Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Partner

Kathryn practises corporate, commercial and securities law, with a dedicated focus on the investment management industry.

She advises Canadian fund managers on the establishment, operation and administration of investment funds and other investment vehicles, across all asset classes in Canada, including:

• mutual funds
• exchange-traded funds
• hedge funds
• close-ended funds
• pooled funds
• private market funds

She regularly advises managers on regulatory and compliance matters and governance issues affecting funds, including sales practices, independent review committees and conflict of interest matters. She also advises on regulatory and compliance matters impacting portfolio managers and dealers, as well as foreign managers on offering and marketing foreign funds in Canada.

In addition, Kathryn advises clients on merger and acquisition transactions and outsourcing transactions in the investment management industry.

During her time at BLG, Kathryn was seconded to a major mutual fund company.

Kathryn is the Toronto regional leader of BLG's Investment Management Group. She is also a member of the firm's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiative.

Professional Involvement

• Member, Responsible Investing / ESG Task Force, Investment Funds Institute of Canada
• Former Vice Chair, Legal and Compliance Working Group, Investment Funds Institute of Canada
• Member, Alternative Investment Management Association Canada
• Member, Ontario Bar Association

Education

• Executive Education - Accelerated Leadership Program, Harvard Law School, 2017
• LLB, Queen's University, 1999
• BA (Hons.), Queen's University, 1996

Bar Admission

• Ontario, 2001

Community Involvement

• Vice Chair, West Park Healthcare Centre Foundation
• Volunteer, BLG Reads to Kids Program