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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 9, 2010
TORONTO – The Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) has named Daniel Desjardins, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, Bombardier Inc., winner of the 2010 Robert V. A. Jones Award. The Award will be presented at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 11, at the Hyatt Regency (Grand Salon C) during the CCCA National Spring Conference in Montreal, April 11-13, 2010.
In all respects, Mr. Desjardins is a natural leader in the global corporate counsel community. His ongoing promotion of the profession and his ability to hone in with honest clarity on substantive issues affecting the profession, sparks comment and influences its evolution.
Mr. Desjardins leads a global team of over 135 lawyers in 17 countries and is closely involved in the business of Bombardier through his key role on the organization’s Management Committee. He is well known and respected, both domestically and internationally, for his leadership role in the Canadian and worldwide corporate counsel community.
In addition to his leadership of the legal team, Mr. Desjardins, who joined Bombardier in 1998, is also responsible for environmental matters, health and safety, insurance and risk management. Mr. Desjardins is also the Chairman of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee at Bombardier.
Mr. Desjardins takes a hands-on role in managing Bombardier's extensive legal department and is closely involved, with both internal and external legal advisors, in respect of all major legal issues facing Bombardier.
He is an active seminar participant, speaker and writer, including authorship of CCCA Magazine’s “Closing the Deal” column in each issue, of matters of interest to the Canadian corporate counsel community.
Mr. Desjardins' authoritative voice is never shy; tackling issues such as managing international legal departments, controlling external legal costs, and regulatory and legislative matters. Any issue that affects the corporate counsel community attracts his interest and attention.
Mr. Desjardins is committed to enhancing the international stature of the Canadian corporate counsel community and forging strong global links among the profession.
As such, in 2009, Mr. Desjardins took on the challenging role of co-chair of the inaugural CCCA Corporate Counsel World Summit. His leadership and team approach to building this ground-breaking event brought together corporate counsel from 14 countries and laid the foundation for the World Summit becoming a continuing event.
The Robert V.A. Jones Award is named in honour of CCCA’s founding Executive Director, Robert (Bob) Jones. The Award recognizes leaders in corporate counsel practice and those persons who have made exceptional contributions to the development or promotion of the Corporate Counsel bar or community, including significant research or writing on related issues.
For more information on the CCCA National Spring Conference, please visit the CCCA website.
Programs take place at the Hyatt Regency in Montreal. Most sessions are open to accredited media.
Established in 1988, the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association is a Conference of the Canadian Bar Association. Its mission is to provide a national forum and voice for in-house counsel to advance the development of their practice of law and enhance their professional skills and careers. The CCCA currently has more than 10, 200 members.
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