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Jack Bensimon, B.A. (Hon), LL.M., CIMA, CAMS, CFSA, CCSA
Managing Partner
Jack is a seasoned securities law/banking law professional with over 25 years of experience advising banks, broker-dealers, fixed-income dealers, MSBs, ATS, regulators, trust and insurance companies, Portfolio Managers, Exempt Market Dealers, Investment Fund Managers, mutual fund dealers, fintech companies, crypto and cannabis platforms and issuers. He has registered numerous entities with North American and Asian securities regulators and has provided ongoing and interim CCO/CAMLO regulatory compliance services to different types of regulated financial entities.
Jack is an international advisor to blockchain companies, digital asset exchanges, traditional stock exchanges, and regulated financial entities spanning North America, Asia, the Caribbean, Australia, and Europe. He also advises companies in Canada, the US, the UK, the Caribbean, Australia, and Ukraine in providing counsel on ICO, STO, and IEO on regulatory compliance issues for token sales and distributions.
He is a subject matter expert in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance and testified as a witness for a major banking litigation case before the Canadian Competition Tribunal in Ottawa. Jack is a regular speaker and has been featured in National Post articles relating to regulatory compliance thought leadership.
Jack is a sought-after speaker and teaches in the graduate program, MFacc (Masters in Financial Accountability) – Advanced Securities Law, Advanced Corporate Governance, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) & Terrorist Financing, part-time at York University, School of Administrative Studies, to masters-level students.
Jack is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Master of Laws (LLM) in Business Law, and completed both his General LLM and Securities Law LLM at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Jack is also a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School of Business, in a graduate program in investment management. He completed his B.A. (Hon) in economics/Math at the University of Toronto.
Jack is an avid cyclist in Mediterranean Europe in the summer and is active in other sports and exercise activities.
