40 King St W, Suite 2100, Scotia Plaza, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1986 (ON)
Bernice Karn is a partner whose practice is focused on the areas of information technology (IT), licensing, and cybersecurity/privacy law. A Certified Licensing Professional, she advises clients across a wide range of industries including retailers, e-commerce companies, hospitals, universities, and Canadian financial institutions. Bernice has significant experience with outsourcing matters and regularly advises clients on the acquisition and disposition of IT assets and intellectual property rights. She is extremely knowledgeable in the area of IT-related agreements and has expertly crafted master services, joint venture, development, licence, escrow, consulting, and cloud computing/SaaS agreements for her clients. Through her numerous mandates in IT and outsourcing matters for financial institutions, Bernice has developed a particularly strong understanding of the regulatory framework within which financial institutions must conduct outsourcing business. She is recognized as a leading lawyer in Chambers GlobalĀ andĀ The Legal 500. Bernice was called to the Ontario Bar in 1986.
On December 1, 2017, Canopy Growth Corp. (Canopy Growth), Green House Holdings North America Inc. (Green House) and its affiliate in the Netherlands, GHSC Trading B.V., National Concessions Group Inc. (Organa Brands) entered into a collaborative joint venture. Together, these three companies comprise the most successful global cannabis businesses.
On March 1, 2016, Moody’s Analytics, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, acquired GGY Consulting, a leading provider of advanced actuarial software for the global life insurance industry.