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Nina Mapara
Associate, Toronto Office
Telephone
416-863-2448
Facsimile
416-863-2653
email
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Profile
Nina Mapara practises in the Financial Services Group. Her practice focuses on the business and regulation of financial service providers, including domestic and foreign banks and authorized foreign bank branches, insurance companies, trust companies, mortgage brokers and unregulated financial service providers.
Nina also has a motor vehicle dealer practice that focuses on licensing, disclosure and other regulatory requirements of motor vehicle dealers.
Nina advises clients on a variety of regulatory matters including:
- Establishment and acquisition of financial service providers, including both regulated and unregulated entities
- Development and design of financial products and services and their distribution, including conditional sale contracts, leases and related documentation for motor vehicle dealers
- Corporate governance matters for regulated and unregulated entities, including the development of policies, procedures and compliance tools for these entities
- Anti-money laundering compliance for financial institutions, securities dealers and money services businesses
Before joining Blakes, Nina practised in the corporate secretary's office of a leading property and casualty insurer, where her practice included financial services regulatory, corporate, securities and pensions law.
Nina obtained her law degrees from McGill University. While at McGill, she clerked with the Quebec Securities Commission (now the Autorité des marchés financiers), and was a member of the general editing board of the Quebec Journal of International Law. Nina is also a member of the Canadian Bar Association.
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Areas of Law
Financial Services
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Education
Admitted to the Ontario Bar - 2003
Canadian Securities Course - 2003
LL.B., B.C.L., McGill University - 2002
M.A., McGill University - 2000
B.A. (Philosophy), The University of Waterloo - 1996
B.Sc. , The University of Waterloo - 1994
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Recent Publications
Co-author - "New Complaint-Handling Rules in Banking and Securities Industries",
Blakes Bulletin on Financial Services/Securities Regulation, February 2010.
Co-author - "Financial Institutions Regulatory Update",
Blakes Bulletin on Financial Services, April 2009. This article was also published on Linex Legal's website, April 21, 2009 and on Complinet's website, April 27, 2009.
Co-author - "CPA Rule Changes",
Blakes Bulletin on Business, July 2008.
Co-author - "New AML Requirements - Risk Assessment Requirement",
Blakes Bulletin on Business, July 2008.
Co-author - "New AML Requirements for Large Cash and FX Transactions, Electronic Funds Transfers and Purchases, and Redemptions of Traveller's cheques, Money Orders and Similar Negotiable Instruments",
Blakes Bulletin on Business, July 2008.
Co-author - "New AML Requirements - Commercial Credit Card Programs",
Blakes Bulletin on Business, July 2008.
Co-author - "New AML Requirements - Account Opening",
Blakes Bulletin on Business, July 2008.
Co-author - "Your Banking Relationships Just Got More Complex",
Blakes Bulletin on Business. This article was also featured on the cover of Ultimate Corporate Counsel Guide e-newsletter, July 2008.
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Recent Professional Activities
Workshop Leader -
"Compliance 101: The Fundamentals of Regulation and Compliance for Financial Institutions",
The Canadian Institute's 15th Annual Regulatory Compliance for Financial Institutions Conference, Toronto, Ontario, November 18-20, 2009.
Speaker -
"Payment Cards - Update on Regulatory Requirements",
Blakes Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, January 27, 2009.
Speaker -
"Canada's Anti-Money Laundering Laws Get a Facelift - Part II",
Blakes Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, May 27, 2008.
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