In cases of serious misconduct, Jordan assists companies in conducting thorough, business-focused investigations and managing any subsequent legal proceedings in a way that supports legal and regulatory compliance and mitigates risk. Jordan works closely with businesses and their senior leadership to recognise and decipher their challenges, evaluate the risks, and create a clear plan of action to address any underlying legal non-compliance and protect their brand reputation.
Jordan is Chair of the Canadian Corporate Crime, Compliance and Investigations Group. She brings over 20 years of experience acting in litigation, investigations, and regulatory proceedings involving all aspects of fraud, bribery, corruption, and white collar crime. Her mandates have involved a wide range of privileged and confidential investigations and legal proceedings relating to fraudulent schemes, conflicts of interests, kick-backs and bribes, self-dealing, asset misappropriation, regulatory non-compliance, accounting issues, and other corporate misconduct. She often reports directly to the company’s senior executives, board of directors, or special committees relating to these sensitive and serious investigation matters.
Jordan provides advice on compliance with and investigations pertaining to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act. She is regularly called upon by clients to assist in developing fraud and corruption prevention policies and programs, including whistleblower programs, compliance officer training, and risk assessment.
To support clients in fraud recovery litigation, Jordan has obtained and administered Anton Piller orders (civil search warrants), Mareva injunctions (asset freezing orders), Norwich Pharmacal orders (third party production orders), preservation orders and receivership orders.
Jordan also has extensive experience with mandates concerning Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) incidents, representing clients during incident investigations for serious workplace incidents, and representing clients charged with regulatory and criminal offences. Jordan has successfully defended clients through successful trial judgment, through Jordan applications for dismissal, and through negotiated resolutions with the Crown.
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