Hartley M. Lefton

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Hartley Lefton is a member of the Business Law Group, and the Banking, Insurance, Private Equity and Public Policy subgroups at Dentons Canada LLP. Hartley’s transactional and regulatory experience plays a key role in his advice to clients and allows him to offer practical insight on how companies can best achieve their business objectives.

Hartley’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial law, regulatory law, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). His clients range from start-ups to large, multinational organizations. He has provided advice to clients based in Canada, the US, the Middle East, and Europe and in many industries, including financial institutions, transportation, technology/telecommunications, manufacturing and advisory services.

Hartley regularly provides advice to clients with respect to their ongoing operations, mergers and acquisitions, director responsibilities and liability, and shareholder and partnership agreements. He also advises international clients on conducting business in Canada, including matters relating to government, regulation, public policy, licensing, and tax issues.

He brings particular expertise in regulatory and transactional matters relating to financial institutions conducting business in Canada. Hartley has developed excellent working relationships with federal and provincial financial regulators across the country and his practice includes providing advice in respect of:

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  Licensing foreign and domestic insurers and agencies/brokerages across Canada;


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  Compliance and transactional issues such as reinsurance, investments and investment policies, outsourcing and related party transactions, as well as issues relating to specialty insurance and the boundary between insurance and warranties; and


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  The supervisory framework of Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), including with accounting and actuarial issues.