Tel: (416) 249 -3929
Email: rhutchinson@wslaw.ca
Having joined Walker Sorensen LLP from a large national Bay Street firm, Roisin has significant experience in corporate and commercial law and has specific expertise in legal and regulatory matters affecting domestic and foreign insurance companies, reinsurers, managing general agents and brokers.
Working closely with senior counsel, Roisin is a trusted advisor to clients, advising on reputational and regulatory risks, regulatory compliance and approvals, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, data security and privacy, online payment processing, licensing matters, market conduct issues and corporate governance. Roisin offers a resolution-focused approach to assisting clients and provides practical legal advice that helps clients achieve their business objectives.
Roisin was called to the Alberta Bar in 2013 and to the Ontario Bar in 2015. She is a member of the executive of the CBA Business Law Section and volunteers regularly with Pro Bono Ontario’s PBO Hotline. Prior to attending law school at the University of Calgary, Roisin obtained her sommelier certification through the International Sommelier Guild and practiced as a sommelier for five years.
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Roisin has acted for and advised clients with respect to:
- Regulatory issues and approvals involving permitted investments, financings, related party transactions, outsourcing and other third party service arrangements
- Distribution arrangements related to the sale and marketing of insurance
- Insurtech agreements and transactions and related regulatory matters
- Privacy compliance and data security
- Online payment systems and technologies
- Group insurance, sponsored programs and ASO plans
- Creditor insurance programs
- Extended third party warranty product approvals and related regulatory issues
- Acquisitions and dispositions of insurance intermediaries
- Corporate governance for insurers and fraternal benefit societies
- Regulation of insurers and fraternal benefit societies
- Provincial and territorial licensing and regulatory compliance for insurers and insurance intermediaries
Education & Professional Associations
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Calgary, 2001
- Juris Doctor, University of Calgary, 2012
- Executive Member of the Canadian Bar Association Business Law Section
- Member of the Toronto Lawyer’s Association
- Law Society of Ontario
