Hartley Lefton Associate Toronto Tel : 416.307.4164 Fax : 416.865.7048 Email : hartley.lefton@mcmillan.ca VCard :

Professional Activities

Hartley Lefton joined the firm's Corporate and Commercial Law Group in Toronto in June 2007. He is also a member of the firm's Capital Markets and Insurance sub-groups.

Hartley has a wide-ranging general corporate practice. He provides advice to clients with respect to their ongoing operations, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), new incorporations, director responsibilities and liability, shareholder and partnership agreements, and all aspects of doing business in Canada (including extra-provincial licensing, business registrations, and tax issues). He has also developed excellent working relationships with federal and provincial financial institution regulators.

Hartley has particular experience in regulatory matters in insurance law. His transactional experience plays a key role in his counsel to clients which gives him practical insight on the interaction between regulatory compliance and business requirements. Hartley's practice includes licensing insurance companies and brokerages across Canada and advising insurance companies and brokers on ongoing compliance issues such as related party transactions. His familiarity with the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions ("OSFI") supervisory framework, and with accounting and actuarial issues, adds additional dimensions to his insurance work.

Since 2007, Hartley has represented the firm in a joint venture with Ethidex Risk Management & Compliance solutions. He is responsible for overseeing content and legislative updates for this insurance compliance software product based on the OSFI Supervisory Framework and provincial insurance legislation. He synthesizes legislation and guidelines into compliance and risk management requirements by business function including accounting and actuarial standards.

The Law Society of Upper Canada selected Hartley to serve as a tutor to students writing the Ontario Bar examination in the area of corporate law. Hartley has served as Associate Chair of the firm's United Way campaign since 2010.

Memberships

• Advisory Board member, Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee
• Second Vice-President, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
• Canadian Bar Association
• Ontario Bar Association
  
  

• Acted for a European insurer in selling its Canadian insurance operations for $3.1B.
• Acted for American hedge funds in purchasing the shares of Canadian businesses worth up to $75M.
• Acted for a Canadian insurance company in making $50M worth of investments in various related party investment partnerships.
• Acted for Canadian insurance companies engaged in amalgamating operations.
• Acted for foreign insurance companies in establishing branches in Canada.

March 2012 Ontario Court of Appeal recognises new tort for invasion of privacy Insurance & Reinsurance ILO Newsletter

March 2012 divergent paths – securities regulatory authorities in nine Canadian jurisdictions propose to adopt different rules for registration of non-resident investment fund managers securities and public markets bulletin

February 2012 international investment fund managers may need to register in Canada - revised registration requirements and exemptions for non-resident investment fund managers published for comment securities and public markets bulletin

August 16, 2011 Every Bulldog has its day: appeal court rules on insurance for unusable products International Law Office