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"I’m determined to make things easy for you without breaking the bank. It’s my job to make sure you don’t have any bad surprises, so money doesn’t go out the door unless you want it to."
With over 15 years of strategic, business-based legal work and an entrepreneur herself, Ilana is continually searching for better ways to deliver the practice of law.
Ilana is a roll-up-the-sleeves, operations-focused lawyer and trusted advisor who works alongside your executive team to help with strategic planning and your operations team to help execute. She is proactive and practical, and can help you set up the right building blocks to nurture and cultivate your growing business. Ilana has seen it all, from Bay street and multi-national organizations to mid-size companies and scrappy start-ups in a variety of industries. Ilana can help you translate your vision into a viable reality.
"As a teammate, I’m here to help you grow and guide your business. My mandate is to provide so much value to your company that I earn my own fees. That means we need to do things right the first time with steps that are simple, repeatable and scalable."
No Surprises - consistently ensuring that money ‘going out the business door’ is for a good reason.
Keeping Track of What Matters - creating knowledge management systems to make key documents and obligations accessible and prominent. This ensures the company stays on target and onside its commitments, and results in bottom-line gains and proactive succession plans.
Building a Toolbox - developing and delivering educational seminars and tools like annotated contract templates designed to help your team get things done easily and independently.
Continually Improving - designing innovative and practical ways to make legal work easier, simpler, cheaper and more effective, including with ever improving technology like AI based softwares.
Osgoode Hall Law School (LLB, 2006)
Graduate
University of Toronto (B.A.Hon, 2002)
Graduate
Rotman School of Business
Business Leadership for Women Certification
Ivey School of Business
Business Leadership Certification
Novalda Institute
Change Management Certification
"The companies that engage legal services early on in their planning stages ultimately save time and money, build better business foundations and find quicker paths to profitability."
Vice President at REALPAC
General Manager at Hines
Canadian CRE Practice Lead & Managing Director at Accenture
"I enjoyed working with Ilana during her time at Oxford. Ilana is a strategic thinker and engaging leader. She is comfortable and effective at responding to emerging issues that address new business drivers and customer needs."
"As General Manager for 2,000,000 squared feet of AAA office assets I relied greatly on Ilana's legal expertise for leasing documents, legal concerns with tenants and any other issues that could and did arise. Ilana has an exceptionally strong eye for detail and that was most evident when we were selling a 50% interest in my building. I can say with great conviction that Ilana is greatly missed in our legal department."
"Ilana is a woman of great focus and dedication. She is a forward thinker who will provide a solid opinion and back it up with experience and facts. I appreciate Ilana's direct nature and ability to work through complicated issues."
