Jennifer Babe

· Recognized in the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Lexpert /American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada

· Repeatedly recognized in Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading practitioner in banking law and the corporate mid-market category

· Received Ontario Bar Association's Distinguished Service Award 2008

· Honoured by the Legal Education and Action Fund in 2010 as a woman in the law who makes a difference for other women

· Named one of Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women 2004, by Women's Executive Network in the Professionals category

Representative Work

· Assisting clients to comply with changing requirements to meet local legislation for national retail and wholesale sales, financing and leasing of goods and services

· Analysis of priorities among creditors and enforcement of remedies for recovery of goods and payments owed

· Cross border secured sales for vendors and lessors and their lenders

Directorships

· Director, YMCA of Greater Toronto

· Director, TMCA Canada

· Director, Metrolinx (GO Transit)

· Director, Canadian Finance and Leasing Association

· Former director Friends of Shopping Bag Ladies

· Institute of Corporate Directors, Institute-Certified Director, ICD.D

· Listed in "Women in the Lead" Ivey Women in Management Newsletter Directory; a national directory of Canadian women whose professional expertise and experience recommend them as candidates

· Miller Thomson's designate as a Founding Member of the Canadian Board Diversity Council

Community Involvement

· Past Chair of the Commercial Law Strategy Committee of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada

· Past Chair, Business Section, Canadian Bar Association

· Past Chair, Business Section, Ontario Bar Association

· Fund raising for the United Way of Greater Toronto

Memberships

· Member, Canadian Bar Association

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, International Women's Forum

· Member, Institute of Corporate Directors

Faculty Experience

· Lecturer for the Canadian Bar Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School and others on various business subjects

· Former Assistant Head of the Business Law Faculty for the Bar Admission Course, Ontario

Published Works

· Sale of a Business (Toronto: LexisNexis; 8th edition 2011)

· Sale of a Business (Toronto: LexisNexis; 7th edition 2008); this is also printed as part of Canadian Forms & Precedents loose leaf series with my bi annual updates

· Creditors' Remedies in Ontario, with Meehan, Eugene; Byers, David R.; Conway, Thomas; Kincaid, Barbara; Simpson, William (Toronto: LexisNexis; 2nd edition in 2008); three of my chapters have been updated and printed as part of the loose leaf Canadian Forms & Precedents - Debtor and Creditor series with my bi annual updates.

· Canadian Commercial Law Guide, contributing author (CCH, loose-leaf); updated the Personal Property Security chapter in 2007 with my partner, Maxime Rheaume, who provided the civil law portions.

· Business Laws of Canada, 2009, 2010, 2011 editions, West Publishing, a Miller Thomson LLP project and I am the contributing author for the chapter on consumer laws of Canada

Representative Articles:

· "The Motor Vehicle Dealer Act, 2002: an act with national impact for the automotive industry", Business Law Journal, May, 2009.

· "Section 347 of the Criminal Code of Canada: Business law Problems Remain", proceedings of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada, Charlottetown, September 2007, www.ulcc.ca

· "Bill S-19: A Solution that Creates Problems", Banking & Finance Law Review, February 2006, volume 21, no. 2

· "Uniform Commercial Law - an impossible dream?", The Lawyers Weekly, (September 15, 2000)

· "The PPSA and Exemptions from Seizure", CCH Commercial Times, June 2001, Issue #407

· Problems with Securing the Farm Loan", National Creditor Debtor Review, June 2000, vol. 15, no. 2

· "RSLA Non-Possessory Liens: Problems from Practice", CCH Commercial Times, Part 1 May 2000, Issue #394 and Part 2 July 2000, Issue # 396

· "What May the Landlord Seize?: After Starmark", which appeared in both the CCH Commercial Times, January, 2000, Issue #390, and in Distress: A Commercial Landlord's Remedy (Toronto: Canada Law Book Inc., 2000)

Papers:

· PPSA Practices for Insolvency Practitioners and the Status of its Legislation Reform in Ontario, The Canadian Institute's 8th Annual Advanced Insolvency Law & Practice, (January 17th, 2008)

· What You Need To Know About The Securities Transfer Act, (Toronto: June 7, 2006)

· It's Time To Repeal the Bulk Sales Act, (Toronto: May 16, 2005)

· Is It Too Late to Register? (Law Society of Upper Canada: March 31, 2005)

