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General Counsel: Canada - Global Market Leaders
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Kike Lawal is CIBC's chief legal officer, having joined the bank in 2020 from Interac. She has experience both as in-house counsel and as a private practitioner, given her stint as a lawyer at Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP. She is highly regarded for her work on the transactional and regulatory fronts.
Strengths
She is a very impressive person who manages a very large group across multiple jurisdictions.