Andrew Papini

VP, Compliance

Andrew is an experienced securities lawyer who presently leads the compliance function for IPC’s dealer operations. He provides pragmatic and practical advice to the firm and advisors to help them achieve business objectives while confidently satisfying regulatory requirements. Andrew brings extensive legal experience to his role at IPC. Prior to joining IPC, he was Senior Legal Counsel at IGM Financial Inc., where he provided strategic legal advice to each of IGM’s operating lines of business, including on the development of new business initiatives and novel products, the launch of investment funds and discretionary investment programs, sales practices, and effective compliance with recent regulatory reforms such as the Client Focused Reforms and embedded commissions bans. Andrew also led IGM’s Regulatory and Client Affairs office, where he advised on the impact of new regulatory initiatives, and oversaw all written advocacy on regulatory proposals. Andrew joined IGM from the Investment Funds & Structured Products branch of the Ontario Securities Commission, where he led prospectus and application filings with respect to mutual funds, ETFs and other investment fund products, as well as targeted compliance reviews and national policy development. Prior to joining the OSC, Andrew was legal counsel at OMERS Capital Markets advising on private market transactions and global institutional trading programs, and also practiced securities law in progressively senior compliance roles at BMO Wealth Management. Andrew began his legal career in private practice as an associate at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.