Laure Fouin – France
Partner, Co-Chair, Digital Assets and Blockchain,
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
A Paris-born individual, after moving to Canada for higher education at McGill University, Laure found herself drawn to the country’s intellectually stimulating and welcoming culture.
Her career took a significant turn in 2015 when she began exploring blockchain technology, eventually leading to her involvement in shaping the legal landscape of digital assets in Canada.
She advocates for a regulatory balance in the crypto space to foster innovation while ensuring investor protection, contributing to the establishment of regulated crypto trading platforms.
Looking forward, she is excited about the potential for blockchain to innovate beyond traditional financial structures and emphasize the importance of humility and effort in integrating into Canadian society, particularly for immigrants.
Laure is the co-head of the Digital Assets and Blockchain group and a partner in Osler’s Montréal office. Her practice focuses on financial institutions, financial products and services regulation, securities regulation and investment products (including crypto assets and crypto contracts), structured finance and debt capital markets (DCM). As such she notably helps her clients navigate digitization and ESG strategic and regulatory matters.
Laure is regularly called to share her expertise on matters relating to the use of blockchain technology, cryptoassets, digital tokens, artificial intelligence in financial services, regulatory and compliance issues relating to financial services entities and financial products, including banks and investment funds. Laure has also taught a course on credit default swaps and securitization.
Laure holds a master’s degree in business law and a master’s degree in banking and financial law, both from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, as well as a Master of Laws (LLM) from McGill University.