Avechi Chimara
Biography
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Tinju Thomas
Biography
I am a Corporate Commercial Lawyer with over a decade of legal experience. I hold a Master’s degree in Law from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and am qualified to practice in both India and Ontario. Before beginning my practice in Canada, I worked in Bahrain and India, advising a wide range of businesses on corporate structuring, compliance, and governance matters. My practice focuses on Corporate Commercial Law, including corporate transactions such as incorporations, amalgamations, rollovers, share transfers and revivals. I also draft and review a variety of legal documents, such as agreements, resolutions and termination letters. Additionally, I support not-for-profit organizations and charities with by-law drafting, compliance guidance, and regulatory updates.
Ghazal Hamedani
Biography
Ghazal Hamedani is a partner at Kalfa Law, where she focuses on corporate and commercial law, with specialties in private mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance), corporate governance, and private financing. Her broad experience across various industries allows her to effectively represent private companies in diverse transactions, such as private placements, share and asset acquisitions, and dispositions. With her sharp legal skills, strategic vision, and leadership, Ghazal is a key asset to Kalfa Law, guiding clients through complex corporate matters. Before rejoining Kalfa Law, Ghazal worked at a prominent national law firm, supporting start-ups and large corporations alike. Her legal work spanned early-stage frameworks to multi-million-dollar M&A deals, enhancing her deep transactional law background and enabling her to deliver practical advice that aligns with clients’ business goals. Ghazal holds an LL.B. from Cardiff University, with advanced certificates in ESG and Climate Risk Law from Osgoode and Corporate Strategy from the University of London. Her commitment to staying current on legal developments is evident in her focus on sustainable finance, carbon markets, and climate risk, where she has published widely.
Hyunju (Crystal) Park
Biography
Hyunju (Crystal) Park is an associate in Gowling WLG's Toronto office, practicing in the firm's Business Law department. Her practice encompasses assisting businesses in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, structuring, and general corporate/commercial matters, with a focus on commercial technology transactions.
Crystal holds a Global Professional LLM from the University of Toronto, LLM in International Business Law (Thesis Track) from the University of Macau and an LLB from Yonsei University (South Korea).
Crystal currently serves as Section Executive (Newsletter Editor) for both the OBA Civil Litigation and Business Law sections for the 2023-2024 term. She also sits on the Board of Directors of the ITLNCA Networks Association, the not-for-profit organisation that formally started to facilitate OCIs for internationally-trained lawyers.
Monique Therese Rabideau
Biography
Monique Rabideau is the Practice Lead, Capital Markets and Securities for Practical Law Canada at Thomson Reuters. Practical Law Canada is a web-based legal solution. A team of expert lawyers creates and maintains updated information and precedents that provide legal know-how to lawyers, clerks and law students. Monique is a director and Past Chair of the Board of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre, the national charity that has been helping dancers across Canada make necessary transitions into, within, and from professional performing careers since 1985. Monique was a director of Orford Mining Corporation, a TSX Venture-listed gold and critical mineral explorer that was operating in Northern Quebec and eCobalt Solutions Inc., a TSX-listed company that was advancing a primary cobalt project in Idaho. Monique graduated magna cum laude from McGill in 1988 then obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto in 1991 after which she joined Fogler, Rubinoff LLP, a full service law firm in downtown Toronto. After 5 years, she was made a capital partner and left the firm after 22 years of private practice in the business law department. Monique assisted a variety of businesses with their legal needs, such as compliance with legal obligations and regulatory matters, corporate governance, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, borrowing, lending, issuances of securities and drafting documents such as disclosure, correspondence and agreements. She has also acted as secretary to many boards of directors. Clients have been in a wide range of industries and have ranged from private corporations solely owned by an individual to publicly-traded conglomerates. Monique has acted for dealers on financings through private placements and public offerings as well as their corporate acquisitions and reorganizations. She also has experience assisting registrants with their regulatory obligations.
Kathleen Louise Robichaud
Biography
Kathleen Robichaud is a sole practitioner practicing in Manotick, Ontario. Her practice is a solicitors practice meaning she works in the areas of Real Estate Law - both commercial and residential; Wills and Estates - including Estate Planning and she also practices Business Law including Incorporations; Partnerships; Buying and Selling a Business and Succession arrangements for businesses and business owners. She was called to the Ontario bar in 1999. Kathleen is an active member and volunteer with the Ontario Bar Association as well as the Canadian Bar Association. She has been working to help the Associations do better at providing programming and services that meets the needs of sole and small firm business lawyers and the kinds of clients and transactions they work with. Kathleen has worked primarily as a sole practitioner throughout her years of practice. Kathleen organizes, moderates and co-chairs Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programs for lawyers regularly and has done so for several years. She has been a previous speaker at Law Society CPD programs as well. She is a member of the County of Carleton Law (CCLA) Association and an active volunteer with the CCLA as well including acting as co-chair of the organizing Committee for the East Region Solicitors Conference.
