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Andrea L. Alliston
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Law Practice
Andrea Alliston is a partner in the Toronto office, responsible for the strategic direction of knowledge management in Toronto, leading our knowledge management initiatives and spearheading programs to capture and leverage our intellectual capital. She oversees our Toronto Knowledge Management team and works with our other offices on turning the firm-wide knowledge management strategy into actionable projects. She also consults with clients on their own knowledge management initiatives.
Andrea also leads the development and enhancement of the firm's extensive precedent and legal resources collection. She works with our practicing lawyers to ensure that our precedents and other legal resources are cutting edge and reflect the latest developments in the law and business practices. Our practicing lawyers consult with Andrea on a variety of legal and drafting issues and she is a member of the Toronto office Opinion Committee.
Prior to becoming a knowledge management lawyer, Andrea practised corporate law with the firm for six years. Her practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, private equity funds and venture capital transactions. She also worked on a broad range of other corporate and commercial matters.
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Professional Activities
Ms. Alliston frequently speaks internally and outside the firm on legal and knowledge management issues. She is active in the legal knowledge management community in Toronto and is a member of the Toronto Legal KM Group. She is also a member of TOROG (Toronto Opinions Group) and the Canadian Bar Association.
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Education
Dalhousie University (LL.B. 1995), University of British Columbia (B.Comm. 1991).
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Bar Admission
Ontario, 1997
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