Ron Singh
Toronto,Canada
Summary
A seasoned lawyer with over 12+ years of international experience across Canada, the USA, the EU, the MENA region, and APAC. Ron's mission is to enhance comprehension and proficiency in all facets of legal practice. Ron's areas of exceptional expertise include Intellectual Property (IP); Data Privacy; Regulatory Compliance; Commercial Transactions & Complex Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Legal Counsel, Privacy & Compliance Officer
CDW Canada
Toronto, ON
10.2022 - 01.2024
- Responsible for overseeing the Canadian & MENA division and reporting to Global General Counsel and Canadian President
- Managed the transactional, legal, & regulatory compliance for all the business units in Canada & MENA
- Assisted business in shaping their GTM strategy for every new service introduced or to be introduced by business
- Negotiated various strategic customer & partner agreements and introduced a robust legal policy for onboarding new partners
- Managed the global expansion policy for CDW in APAC & MENA, which was aimed to address the challenges for global expansion and created a global ease of doing business list for CDW Canada
- Helped business in meeting their quarterly deadlines by introducing a fast and efficient contracting turnaround policy by bridging the gap between legal and business
- Held various training workshops and trained global and local teams on contracting, legal & ABC policies
- Led the regulatory compliance & privacy function for CDW in Canada, MENA & APAC
- Assisted global privacy officer and acted as ad-hoc privacy officer in their absence
- Drafted and updated global DPAs in conjunction with theever-changing global privacy landscape
- Educated and trained global teams by providing regular training on privacy laws, their implications, and best practices
- Updated the global privacy policy and introduced cookie policy in all jurisdictions, engaged One-Trust in various locations globally, and oversaw the creation of PIAs under CPRA, Law 25 Quebec, & GDPR
- Introduced privacy by design principle in CDW by including mandatory PIA during every new software or service launch
- Represented legal function in cross-departmental efforts for strategy planning and raised importance of regulatory compliance and compliance with privacy laws
- Collaborated with human resources to address employment law issues, fostering positive work environment.
Sr. Dir Legal, Global Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer
Dye & Durham
Toronto, ON
11.2021 - 10.2022
- Responsible for overseeing the global legal department and reporting into CEO and BOD
- Set up the FY2022-23 goals for the legal, compliance and privacy department and got approval from ELT and BOD for various legal, compliance and privacy initiatives and provided Legal, Compliance & Privacy quarterly update to ELT and BOD
- Managed the Global Legal, Compliance & Privacy team and budget and provided training and mentorship to new hires within the team
- Was instrumental in the M&A strategies and expansion into MENA and APAC region
- Managed the transactional, litigation, IP, and employment practice at D&D
- Introduced global legal, contracting policy and processes to ensure efficient review of the contracts and faster turnaround times
- Introduced Vendor management process by mandating the use of NDAs, Supplier Agreements and Data Privacy Agreements
- Assisted the business in mapping their go to market strategies and helped them understand the legal risk and exposure in their approach
- Reviewed, negotiated, and worked on executive sponsored agreements with large customer, partners, vendors, provincial and federal governments, and service providers globally ranging from $1M to upwards of $20M
- Oversaw the overhauling of contract templates including but not limited to master services agreement, SaaS agreements, software licensing agreement, web terms and conditions, service provider agreements, etc
- Responsible for setting up the Global Compliance & Privacy Office at Dye & Durham, created and established the privacy and compliance framework across the global org
- Enforced corporate compliance programs, including securities trading policies, insider reporting, conflicts of interest reporting, whistleblower reporting, internal investigations, sanctions and anti-corruption law compliance, KYC policies etc
- Enforced and drafted various policies including Compliance & Privacy Policy, PCI Compliance Policy, AML Policy, Privacy & cookie Policy, Export control Policy, and introduced contracting (customer & vendor) workflow Policy, mandatory GDPR & Compliance training, DPAs after reviewing local privacy regulations including Bill C27 (upcoming), PEPEDA, Bill 64 (Quebec), UK GDPR, GDPR, The Privacy Act Australia, CPRA, CCPA, FINTRAC Compliance etc
- Organized workshops for managers and executives and trained them on various compliance and privacy best practices
- Ensured compliance with OSC, and different regulators in Australia, UK, Asia and America
- Partnered with VP GRC, CIO, and the InfoSec team in getting the products and services PCI DSS, ISO27001, SOC2 certified and provided compliance and privacy sign offs where necessary
- Oversaw the global roll out of BCP and DR plans and policies across all the BUs
- Oversaw the global insurance portfolio and ensured millions in savings by streamlining the insurance under one broker and by removing excess, run offs or redundant insurance products, educating ELT and BOD on different insurance and products and limits
- Partnered with the products team in carrying out privacy impact assessments for different products and services being offered in different jurisdictions to rate the products from 1 to 5 on the data privacy risk scale and ensuring appropriate standards for each product relative to the risk and exposure
- Oversaw the successful roll out data mapping exercise across the SharePoint sites to classify data into critical/non-critical and confidential/highly sensitive categories and created data retention and data classification policies
- Enforced rollout of role-based access control policies and NIST best practices across the org
- Partnered with different internal teams (HR/IT) to introduce compliance and privacy best practices based on local regulatory requirements
- Partnered with CTOs to provide inputs on the product roadmaps and providing compliance and privacy sign offs before rolling out new functionalities and features.
