Co-head of the Capital Markets Practice, Rima is a leading securities lawyer with a broad practice advising clients on corporate finance, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. Rima frequently represents both issuers and underwriters on public offerings (IPOs and follow-on offerings) and private placements, with particular experience in cross-border transactions. Rima also regularly advises public company clients, including many cross-listed issuers, in a variety of industries on ongoing corporate governance and disclosure matters. In her M&A practice, Rima advises bidders and public company targets on related party transactions, public take-over bids, and other business combinations.

Rima is a prolific writer, speaker and commentator on policy developments impacting the Canadian capital markets, and co-leads the firm’s ESG practice. She is also an ICD.D member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.