Andrea Rosen has over 36 years' experience in law enforcement and regulation. She was Deputy Commissioner of Competition at the Competition Bureau of Canada and Chief Compliance and Enforcement Officer at the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission. She created and designed the enforcement infrastructure and processes at these agencies to landmark success; and has deep and extensive experience in law enforcement and fostering compliance with regulations. She led the drafting of CASL and its Regulations, numerous amendments to the Competition Act, the most recent review of the Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules, many Guidelines and the first Immunity Program under the Competition Act. She also led many strategically important cases at the Bureau and Commission, involving world-wide cartels, misleading advertising, Do Not Call, Robocalls and telemarketing fraud, all of which resulted in landmark fines or penalties, clarity of the laws and education of the marketplace.

 

Andrea is now President and CEO of Andrea Rosen & Associates and draws on this experience and that of the ARA team, when providing advice and technical assistance to governments, governmental agencies and offices of Parliamentary Agents which seek to optimize their legal and regulatory regimes, providing blueprints for concept and design, mounting and operating enforcement programs, and advising on strategic direction to ensure high impact results. Andrea and the ARA team also lead reviews and evaluations of agencies, providing options for organizational re-design and improvements to maximize efficiencies, assist agencies in the implementation of new programs, and the integration of combined programs to improve collaboration in the delivery of enforcement programs.

 

ARA provides private sector firms with advice on how to respond to regulatory and enforcement actions, design compliance programs to ensure adherence to laws and regulations and demonstrate due diligence.

 

Andrea and many on the team have led hundreds of settlement negotiations, involving firms in all sectors of the economy. The team has demonstrated their keen negotiation skills and ability to arrive at a successful conclusion.