{"id":497,"date":"2022-03-07T15:08:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T23:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/?p=497"},"modified":"2024-03-20T13:27:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T20:27:58","slug":"laesha-j-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/lawyers\/laesha-j-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Lae\u0301sha J. Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium color_footer-bottom\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:30px\"><\/div><h1 class=\"w-text us_custom_b341e1ee has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Lae\u0301sha J. Smith*<\/span><\/span><\/h1><h3 class=\"w-text us_custom_6489cd99 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Partner<\/span><\/span><\/h3><p class=\"w-text us_custom_175b29d5\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">(she\/her)<\/span><\/span><\/p><div class=\"w-html\"><div class=\"sbar green\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator hide_on_default hide_on_laptops size_custom\" style=\"height:\" id=\"le98\"><style>@media(max-width:843px){ #le98{height:160px!important}}@media(max-width:659px){ #le98{height:100px!important}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\" id=\"bio\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_7-5 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default reversed stacking_default\" style=\"--gap:110px;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_60e9caca us_animate_this\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_8d0b3b65\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>For nearly two decades, La\u00e9sha has maintained a dispute resolution practice that focuses on securities, administrative law and complex commercial litigation.\u00a0 As an administrative lawyer she has worked extensively on investigations and enforcement proceedings involving government\/regulatory agencies in the US, the UK and Canada. She has represented clients in hearings before various administrative tribunals and has assisted in both challenging and defending decisions or actions taken by governments, regulatory bodies and tribunals. Her clients have included global financial institutions with frequent international travel to represent them across multiple jurisdictions in Asia, Europe and North America. Her litigation experience builds upon her ability to advocate and navigate through complex contested proceedings. She has appeared as counsel at all levels of court in British Columbia and regularly assists clients to achieve favorable court outcomes as well as settlements.<\/p>\n<p>In BC, before Poulus Ensom Smith LLP, La\u00e9sha was a partner at McEwan Partners and served in the public sector as litigation counsel in the Enforcement Department of the British Columbia Securities Commission. Prior to relocating to BC in 2015, La\u00e9sha practiced for 10 years at top international law firms in New York (Cleary Gottlieb Steen &amp; Hamilton LLP) and London (Allen &amp; Overy LLP)\u00a0 where her practice focused on high stakes commercial litigation and on acting for large financial institutions in relation to a broad range of regulatory and white collar criminal issues including market manipulation, insider trading, anti-bribery and corruption, mis-selling, fraud and other types of system and controls failings.<\/p>\n<p>*Law Corporation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_f70d789f us_animate_this\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image us_custom_c31717d4 pimg align_center\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lae\u2560usha_smith_020-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lae\u2560usha_smith_020-2.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lae\u2560usha_smith_020-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lae\u2560usha_smith_020-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lae\u2560usha_smith_020-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lae\u2560usha_smith_020-2-400x400.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000\/2000;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lae\u2560usha_smith_020-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lae\u2560usha_smith_020-2.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lae\u2560usha_smith_020-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lae\u2560usha_smith_020-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lae\u2560usha_smith_020-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/peslitigation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lae\u2560usha_smith_020-2-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox us_custom_0b795af4 iconpos_left style_default color_primary align_left no_text\"><a href=\"tel:778-727-3506\" class=\"w-iconbox-link\" aria-label=\"(778) 727-3506\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem;\"><i class=\"fal fa-phone-alt\"><\/i><\/div><\/a><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><a href=\"tel:778-727-3506\" class=\"w-iconbox-link\" aria-label=\"(778) 727-3506\"><p class=\"w-iconbox-title\" style=\"font-size:16px;\">(778) 727-3506<\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox us_custom_0b795af4 iconpos_left style_default color_primary align_left no_text\"><a href=\"mailto:lsmith@peslitigation.com\" class=\"w-iconbox-link\" aria-label=\"lsmith@peslitigation.com\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem;\"><i class=\"fal fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/div><\/a><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><a href=\"mailto:lsmith@peslitigation.com\" class=\"w-iconbox-link\" aria-label=\"lsmith@peslitigation.com\"><p class=\"w-iconbox-title\" style=\"font-size:16px;\">lsmith@peslitigation.com<\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox us_custom_7aac10ad iconpos_left style_default color_primary align_left no_text\"><a title=\"Lae\u0301sha J. Smith\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laesha Smith.vcf\" class=\"w-iconbox-link\" aria-label=\"vCard\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem;\"><i class=\"fal fa-id-card-alt\"><\/i><\/div><\/a><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><a title=\"Lae\u0301sha J. 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Bar Admission<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-k98b\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--gap:3rem;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>McGill University, LL.B, 2005<\/li>\n<li>Queen\u2019s University, B.A., with honors, 2002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Bar Admission<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New York, 2006<\/li>\n<li>British Columbia, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"pa64\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-pa64\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Recognition<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-pa64\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><ul>\n<li>Best Lawyers Ones to Watch in Canada \u2013 Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2024<\/li>\n<li>Benchmark Litigation Canada &#8211; Emerging Talent, BC Litigator of the Year, 2023<\/li>\n<li>Benchmark Litigation Canada, Top 100 Women in Litigation 2023<\/li>\n<li>Benchmark Litigation Canada, Litigation Star 2023<\/li>\n<li>Benchmark Litigation Canada, Future Star 2022<\/li>\n<li>40 and Under Hot List in Canada, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"ac31\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-ac31\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Select Client Work<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-ac31\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_3109dd69\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><ul>\n<li>Successfully resolved a Capital Markets Regulation misconduct referral to the Enforcement division of BC Securities Commission in relation to potential breach of section 34(a) of the <em>Securities Act<\/em> by a private IR Company.