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

TORONTO , Jan. 8, 2025 /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 securities litigation. Members serve three-year terms that may be extended. Staff from the Ontario Securities Commission's (OSC's) Enforcement, General Counsel's Department and Governance & Tribunal Secretariat also serve on the Committee.

The Governance & Tribunal Secretariat is pleased to welcome Maureen Doherty, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Ljiljana Stanic, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, and Stephanie Voudouris, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, and to extend the term of Jonathan Wansbrough, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP.

The Governance & Tribunal Secretariat gratefully acknowledges the contributions of John Picone, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP and Sarah Bowden, Foreman & Company whose terms have recently concluded. 

The Committee is currently composed of the following members:

Simon Bieber                          Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP

Robert Blair                            Governance & Tribunal Secretariat, OSC

Maureen Doherty                    Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Raphael T. Eghan                    Dentons Canada LLP

Derek Ferris                            Enforcement, 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

Cullen Price                             General Counsel's Department, OSC

Carolyn Slon                           Governance & Tribunal Secretariat, OSC (secretary to SPAC)

Ljiljana Stanic                         McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Johanna Superina                    Enforcement, OSC

Lauren Tomasich                     Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Natalia Vandervoort               Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Stephanie Voudouris              Cassels Brock & Blackwell 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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