Date: May 25, 2016
Suhuyini Abudulai
sabudulai@casselsbrock.com
t: 416 642 7452
f: 647 259 7952
Toronto
Suite 2100, Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Toronto, ON
Canada
M5H 3C2
Suhuyini Abudulai is an associate in the Financial Services Group. Her practice focuses on commercial
lending transactions, representing lenders and borrowers in domestic and multi-jurisdictional financing
transactions, and advising Canadian and non-Canadian financial institutions and businesses on regulatory
compliance matters in financial services and the payments industry, including compliance with consumer
protection laws.
Publications include:
The Annotated Ontario Consumer Protection Act (LexisNexis Canada)
Canadian Commercial Law Guide – Consumer Protection (Wolters Kluwer)
Consumer Protection, Commercial Law Module of Lexis Practice Advisor Canada (LexisNexis Canada)
Halsbury’s Laws of Canada, First Edition – Banking and Finance (LexisNexis Canada)
Canada-U.S. Commercial Law Guide (Thomson Carswell)
“Supreme Court of Canada Rules that Provincial Consumer Protection Laws Apply to Bank-Issued Credit
Cards” (Financial Services Group E-lert)
“Consumer Transactions in Canada: Overview of Consumer Protection” (CFSC 101 Series Publications:
Young Lawyers Subcommittee, Consumer Financial Services Committee of the American Bar Association).
“Perfecting Security Interests in Cash Collateral – Proposed Amendments to the Ontario PPSA" (National
Creditor and Debtor Review)
“Payment Cards – Recent Developments" (National Banking Law Review)
“New Brunswick’s New Cost of Credit Disclosure Act" (Equipment Leasing Newsletter)
Suhuyini actively advocates for diversity and inclusion within the legal profession. She is a member of the
firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Chair of its Black Affinity Group. She is also a member of the
Black Female Lawyers Network and was recently appointed Vice-Chair of the Lawyers of Color Subcommittee
of the American Bar Association, which was organized to lead the efforts of the Business Law Section and
Diversity Committee of the ABA in attracting lawyers of color and addressing issues of relevance to this
constituency.
Call to the bar
Ontario, 2009
Associations
American Bar Association
Content Director of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Director of the Pro Bono Committee of the Project Finance and Development Committee
Chair of the Young Lawyers and Law Students Subcommittee of the Project Finance and Development
Committee
Chair of the International Subcommittee of the Consumer Financial Services Committee
Vice-Chair of the Lender Liability Subcommittee of the Commercial Finance Committee
Member of the Editorial Board of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee Newsletter
Vice-Chair of the Lawyers of Color Subcommittee
Co-Editor of the Commercial Finance and Uniform Commercial Code Committee's Commercial Law
Newsletter (2012-2016)
Black Female Lawyers Network
Member of the Retreat and Events Committee
Member of the Membership Committee
National Bar Association, Member of the Editorial Board of the National Bar Association Magazine
Ontario Bar Association
Secretary of the Business Law Section Executive
Member of the Consumer Law Committee
Expertise
Automotive
Financial Institutions Regulation
Financial Services
Lending & Finance
Payments Industry
Private Equity
Project Finance
Securitization & Structured Finance