Haley Adams

Haley Adams

Associate, Financial Services

Contact Information

hadams@osler.com

tel: 416.862.6614

Office

Toronto

Bar Admission

  • Ontario, 2020
  • Supreme Court of the United States, 2019
  • New York, 2016

Education

  • New York University School of Law, J.D.
  • University of Virginia, B.A. (with Distinction)

Language(s)

English

Haley practices in Osler's Financial Services group with a focus on the regulation of financial institutions and financial service providers. Haley routinely advises banks, captive finance companies, trust companies, insurance companies, fintechs, and other financial services providers on a wide variety of federal and provincial regulatory matters, including cost of borrowing and consumer protection legislation. She also provides advice on debt collection, credit reporting, unclaimed property, anti-money laundering, anti-terrorism financing and sanctions laws.

Haley was seconded to the retail banking group of a major Canadian bank from May 2020 through March 2021.

Prior to joining Osler, Haley worked in the commercial litigation and appellate group of a New York-based law firm, where she focused on regulatory litigation in state and federal courts.

  • BBH Capital Partners

    BBH Capital Partners in its $120 million investment in Synex Group insurance

  • *Notable matters prior to joining Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

    • * Represented major financial institution in regulatory litigation in the Southern District of New York
    • * Represented major financial institution regulatory litigation appeal in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court
    • * Represented individual in appeal of United States Tax Court judgment in the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
    • * Represented commercial landlords in various New York regulatory litigation matters, including appellate work in the highest court, the New York State Court of Appeals
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