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully negotiated a settlement with the BC Securities Commission in relation to a breach of section 34(a) of the <em>Securities Act<\/em> by a related entity to a mortgage investment fund.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully resolved a BC Securities Commission investigation into directors and officers of a reporting issuer for potential breaches of sections 168.1(1)(b) and 85(b) of the\u00a0<em>Securities Act<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully resolved a misconduct referral made by the Capital Markets Regulation division to the Enforcement division BC Securities Commission in relation to an investment fund&#8217;s potential breach of section 34(a) of the\u00a0<em>Securities Act<\/em> and section 14 of the\u00a0<em>Securities Rules<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully defended a first application to vary a protective order over their client&#8217;s confidential information.<\/li>\n<li>Obtained a Norwich Order directing third party operators of online platforms to disclose information necessary to identify perpetrators of an online defamatory campaign.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully appealed a decision of the BC Securities Commission dismissing an application to set aside or vary freeze orders and established new threshold evidentiary standards applicable to all Commission freeze orders going forward.\u00a0 Read the full decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bccourts.ca\/jdb-txt\/ca\/21\/03\/2021BCCA0358.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully struck the vast majority of court claims brought by the BC Securities Commission as brought without statutory authority and failing to disclose a reasonable cause of action.\u00a0 Read the full decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/bc\/bcsc\/doc\/2021\/2021bcsc1047\/2021bcsc1047.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully opposed a lawyer\u2019s petition for judicial review seeking to stay a Law Society investigation into to the lawyer\u2019s entire practice.\u00a0 Read the full decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/bc\/bcsc\/doc\/2021\/2021bcsc914\/2021bcsc914.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully struck, as improper reply, evidence tendered on an application for leave to bring a secondary market claim under the<em>Securities Act<\/em>, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 418.\u00a0 Read the full decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/bc\/bcsc\/doc\/2021\/2021bcsc522\/2021bcsc522.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully sought leave to appeal a decision of the BC Securities Commission dismissing an application to set aside or vary freeze orders issued against real and personal property pursuant to section 151 of the <em>Securities Act<\/em>, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 418.\u00a0 Read the full decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bccourts.ca\/jdb-txt\/ca\/20\/03\/2020BCCA0338.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully opposed an application for a mandatory injunction brought by a plaintiff compelling the execution of priority agreements, subordination agreements, and postponement agreements required to secure financing in relation to a real estate development deal. Read the full decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/bc\/bcsc\/doc\/2019\/2019bcsc1295\/2019bcsc1295.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAicG9wYXQgYW5kIGluanVuY3Rpb24gYW5kIHBsYXphIDUwMAAAAAAB&amp;resultIndex=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"ocfc\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-ocfc\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Speaking Engagements<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-ocfc\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><ul>\n<li>&#8220;Civil Proceedings, Class Actions and Misrepresentations&#8221; &#8211; Panel member, CLEBC Securities Litigation 2024 (March 8, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPleading Fraud, Breach of Fiduciary Duties and Other Common Claims\u201d \u2013 Panel member, CLEBC Commercial Litigation 2023 (November 28, 2023)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSurprise!: Dealing with the Unexpected at Trial\u201d &#8211; Panel member, CLEBC Direct Examination 2023 (September 20, 2023)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCareers in the Legal Profession: Which Path is Right for You?\u201d &#8211; Panel moderator, CBABC Women Lawyers Forum (May 16, 2023)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLegal Professional Panel\u201d &#8211; Panel member, Annual Black Law Students Association Pre-Law Conference (January 28, 2023)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHow the BC Courts are breathing new life into Section 171 of the Securities Act\u201d &#8211; Speaker, \u00a0The Advocates\u2019 Society 12th Annual Securities Symposium (September 14, 2022)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Shift: Leveraging Your Law Degree Across Borders\u201d &#8211; Panel member, 31st Annual Black Law Students\u2019 Association of Canada Conference (February 18, 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"ve8e\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-ve8e\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Professional &amp; Community Involvement<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-ve8e\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Laesha is actively involved in community work as well as multiple professional activities. She currently sits on the board of directors of Rise Women\u2019s Legal Centre which is a pro bono community legal clinic and teaching facility that provides legal services, primarily in family law, to women and gender diverse people all over BC.\u00a0 In addition to the professional memberships listed below, Laesha sits on the Canadian Bar Association\u2019s Access to Justice Committee and is Co-chair of the CBA\u2019s Women Lawyer\u2019s Forum\u2019s Education Committee.\u00a0 She is also Vice President of the BC Chapter of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers and serves as CABL BC\u2019s liaison to the CBA\u2019s Equity, Diversity &amp; Inclusion Committee and the Anti-Racism\/Racial Justice Collective.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Member, Canadian Bar Association (CBA)\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Appointed Co-Chair, CBA Women Lawyers Forum\u2019s Education Committee\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Appointed to the CBA Access to Justice Committee\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Member, Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL)\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Appointed Vice President, CABL BC Chapter<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mentor, CABL BC\/BLSA Mentorship Program<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Liaison to the CBA&#8217;s Equity, Diversity &amp; Inclusion Committee<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Member, Selection Committee 2023 JD Bridges Bursary, JD Bridges Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Member, The Advocates\u2019 Society<\/li>\n<li>Member, Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia<\/li>\n<li>Member, Vancouver Bar Association<\/li>\n<li>Member, Women\u2019s White Collar Defense Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lae\u0301sha J. 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