Trevor Fairlie
Trevor Fairlie is an experienced legal professional specializing in corporate and securities law, currently serving as Counsel at Thomson Reuters. Previously held the position of Legal Counsel in the Office of Mergers & Acquisitions at the Ontario Securities Commission and worked as an Associate at Groia & Company Professional Corporation. Trevor has also contributed as a Legal Consultant for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada during a trade mission to South Korea and has provided invited guest lectures and presentations on select topics. Educational credentials include participation in the Osgoode M&A Skills Bootcamp and a course on Advising the Public Company Board of Directors, both emphasizing business law.

Poonam Puri
Poonam Puri is a nationally and internationally recognized scholar of corporate law, corporate governance, investor protection and capital markets regulation. Appointed to Osgoode Hall Law School over twenty-five years ago, she has served as both Associate Dean and Associate Dean, Research, Graduate Studies and Institutional Relations at Osgoode. Professor Puri has also chaired Osgoode’s Faculty Council several times and she is currently serving as Chair of York University’s Senate. She holds the York Research Chair in Corporate Governance, Investor Protection and Financial Markets.
Professor Puri is Co-Founder and Director of the Osgoode Investor Protection Clinic, a clinic that provides pro bono legal assistance to individuals who have suffered financial harm. She is also Founder and Director of the Business Law LLM at Osgoode Professional Development. Both are the first of their kind in Canada.
A prolific scholar, Professor Puri has co-authored/co-edited close to 100 books, book chapters, scholarly articles in leading journals, and commissioned research reports. She has presented at over 200 invited keynotes, conferences and public addresses in Canada and around the world.