Scott practises corporate and securities law, specializing in issues relating to the investment management industry. He also provides advice to pension plan administrators and service providers on investments, structuring and regulatory compliance.
Scott’s work for investment management clients focuses on:
- domestic retail and institutional investment funds
- Canadian and offshore hedge funds
- alternative investment vehicles
- registrant regulation and compliance
His pensions practice focuses on pension fund investments, compliance, ESG and sustainable investing. Scott is a member of the firm's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiative.
Scott was seconded as in-house counsel to INVESCO during its merger with Trimark.
Prior to entering law, he worked in the audit and financial services divisions of Arthur Andersen & Cie in both Montréal and Leeds (England).
Experience
- Structures and reviews pension plan texts; drafts plan documentation, reviews and drafts statements of investment policies and procedures, investment management agreements and other service provider agreements for pension plans.
- Provides advice on pension investment restrictions and investment structuring, ESG considerations, and investment compliance regulatory matters.
- Advises both Canadian and foreign investment fund managers and portfolio managers on the establishment and ongoing operations of investment funds.
- Provides advice to advisors, dealers [including Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) members and Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada members] and investment fund managers on compliance systems, policies and procedures, regulatory matrices and other compliance tools for meeting Canadian securities requirements and pension investment rules.
- Provides advice on registration matters, ongoing registrant regulation, AML rules and FINTRAC reporting, compliance field and desk reviews and examinations.
- Structures and reviews pension plan texts; drafts plan documentation; reviews and drafts statements of investment policies and procedures, investment management agreements and other service provider agreements for pension plans.
- Provides advice on pension investment restrictions and structuring, ESG considerations and regulatory compliance.
- Advises plan administrators on infrastructure investments
- Structures and reviews pension plan texts; drafts plan documentation, reviews and drafts statements of investment policies and procedures, investment management agreements and other service provider agreements for pension plans.
- Provides advice on pension investment restrictions and investment structuring, ESG considerations, and investment compliance regulatory matters.
- Advises both Canadian and foreign investment fund managers and portfolio managers on the establishment and ongoing operations of investment funds.
- Provides advice to advisors, dealers [including Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) members and Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada members] and investment fund managers on compliance systems, policies and procedures, regulatory matrices and other compliance tools for meeting Canadian securities requirements and pension investment rules.
- Provides advice on registration matters, ongoing registrant regulation, AML rules and FINTRAC reporting, compliance field and desk reviews and examinations.
- Structures and reviews pension plan texts; drafts plan documentation; reviews and drafts statements of investment policies and procedures, investment management agreements and other service provider agreements for pension plans.
- Provides advice on pension investment restrictions and structuring, ESG considerations and regulatory compliance.
- Advises plan administrators on infrastructure investments
