Jennifer Byun

First Year of Call
Ontario, 2007

Areas of Practice
Corporate Governance

Description
Jennifer Byun is counsel in the Corporate, Technology, and Privacy & Data Protection Groups. Her practice focuses on commercial, technology, privacy, and governance matters.

In her practice, Jennifer regularly advises clients on commercial contracts, including complex business process outsourcings, joint ventures, transition arrangements, sales and procurement activities, and provides contract management support in client’s day-to-day in-house legal activities. She also advises clients on domestic and cross-border acquisitions and divestitures involving technology companies, businesses, and assets. Jennifer provides governance and in-house support for private company clients across a broad range of industries in drafting and reviewing policies, board committee charters and providing a practical risk management framework for risk oversight.

Jennifer works closely with the Knowledge Management Group to develop and refine tools used by the corporate services practice and to standardize work processes, provide legal support for in-house legal operations, including process mapping, designing process improvements, managing legal content and streamlining reporting. She has identified and implemented automation tools and other legal technologies to enhance work product and meet client demands at the firm.

Professional Activities
Jennifer is a member of the firm’s Students Committee, Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Lawyer Pluralism Committee, and Law Clerks Committee. Jennifer is a member of the Law Society of Ontario.

Background
Jennifer began her law career at Stikeman Elliott and practised for four years, primarily in the area of technology, private mergers and acquisitions, and banking. She then joined a global mining company as their senior corporate in-house counsel before returning to Stikeman Elliott as their Director, Corporate Services Practice & Innovation. Jennifer has since returned to her practice focusing on commercial, technology, privacy, and governance matters.