Laura Safran

Laura Safran

Laura M. Safran, QC, L.L.B., L.L.M., (born August 11, 1952), is a partner (business rank) in the Calgary office of DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, a full service legal firm focused upon energy and natural resources, infrastructure, development, transportation, and related corporate/finance areas. She specializes in corporate law, commercial law, IP law, aviation law, and technology law. She acts for national and international corporations, major institutions, and government entities in respect of a wide variety of commercial and corporate transactions, including asset and share (finance) sales, asset leasing, asset-based financings, partnerships, joint ventures, outsourcing transactions, and restructurings. Ms. Safran also advises clients on corporate governance issues, public-private partnership (P3) transactions, and has led significant M&A transactions on national and international levels.

Background and education

Safran was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the eldest daughter of Mercia and Carl Safran. After first obtaining a B.A., with distinction, from the University of Alberta (1973), Safran graduated with an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall (1976), then was called to the Alberta bar (1977). She went on to obtain an LL.M. in public international law at the London School of Economics (1978), followed by another equivalent LL.M. at Columbia University (1981). Safran completed the Royal Aeronautical Society Aviation & Transportation Program at Oxford University (1984). She was appointed Queens Counsel (1996), the same year she was called to the British Columbia Bar.^[1]

Career

• Former Counsel, Pacific Western Airlines, 1983-1988
• Former Vice President, Law and Corporate Secretary, Canadian Airlines International, 1988-1996
• Former Senior Partner, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, 1996-2010

Other Affiliations

• Board Member, Calgary Airport Authority (YYC)
• Acting General Counsel, Calgary Board of Education
• Counsel, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
• Part Time Member, Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada (TATC)

Publications

• "Aviation", Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (4th Edition), Thomson Reuters Canada Limited, 2010

Awards

• Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women, Toronto Globe and Mail, 2004 ^[2]
• Leading Women Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert Zenith Award, 2009
• Guide to the World's Best Lawyers, Transportation (Aviation), Band 1, Chambers Global, 2015 ^[3]

Associations

• Canadian Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Alberta Law Society
• British Columbia Law Society
• Licensing Executives Society

External links

• "DLA Piper Biography, 2015".
• "Safran appointed to Transportation Appeal Tribunal, May 1, 2013".
• "Laura Safran Appointed to Board of Directors, The City of Calgary: Airport Authority, 2011" (PDF).
• "Laura Safran Appointed Head of Legal Services, Calgary Board of Education, 2011".
• "Who's Who Legal, 2010".
• "Laura Safran Named Winner of Inaugural Lexpert Zenith Award, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Thomson Reuters Canada Limted, October 16, 2009".
• "Laura Safran Named to Madison Who's Who of Executives and Professionals, PR Web.com, August 20, 2007".

References

1. "Laura M. Safran Q.C., Attorney". Lawyer.com. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
2. "Canada's Top 100 Women, Globe and Mail, 2004".
3. "Chambers & Partners, Guide to the World's Best Lawyers, 2015".