Honoured as one of  “Canada’s Top 40 under 40” in 2005 by The Caldwell Partners, the Globe and Mail, Certified General Accountants of Canada, Air Canada and Privilege Magazine, Professor Puri's research expertise lies in corporate law, securities law, corporate governance, and corporate and white-collar crime. Governments and regulators in Canada and internationally including Industry Canada, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), the Canadian Senate, the Wise Persons Committee on Securities Regulation and the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank have sought Professor Puri’s expertise.  In 2005, she was appointed one of two research directors for the Task Force to Modernize Securities Legislation (which published its report in October 2006), and she was also chosen as a member of the OSC’s newly created Investor Advisory Committee.  She is currently President of the Canadian Law and Economics Association for the 2006-08 period.  A recipient of the Osgoode Hall Law School Teaching Award, Professor Puri’s teaching and research interests encompass corporate law; securities law; corporate governance; corporate and white collar crime; bankruptcy law; the economics of litigation and legal fees; and law and economics.  Along with numerous published articles, Professor Puri is co-author/co-editor of three books: Corporate Governance and Securities Regulation in the 21st Century (with J.Larsen)(Butterworths, 2004); Canadian Companies' Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (with L. McCallum)(Butterworths, 2004); and Cases and Materials on Partnerships and Canadian Business Corporations (with D. Harris, R.Daniels, E.Iacobucci, I.Lee, J.MacIntosh, and J.Ziegel)(Carswell, 2004).

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