When it comes to regulatory compliance, we get you to the finish line. And beyond.
We are a regulatory compliance advisory firm with offices in the US and Canada. Our consultants are seasoned experts who have worked in senior compliance roles.
Our Story
It was May, 2008 and I was the CCO of a small broker-dealer that dealt with traditional equities and commodities trading as well as investment banking in mining. I wanted to see career growth, challenge, and upward mobility. There were simply too many generals and too few soldiers.
There was another solution – to hang my own shingle, and assist other firms and CCOs to ensure their compliance needs were resolved. This would avoid internal politics and be laser-beam focused on core problem solving. The ultimate means to provide solutions implemented in larger companies with excessive red tape and delays was to become independent. To be known as an individual who “gets stuff done” was a mainstay of going out on my own.
While starting the practice, I also started both my LL.M. (Master of Laws) in Securities Law and LL.M. General stream at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, in Toronto. After completing both LL.M.’s, I immediately started the third LL.M. in Business Law at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Working full-time at building a practice while completing three LL.M.’s part-time at night yielded life-long lessons in time management and focus.
Establishing an independent compliance advisory in 2008 in the depth of the credit crisis, in hindsight, turned out to be fortuitous. It took a few months for client referrals to flow and I was building a foundation. Since then, I have remained true to our core, focusing on regulated entities that have either Securities Law, Privacy Law, or AML compliance needs. Black Swan Diagnostics has become known as a firm that simply “gets stuff done”.
Meet our select team
OUR TEAM
Jack J. Bensimon
CEO & FounderJack J. Bensimon is a Managing Director of Black Swan Diagnostics Inc., a leading regulatory compliance advisory firm in the downtown Toronto financial district. Jack is an investor, board member, and advisor to various technology companies.
Jack is a seasoned securities law / banking law professional in the securities industry. Through Black Swan Diagnostics Inc., he advises banks, broker-dealers, fixed income dealers, MSBs, ATS, regulators, trust and insurance companies, Portfolio Managers, Exempt Market Dealers, Investment Fund Managers, mutual fund dealers, energy companies, fintech companies, robo advisers, NFTs, software providers, blockchain companies, cannabis platforms and issuers. He has registered various entities with the SEC, OSC/IIROC, spanning PM/IFM/EMD licenses. He also provides ongoing and interim CCO/CAMLO regulatory compliance services to different types of regulated financial entities.
Jack is an international speaker and advisor to blockchain companies, digital asset exchanges, traditional stock exchanges, and regulated financial entities spanning North America, Asia, Caribbean, Australia, and Europe. He has advised large global financial institutions develop and implement regulatory compliance programs in Asia, Australia, and Cayman Islands. He also advises software providers in Canada, US, UK, Caribbean, Australia and Ukraine in providing counsel on ICO, STO, and IEO on regulatory compliance issues for token sales and distributions.
He has testified as an expert Anti-Money Laundering (AML) witness for a major banking litigation case before the Canadian Competition Tribunal in Ottawa. Jack has also been featured in National Post articles relating to regulatory compliance thought leadership.
Jack teaches in the graduate program, MFacc (Masters in Financial Accountability) – Advanced Securities Law, Advanced Corporate Governance, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) & Terrorist Financing, part-time at York University, School of Administrative Studies, to masters-level students.
Jack is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Master of Laws (LLM) in Business Law, and completed both his General LLM and Securities Law LLM at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Jack is also a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School of Business, in a graduate program in investment management. He completed his B.A. (Hon), Economics/Math, University of Toronto.
Jack is an avid cyclist in Mediterranean Europe in the summer. He is active in other sports and exercise activities.
Brian J. Tanner
SVP, Strategy and ResearchIdentifies appropriate international jurisdictions for clients to expand based on business case analysis and regulatory environment.
Research complex regulatory issues including Securities Law, Corporate Law, Privacy Law, and AML concerns to resolve client risks and concerns.
Tracks and monitors regulatory developments globally to identify opportunities for clients.
Leads development and execution of sales strategies to meet short- and long-term sales and profit goals.
Works closely with CEO discussing sales and marketing strategies, development of new markets, and other issues requiring senior executive attention.
Assists placement agents / local licensed sales agents in foreign jurisdictions drafting sales and marketing strategies to suit client product suite.
Oversees all research efforts and point person for critical decisions within the department.
Matt Mortazavi
SVP, Business Development Middle EastMatt Mortazavi has 28 years of hands-on experience in general contracting, construction and project management, focusing particularly on construction risk management, forensic construction/engineering investigation, procurement and claim analysis, negotiation, delay claim preparation and defence, contract preparation and construction dispute resolutions by way of mediation, adjudication and arbitration.
He offers his expertise to law firms, owners (private and public sector), consultants and contractors in the areas of general contracting, construction and project management, construction litigation support consulting as well as construction dispute resolution. He has been offering his services since the 1990s. He has worked for a number of engineering consulting firms and a developer in the GTA. He has also worked in the Republic of Singapore where he was the project manager in charge of construction of the Singapore Civil Defence Academy Camp which until today is the largest in the world.
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Specialization in Global Business Law
Concentration in Construction
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Masters Degree (M.A.Sc.) in Civil Engineering
Specialization in Construction and Project Management
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Honours Degree (B.A.Sc.) in Civil Engineering