Christine maintains a broad securities registrant regulation and compliance practice where she advises on securities/commodity and futures/derivatives registration, self-regulatory organization and marketplace/exchange issues primarily in the context of applications for registration, reliance on registration exemptions, discretionary exemptive relief and ongoing compliance, as well as in mergers and acquisitions involving registered firms.

Christine has assisted clients with obtaining dealer, adviser and investment fund manager registrations; registration-exempt status; discretionary exemptive relief; membership with the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (formerly, the Investment Dealers Association of Canada) and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada; and the necessary non-objections/approvals from securities commissions, self-regulatory organizations and exchanges in Canada to complete M&A transactions.

Christine also assists firms and their personnel with attaining and maintaining registered, or registration-exempt, status across Canada; understanding the registration regimes associated with trading or advising about securities, commodity futures and other derivatives; navigating regulatory compliance audits; engaging with Canadian securities regulators and other industry service providers; responding to regulatory developments; obtaining discretionary exemptive relief from regulatory requirements; and assessing policies, procedures and client-facing documentation.