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Christian Faribault is a partner in the Montréal office, the Regional Leader of the Investment Management Group and the Regional Leader of the Insurance – Corporate and Regulatory Group of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. He specializes in regulatory, compliance and governance matters facing Canadian and foreign-based participants in the investment management industry, including investment fund managers, portfolio managers, dealers, financial institutions and service providers. Christian regularly advises portfolio managers and fund managers on legal issues relating to the provision of advisory services, the distribution of securities and the establishment, operation and administration of investment funds (retail and private). He also has extensive experience in the area of registrant regulation and compliance, including developing, reviewing and assessing compliance procedures and practices. He has obtained novel exemptive relief from a wide variety of prospectus, registration, conflict of interest and other compliance requirements under Canadian securities laws. Christian has also acted on behalf of several issuers and investment bankers on all types of corporate finance work (equity and debt), including IPOs, bought deals and private placements, as well as merger and acquisition transactions, shareholder and corporate governance matters, and the securities-related activities of financial institutions. Specialties: Investment Management Securities Registrant Regulation and Compliance Mutual Funds Private Funds, Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments Securities, Capital Markets and Public Companies Corporate Finance and Securities Recognized since 2014 in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Investment Funds & Asset Management)