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CCCA_V3No3_Women-FIN.qxd:CCCA_V1No1_DriversSeat-FIN.qxd 9/16/09 9:51 PM Page 20 Cover Jennifer Warren SeniorVP/General Counsel CIBC (Canada) Toronto Women of by Beverley Spencer | photography Alena Gedeonova eborah Alexander’s first major assignment as Scotiabank general counsel in 2002 was a doozy: Deal with a stand- Doff between the bank and the government of Argentina over the devaluation of the peso. Alexander, a veteran of major privatization deals in England, France, and Germany during her years in corporate finance at Osler LLP, was up for the challenge — but not before dealing with a slight complication. “I managed to break my hip [during a golf game] on the first day on the job,” she recalls. “I went out on an ambulance and 20 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association FALL 2009