Bio for - McMillan

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Bio for - McMillan
Frank Palmay
Co-Chair, Financial Services Regulatory and Cybersecurity
Toronto
416.307.4037
[email protected]
education and year of call
practice areas
assurances
conformité réglementaire
organismes de bienfaisance et sans
but lucratif
gouvernance d'entreprise
droit des affaires
création d'entreprises
octroi de licences
services financiers
cybersécurité
industries
assurances
banques, finances et assurances
exploitation minière
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Called to the Barreau de l'Ontario bar - 1978
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University of Toronto, JD - 1976
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University of Sussex, M.Phil. (Biomedical Engineering)
(Commonwealth Scholar) - 1974
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University of Toronto, B.A.Sc. (Engineering Science) (Gold
Medal) - 1972
profile
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Partner as of 1981
Frank Palmay is a partner in the firm's Toronto office. Frank's
practice consists of general corporate and commercial law with
particular emphasis on insurance matters, health, technology
and mining exploration. In the insurance area, Frank has advised
on insurance and reinsurance company acquisitions,
domestications and reorganizations; policy drafting and review
and regulatory approvals; direct marketing; strategic planning
and coverage issues. For a number of years, Frank has also
advised several organizations in the not for profit and in the
health care sector, providing counsel on a wide range of areas
including governance, strategic alliances and general
commercial matters.
In the mining sector, Frank Palmay has advised on exploration
and mining projects in Canada, the United States, Ecuador,
Cuba, Iceland, Greenland and Kazakhstan. Frank also has
advised venture capital companies, Crown corporations,
manufacturers and research companies on technology and
commercial matters.
Frank is a prolific author and writes regularly for the firm's
bulletin Gain Insight. In 2014, Mondaq named Frank a top
contributor, ranking within the top 20 per cent of all authors
internationally, for his articles on insurance, privacy and data
protection, and corporate and commercial law.
directorships and professional associations
Frank Palmay is currently a director and a member of the
Corporate Governance Committee of Omega General Insurance
Company. He is also the Chair of Lifeline Syria, a not-for-profit
organization.
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Frank previously served as a director and as chair of the
Compensation Committee of Synergistics Inc. a public company
with manufacturing facilities in Canada and the United States.
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Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario Hungarian
Canadian Bar Association (Founding Member)
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Ultimate Corporate Counsel Guide Customer Advisory Board
Member
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Canadian Bar Association
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Ontario Bar Association
representative transactions
Frank Palmay has acted in the following regulatory insurance,
corporate insurance, mining, health, commercial, and technology
matters:
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Frank oversees the firm's collaboration with Ethidex Inc.'s
offering of Risk Manager® a web based risk management
and legislative compliance tool for insurance companies
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Acted as Canadian regulatory counsel for a European based
insurer in the sale of its worldwide reinsurance business for
US$1.6 billion
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Advised Médicins Sans Frontières (Doctors Wtithout
Borders) on risk management practices for their clinical trial
programs – pro bono.
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Acted for The Royal Conservatory of Music on its joint
venture with Carnegie Hall to establish The Carnegie Hall
Royal Conservatory Achievement Program throughout the
United States
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Advised an Ontario hospital on coverage issue arising from a
c-dificile breakout
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Acted for BBM Canada on its joint venture with Nielsen
Media Research to form BBM Nielsen Inc., which eliminated
the duplication of television audience data collection in
Canada
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Acted for a Canadian property and casualty insurer in its
post-acquisition reorganization of a nationwide insurer
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Since their inception, Frank has been responsible for leading
the firm team in its representation of a number of the
Community Care Access Centres in the greater Toronto
region for whom we are now general counsel providing
advice on a wide range of areas including governance,
RFP's, employment/labour matters, service and privacy
issues and general commercial matters
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Advised the Ontario primary health care doctors on the
implementation of Ontario's first tele-health initiative and
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[email protected]
worked closely with the Ontario Medical Association and the
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
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Represented three Ontario acute care hospitals and a
university on matters related to the liquidation of
Confederation Life
awards and rankings
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Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2017 as a leader in
Corporate Law and Insurance Law
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Listed in Chambers Canada 2016 as a leader in Insurance
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Practical Law Company's PLC Cross-border Insurance and
Reinsurance Handbook 2010 as a recommended
practitioner
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Received an "AV" Peer Review Rating, the highest rating
awarded from Martindale-Hubbell
teaching engagements
Frank frequently writes and lectures on insurance, risk
management and corporate governance and has lectured on
engineering, environmental and nuclear law, law office
management and corporate matters.
