Venise Levesque

With over 25 years’ experience, Venise is a seasoned lawyer practicing in the fields of regulatory compliance investigations, financial products and services, as well as securities, a field in which she has a particular expertise.

Drawing from her experience as Assistant Syndic at the Chambre de la sécurité financière, then as Senior Legal Counsel at National Bank Financial and in regulatory affairs at the Autorité des marchés financiers, she leverages her knowledge of regulatory requirements to advise a wide range of clients in their activities: from advisors, brokers and investment fund managers in securities to financial institutions and venture capital firms. She provides legal advice on a variety of issues, including regulation and regulatory compliance.

Through her communication skills and professional rigor, Venise becomes both the legal advisor and business partner to her clientele.

Venise worked for the Chambre de la sécurité financière for 20 years in various roles, including as a disciplinary lawyer, investigator and Assistant Syndic, a role she held for over 10 years. Throughout her tenure, she managed and decided on the outcome of numerous investigation files. She took on disciplinary mandates and participated in a variety of projects, including reviewing draft by-laws and evaluating strategies from a media perspective.

She then served as a regulatory analyst and lawyer in the intermediaries oversight department at the Autorité des marchés financiers, where she engaged in committees and working groups alongside other Canadian regulators on pan-Canadian securities regulatory projects.