LAURA PAGLIA
President and Chief Executive Officer
Prior to joining the IIAC as President and CEO in August 2021, Laura Paglia provided legal representation and advice to a broad range of participants in capital markets, wealth and financial services industries at large. These include domestic and foreign banks, insurance companies, investment dealers, investment fund managers, exempt market dealers, and various public issuers. Laura also represented and advised a variety of individual professionals such as Boards of Directors and/or their Special Committees, Chief Executive Officers, Ultimate Designated Persons, Chief Compliance Officers, research analysts, investment bankers, institutional traders, portfolio managers, and investment and mutual fund advisors.
Laura is a frequent speaker and writer on topical and emerging industry issues.
Laura was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1997. She obtained a LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1994 and an LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2014.
Laura’s professional recognitions include:
- Selected by peers for inclusion from 2013 – 2021 in The Best Lawyers in Canada editions (Corporate and Commercial Litigation).
- Recognized in the 2021, 2018, 2017 editions of Benchmark Canada – The Definitive Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys as a “Local Litigation Star: Ontario”.
- Recognized as a 2020 and 2019 Acritas Star.
