee.

The Governance & Tribunal Secretariat is pleased to welcome Brian Kolenda, Lenczner Slaght LLP, and to announce the extension of the terms of Karen Manarin, RCMP, Toronto Integrated Market Enforcement Team, and Natalia Vandervoort, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. The Governance & Tribunal Secretariat gratefully acknowledges the contribution of Doug McLeod, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, whose term has concluded. 

The Committee is currently composed of the following members:

Simon Bieber	Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP
Robert Blair	Governance & Tribunal Secretariat, OSC
Sarah Bowden	Foreman & Company
Raphael T. Eghan	Dentons Canada LLP
Derek Ferris	Enforcement Branch, OSC
Samantha Gordon	McMillan LLP
Grace Knakowski	Governance & Tribunal Secretariat, OSC (Chair)
Brian Kolenda	Lenczner Slaght LLP
Karen Manarin	RCMP, Toronto Integrated Market Enforcement Team
Anna K. Markiewicz	Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP
John Picone	Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Cullen Price	General Counsel's Office, OSC
Carolyn Slon	Governance & Tribunal Secretariat, OSC (secretary to SPAC)
Johanna Superina	Enforcement Branch, OSC
Lauren Tomasich	Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Natalia Vandervoort	Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Jonathan Wansbrough	Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Additional information about the SPAC, including its mandate, is available on the Capital Markets Tribunal's website.

The Capital Markets Tribunal is an independent division of the OSC that is assigned the power to conduct hearings under the Ontario Securities Act and the Commodity Futures Act and to independently determine all questions of fact or law in any proceeding before it under those Acts.

SOURCE Ontario Securities Commission

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