Director Legal, Global Compliance & Privacy Officer
Enghouse Systems
Toronto, ON And Dubai, UAE
11.2018 - 10.2021
- Acted as the Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer for the company
- Created and laid down the framework for the org regarding their expansion into MENA region
- Led the M&A efforts for expansion to Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, UAE, and Saudi Arabia
- Drafted DPA's, Privacy Policy, GDPR Policy, and Compliance Training
- Extensive experience and understanding of various global data privacy and security laws i.e GDPR, PIPEDA, CCPA, CASL, HIPPA, HITECH etc
- Responsible for identifying regulatory and compliance risks and thus balancing the business needs and mitigating risks
- Developed Corporate Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Policy after coordinating with all the relevant internal stakeholders
- Provided Legal training to executives (new hires) and holding virtual training and Q&A sessions
- Provided guidance on complex legal, contractual & compliance matters and introduced policies and processes to meet the regulatory and legal requirements
- Worked with the executive and internal audits team in finding any gaps/holes and developing processes for fixing those gaps
- Successfully lead global legal team and helped in their personal and professional growth by giving them annual work plans scripted to their personal liking and corporate objectives and providing ongoing training and coaching
- Oversaw the legal team's workflow with a very hands down approach and assisted the team where needed and took every opportunity to educate the team on different legal and contractual best practices
- Managed the legal department budget and litigation spending
- Assisted with corporate governance requirements, securities requirements, continuous disclosure obligations, and general regulatory compliance matters with OSC, and SEC
- Reviewed, negotiated, and worked on executive sponsored agreements with large customer, partners, vendors, provincial and federal governments, and service providers globally ranging from $100k to upwards of $20M
- Managed and successfully streamlined IP of the entire company and brought IP renewals in-house thus ensuring savings of approx 5M annually
- Handled litigation files and liaising with external lawyers and coordinated with internal stakeholders for developing strategies for handling claims and responsible for effectively managing litigation spending
- Worked closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy.
- Coordinated with the CTOs and developed IP renewal policy, thus ensuring oversight.
Senior Legal Officer
The Volaris Group, Constellation Software
Toronto, ON
06.2017 - 11.2018
Senior Legal Officer
Tractel Ltd.
Toronto, ON And Dubai, UAE
01.2015 - 05.2017
Legal Officer
4D Retail Technology Corp.
Toronto, ON
01.2013 - 11.2014
Legal Counsel
JurisCare
Toronto, ON
03.2012 - 02.2013
Education
JD/LLB -
NCA, Federation of Law Societies of Canada
Toronto, ON01.2014
Legal Diploma -
Fanshawe College
London, ON01.2014
LLB -
Panjab University, India
Chandigarh, India01.2011
Skills
- Demonstrated confident leadership and excellent management skills
- Ability to bring meaningful change by adopting proactive approach to improve processes
- Rational and sound business judgment and exceptional legal understanding
- Ability to educate internal stakeholders about risk and adopt policies to minimize those risks
Licensing And Memberships
- Barrister & Solicitor, Law Society of Ontario, Ontario, Canada
- Qualified Attorney, Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana
- Qualified Solicitor, Victorian Legal Admissions Board, Victoria, Australia
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Professional Working
Punjabi
Professional Working
French
Elementary
Timeline
Sr. Legal Counsel, Privacy & Compliance Officer
CDW Canada
10.2022 - 01.2024
Sr. Dir Legal, Global Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer
Dye & Durham
11.2021 - 10.2022
Director Legal, Global Compliance & Privacy Officer
Enghouse Systems
11.2018 - 10.2021
Senior Legal Officer
The Volaris Group, Constellation Software
06.2017 - 11.2018
Senior Legal Officer
Tractel Ltd.
01.2015 - 05.2017
Legal Officer
4D Retail Technology Corp.
01.2013 - 11.2014
Legal Counsel
JurisCare
03.2012 - 02.2013
JD/LLB -
NCA, Federation of Law Societies of Canada
Legal Diploma -
Fanshawe College
LLB -
Panjab University, India