community involvement
Frank previously served as a Trustee of Holland Bloorview Kid's
Rehabilitation Hospital (formerly Bloorview MacMillan Children's
Centre), and was Chair of its Governance Committee and a
member of its Executive and Research Committees; was
formerly a director and chair of Providence Centre (hospital and
home for the aged); and was a founding member of Save the
Mothers a charity devoted to partnering to improve the lives of
mothers in the developing world.
publications
Septembre 2016
McMillan Cybersecurity Article Series
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Janvier 2016
Cybersecurity – The Legal Landscape in Canada
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Cybersecurity Bulletin
TerraLex
Novembre 2015
Increasing Corporate Penalties and Risk Management
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Commercial Times
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Novembre 2015
Increasing Corporate Penalties and Risk Management
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Ultimate Corporate Counsel Guide
Avril 2015
Increasing Corporate Penalties and Risk Management (Update
to "Seven Corporate Sins as a Source of Government Revenue
and Economic Stimulus")
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Insurance Bulletin
2 Décembre 2014
Know Your Regulator
(seulement disponible en anglais)
International Law Office – Insurance Canada Newsletter
Octobre 2014
Cyber-Risk – The Electronic Ebola of the 21st Century
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Insurance Bulletin
Octobre 2014
Know Your Regulator
(seulement disponible en anglais)
TerraLex Connections Newsletter
Août 2014
IBA Insurance Committee Substantive Project 2014: The Duty
of Utmost Good Faith: Canada
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Member of the McMillan Insurance Team who provided the
responses for Canada (Civil Law and Common Law) to the 2014
survey on the topic of The Duty of Utmost Good Faith,
International Bar Association, 2014 Annual Conference, Tokyo,
Japan
Mai 2014
Recent Quebec Manulife decision – Canary in the coalmine?
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Insurance Bulletin
Avril 2014
Conditions, Conditions Precedent and the Relief from Forfeiture
- The Tide is Shifting
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Insurance Bulletin
Octobre 2013
IBA Insurance Committee Substantive Project 2013: The Legal
Nature of Insurance Contracts
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Member of the McMillan Insurance Team who provided the
responses to the 2013 survey regarding the legal nature of
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insurance contracts under Canadian Civil Law and Common
Law, International Bar Association, 2013 Annual Conference,
Boston
Avril 2013
seven corporate sins as a source of government revenue and
economic stimulus1
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Insurance Bulletin
Novembre 2012
Coventree D & O coverage – important lessons to be learned
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Insurance Bulletin
Mai 2012
Dealing with participating funds – round 2 is final
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Insurance Bulletin
Mai 2012
Fraud and Misconduct by Financial Intermediaries
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Article written by Frank Palmay & Assunta Di Lorenzo prepared for CLHIA 2012 Compliance and Consumer
Complaints Annual Conference
Septembre 2011
one more 'brick' for the boundary wall of insurance
(seulement disponible en anglais)
International Law Office
Juin 2011
Ban on using credit scores for insurance widens and deepens
(seulement disponible en anglais)
International Law Office
Mai 2011
When supply chains break - Japan 2011
(seulement disponible en anglais)
International Law Office
Mars 2011
Risky business: doing business in near-failed and failed states
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Client bulletin
Février 2011
Applying insurance principles to derivatives
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Corporate Bulletin
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[email protected]
Janvier 2011
'ABC's of Insurance' and 'D&O Insurance'
(seulement disponible en anglais)
for CCH Ultimate Corporate Counsel Guide
presentations
Mai 2016
What you need to know about Corporate Governance in 2016
(seulement disponible en anglais)
LexisNexis Webinar
27 Avril 2016
The 10 Most Important Issues General Counsel Should Know
About Risk Transfer Involving Insurance
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, Webinar
Avril 2016
The Cyber Security Readiness of Canadian Organizations
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Hispanotech Exclusive Networking Event, Toronto, Ontario
2 Novembre 2015
Canada – Your NAFTA Gateway into the North American Market
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Presented at a seminary co-hosted by Ernst & Young and
Duane Morris & Selvam, Shanghai, China
27 Octobre 2015
Doing Business in Canada
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Presentation to clients and lawyers of Duane Morris & Selvam,
Singapore
27 Septembre 2012
Bullet-Proofing your Board
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Presented with Frank Palmay, Markus Koehnen and William
Sheridan, McMillan CPD Lecture Series
Mai 2012
Sound Business Practices in Managing Financial Crime
(seulement disponible en anglais)
Presented with Assunta Di Lorenzo and Robert Walsh of AXA
Group - CLHIA 2012 Compliance and Consumer Complaints
Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec
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