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“I’m so proud to see that through my hard work and that of my team, we have built trust with our industry partners”
Victoria Coster,
Credit Fix Solutions
David Palumbo is a partner and chair of the Corporate Transactions Practice Group in Baker McKenzie's Toronto office. He is a member of the firm’s North America Capital Markets Steering Committee and Global Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Committee. He serves as chair of the board of the You Can Play Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the inclusion of all in sports. Palumbo has a corporate and capital markets practice with a focus on public and private financings and transactions by both public and private companies in sectors including healthcare and life sciences, tech, gaming, and natural resources/mining. He assists foreign companies in establishing themselves and doing business in Canada. Baker McKenzie brings insight and foresight to clients across more than 70 global offices. The firm's team of more than 13,000 people, including over 6,500 lawyers, works alongside clients to drive sustainable and inclusive growth. The firm is led by:
• George Avraam, managing partner, Toronto office
• Colin H. Murray, chief executive officer, North America region (Canada, United States, and Mexico)
• Milton W. M. Cheng, global chair
Its global business community is more interconnected than ever before. Opportunities and risks spill across different markets, sectors and areas of law, so a connected perspective is essential in delivering business objectives while mitigating risk. Baker McKenzie’s integrated client solutions provide seamless advice, and is underpinned by deep practice and sector expertise as well as first-rate local market knowledge.
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David Palumbo
Partner and Chair of the Corporate Transactions Practice Group
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“I’m genuinely keen to keep bettering myself”
Victoria Coster,
Credit Fix Solutions
2013
2014
2022
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2003–present
Speaker, Portfolio Management Association of Canada, Social Media – Risks and Opportunities, May 2013
2013
Program Co-Chair, Ontario Bar Association, 12th Annual OSC, TSX and IIROC Update, June 2014
Co-author, “CSA Issues Guidance on Know-Your-Client, Know-Your-Product and Suitability Obligations,” Baker McKenzie Client Alert, January 2014
Speaker, 2014 Intellectual Property Law Spring Series, Global Pharmaceutical Patent Licensing Considerations – North American Deal Activity, June 2014
Speaker, Portfolio Management Association of Canada, "The 2014 Year in Review – Lessons Learned from Regulatory Audits (CSA, FINTRAC and SEC)," December 2014
2014
Co-author, “Timely Disclosure Requirements” portion of the “Capital Markets and M&A” practice area in Lexis Practice Advisor, a legal research tool published by LexisNexis in Canada, May 2022
Co-author, “Hostile Takeover Bids: Offeror Strategies and Defensive Tactics” portion of the “Capital Markets and M&A” practice area in Lexis Practice Advisor, a legal research tool published by LexisNexis in Canada, May 2022
2022
Partner and Chair of the Corporate Transactions Practice Group, Baker McKenzie
Present
Co-founder of Rubin Thomlinson LLP
Received Lexpert’s Zenith award and National HR Awards’ Employment Lawyer of the Year
Received Chambers and Partners award for Corporate Social Responsibility and Inclusion, Canadian Who’s Who and Lexpert’s Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
2003–
present
Assistant Vice President and Senior Broker at MJ Hall & Company since 2018
Present
Milestones
Coster brings depth and breadth of experience to her current position, having joined the industry as a mortgage processor before leaping into broking. She later honed her credit reporting education and credit repair skills for several years while working directly for various brokers.
“Starting Credit Fix Solutions was a deliberate move, as I saw there was a niche in ‘no win, no fee’ credit repair that the industry didn’t currently offer,” she says.
As a CEO, Coster learned through business coaching that there are no challenges in business, only opportunities to learn and grow. She wholeheartedly adopted that perspective, enabling her to overcome the obstacles inherent in team management and implement new and improved systems. She employs several strategies for challenging situations, such as following routines, forward planning, sleeping well and exercising.
“If I make sure I look after myself, have a plan of action, and I’m organised, then I can overcome any challenge (opportunity to learn) if and when it presents itself,” Coster says.
A firm believer in the power of leadership, Coster strives to set an example that the next generation of women and men can look up to. She prides herself on her reliability and trustworthiness and is the first person to show up and the last to leave the workplace.
“I’m genuinely keen to keep bettering myself,” she says. “Even now, at the top of my game, I’m still always learning.”
Guided by her favourite quote, “It’s better to be green and growing than ripe and rotting”, Coster constantly stokes her curiosity and keeps an open mind about life and business. Her kindness, positive attitude, business acumen and dedication to her profession make her a trusted and valuable partner to her peers and the mortgage industry.