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 Called to the Barreau de l'Ontario bar - 1978 University of Toronto, JD - 1976 University of Sussex, M.Phil. (Biomedical Engineering) (Commonwealth Scholar) - 1974 University of Toronto, B.A.Sc. (Engineering Science) (Gold Medal) - 1972 profile 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. McMillan LLP | Lawyers | Vancouver | Calgary | Toronto | Ottawa | Montréal | Hong Kong | mcmillan.ca 1/6 Frank Palmay t: 416.307.4037 [email protected] 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. Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario Hungarian Canadian Bar Association (Founding Member) Ultimate Corporate Counsel Guide Customer Advisory Board Member Canadian Bar Association Ontario Bar Association representative transactions Frank Palmay has acted in the following regulatory insurance, corporate insurance, mining, health, commercial, and technology matters: 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 Acted as Canadian regulatory counsel for a European based insurer in the sale of its worldwide reinsurance business for US$1.6 billion Advised Médicins Sans Frontières (Doctors Wtithout Borders) on risk management practices for their clinical trial programs – pro bono. 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 Advised an Ontario hospital on coverage issue arising from a c-dificile breakout 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 Acted for a Canadian property and casualty insurer in its post-acquisition reorganization of a nationwide insurer 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 Advised the Ontario primary health care doctors on the implementation of Ontario's first tele-health initiative and McMillan LLP | Lawyers | Vancouver | Calgary | Toronto | Ottawa | Montréal | Hong Kong | mcmillan.ca 2/6 Frank Palmay t: 416.307.4037 [email protected] worked closely with the Ontario Medical Association and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Represented three Ontario acute care hospitals and a university on matters related to the liquidation of Confederation Life awards and rankings Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2017 as a leader in Corporate Law and Insurance Law Listed in Chambers Canada 2016 as a leader in Insurance Practical Law Company's PLC Cross-border Insurance and Reinsurance Handbook 2010 as a recommended practitioner 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 McMillan LLP | Lawyers | Vancouver | Calgary | Toronto | Ottawa | Montréal | Hong Kong | mcmillan.ca 3/6 Frank Palmay t: 416.307.4037 [email protected] 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 McMillan LLP | Lawyers | Vancouver | Calgary | Toronto | Ottawa | Montréal | Hong Kong | mcmillan.ca 4/6 Frank Palmay t: 416.307.4037 [email protected] 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 McMillan LLP | Lawyers | Vancouver | Calgary | Toronto | Ottawa | Montréal | Hong Kong | mcmillan.ca 5/6 Frank Palmay t: 416.307.4037 [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 McMillan LLP | Lawyers | Vancouver | Calgary | Toronto | Ottawa | Montréal | Hong Kong | mcmillan.ca 6/6