· Getting Your Security Registered...Correctly, (Toronto: 2005)

Editor:

· Imperfections, the newsletter for the Ontario Bar Association on secured transactions and Personal Property Security Act developments

Publications

· Pushing for Perfection by VINs Despite Debtor Name Issues, Banking and Finance Law Review, 2012

· Vehicle Identification Numbers versus Debtor Names: We Can Improve Accuracy for PPSA and RDPRM Computer Databases, Banking and Finance Law Review, 2012

· Personal Property Security Law Update, Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, August 2010

· Enforceability Opinions - the Ongoing Need for Indemnities, Business Law in Canada: Recent Developments, Spring 2010

· Credit Check, Leasing Times, July 2009

· The Motor Vehicle Dealer Act, 2002: an act with national impact for the automotive industry, Business Law Journal, 2009

· Ontario's Motor Vehicle Act, 2002- National Consequences for the Auto Industry as of April 1, 2009., Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, February 2009

· Business Laws of Canada, West (a Thomson Reuters business), 2009

· The Ontario Motor Vehicle Dealer Act, 2002 Will be in Force April 1, 2009, Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, September 2008

· PPSA Practices for Insolvency Practitioners and the Status of its Legislation Reform in Ontario, The Canadian Institute's 8th Annual Advanced Insolvency Law & Practice, 2008

· Section 347 of the Criminal Code of Canada: Business law Problems Remain, Uniform Law Conference of Canada, 2007

· Pending Amendments to the Ontario Personal Property Security Act ("PPSA"), Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, July 2007

· Pending Amendments To The Ontario PPSA, 2007

· PPSA Practices for Insolvency Practitioners and the Status of its Legislation Reform in Ontario, 2007

· Bill C-25: Amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorism Financing Act ("The Act"), Charities and Not-for-Profit Newsletter, November 2006

· What's New in Law?, 2006

· What You Need To Know About The Securities Transfer Act, (Toronto), 2006

· Bill S-19: A Solution that Creates Problems, Banking & Finance Law Review, volume 21, no. 2, 2006

· Disclosing the Cost of Credit, Consumer Leasing and Financing, 2005

· Consumer Cost of Credit Laws are Changing, Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, July 2005

· New Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporation Act Promised, Charities and Not-for-Profit Newsletter, July 2005

· Reported Cases, Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, July 2005

· Unreported Cases, Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, July 2005

· Ontario Consumer Protection Act, 2005

· It's Time To Repeal the Bulk Sales Act, 2005

· It's Time To Repeal the Bulk Sales Act, (Toronto), 2005

· Is It Too Late to Register?, Law Society of Upper Canada, 2005

· Is It Too Late to Register?, Law Society of Upper Canada, 2005

· Cost of Consumer Credit Reform in Canada: Not Uniform, Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, March 2005

· Getting Your Security Registered...Correctly, 2005

· Getting Your Security Registered...Correctly, (Toronto), 2005

· Due Diligence and Privacy Laws, Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, July 2004

· Privacy due deligence for the deal, 2004

· Three different regimes for PMSI procees, 2003

· How to secure security: letters of credit, guarantees, indemnities and PPSA security, 2003

· The PPSA and Exemptions from Seizure, CCH Commercial Times,Issue #407, 2001

· Babe's PPSA Commandments, Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, Winter 2000

· Uniform Commercial Law - an impossible dream?, The Lawyers Weekly, 2000

· Problems with Securing the Farm Loan, National Creditor Debtor Review, vol. 15, no. 2, 2000

· RSLA Non-Possessory Liens: Problems from Practice, CCH Commercial Times (Part 1 May 2000, Issue #394 and Part 2 July 2000, Issue # 396), 2000

· What May the Landlord Seize?: After Starmark, CCH Commercial Times, Issue #390, 2000

· What May the Landlord Seize?: After Starmark, Distress: A Commercial Landlord's Remedy (Toronto: Canada Law Book Inc.), 2000

· Tips to Increase Accuracy, Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, Fall 1999

· Crown Priority Update, Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, Fall 1998

· PPSA Timing and Shared PMSIs, Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, Summer 1996

· The Ramifications of the OPSEU Strike for the PPSA and RSLA Computer System, Financial Services & Insolvency Newsletter, Spring 1996

Industry Expertise

Banking and Financial Services

Automotive

Agribusiness and Food

Areas of Focus

Automotive

Agriculture

Leasing

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