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CCCA_V4No3_Col-News-FIN.qxd:CCCA_V1No2_Col-News-V1.qxd 9/2/10 1:23 PM Page 52 CCCA News Beyond her duties as presi- “ I was accustomed to having a network of lawyers In March 2001, after a dent, Foy is kept busy by her working in private practice, but seven-year career in private responsibilities as University practice, Foy chose to go Secretary and General Counsel when I first went in-house I in-house as the sole lawyer at Carleton University, a post at Tundra Semiconductor she has held since May 2010. was the only one. ” Corporation, a publicly traded As general counsel at corporation based in Ottawa. Carleton,an Ottawa-based uni- At Tundra, Foy’s practice versity with about 25,000 students and 4,260 faculty and staff,Foy’s was global as she negotiated and led acquisitions of businesses responsibilities include protecting the university’s legal interests and and product lines, as well as intellectual property transactions, advising the Board of Governors. Carleton recently celebrated its involving partners in China, India, Europe and North America. 68th anniversary and the university has won high recognition for Foy was active in improving corporate governance and advising several of its programs, including journalism and architecture. the Board of Directors in all aspects of the business. “It’s an exciting time to be at Carleton University,with president Before going in-house, Foy was an associate at Nelligan Dr.Roseann O’Reilly Runte at the helm,a new strategic plan,and O’Brien Payne LLP, a well-known Ottawa law firm, where she a number of new buildings under construction,” Foy says. practised labour and employment law, insurance defence and condominium law. “My father is an electrician from Liverpool and a union member so I grew up learning about labour issues — that was the basis for my interest in labour law,” Foy recalls. At Queen’s University in Kingston, Foy earned her under- graduate degree in political science. She wrote her fourth-year INSOLVENCY ADVISORS Chez Tundra, elle a négocié et dirigé des acquisitions providing innovative legal solutions d’entreprises et de lignes de produits à l’échelle internationale to critical financial problems de même que des transactions en propriété intellectuelle impliquant la Chine, l’Inde, l’Europe et l’Amérique du Nord. Elle a également amélioré la gouvernance corporative et émis Philippe Lalonde des recommandations au conseil d’administration pour tous Calgary Office les aspects des affaires. 403.260.1465 Avant de devenir juriste d’entreprise, M Foy était avocate e plalonde brownleelaw.com chez Nelligan O’Brien Payne LLP, un cabinet juridique bien www.litigationlawblog.ca connu établi à Ottawa, où elle a pratiqué le droit du travail, le droit des assurances et relatif aux copropriétés. « Mon père est un électricien de Liverpool et un membre Dan Peskett du syndicat; j’ai donc grandi en apprenant les problèmes liés à la main-d’œuvre, ce qui a suscité mon intérêt pour le droit du Edmonton Office travail », s’est-elle remémorée. 780.497.4875 À l’Université Queen’s à Kingston, elle a décroché un bac- dpeskett brownleelaw.com calauréat en sciences politiques. Son mémoire a porté sur les www.brownleelaw.com femmes dans le marché du travail et les problèmes d’accès à 52 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association FALL 2010 CCCA63_053.indd 52 09/08/2010 09:27:06 PM