About

Following her graduation from the University of Ottawa in 1998, Danielle Lavallée joined the large Canadian law firm Borden Ladner Gervais. Her work there focused primarily on the provision of corporate and commercial work for companies in electricity, gas, power generation and telecommunications. Lavallée made her mark with excellent legal support to various municipal electric utilities in the restructuring of Ontario’s electricity industry. She departed Borden Ladner Gervais in January 2004 to join Toronto Hydro Corporation, where she gained eight years of experience overseeing the legal and compliance function in an in-house capacity. The diverse experience of providing legal advice at the highest level in both in-house and private practice roles gave Lavallée a unique perspective when assuming the responsibility for Philips Canada’s legal division. As general counsel and member of Philips Canada’s Executive Management committee, Lavallée oversees all legal matters for the highly diversified business. During her time in the role, Lavallée has contributed to the improvement of the department’s reputation in the company and has developed a function that has come to be recognised for the speed and precision of its work.