Biography
Jeff Davis oversees the Enterprise Legal Services, Compliance, Global Investment Counsel, and Taxation teams. He also leads the Firm’s enterprise-wide Crisis Management efforts.
Jeff’s leadership at Ontario Teachers’ focuses on strategy, culture, and nurturing internal talent. His authentic and people-centric leadership—grounded in empathy, trust, and vulnerability—is a fitting reflection of Ontario Teachers’ purpose: providing retirement security for Ontario teachers who, among other things, cultivate humane values that are critical to a good citizenry.
Jeff joined Ontario Teachers' in 2004 and was promoted to Vice-President and Associate General Counsel in 2010. A leading securities law expert, he led the legal team in countless transactions around the world and was instrumental in establishing Ontario Teachers' Hong Kong office in 2013.
Jeff has nearly 20 years of legal experience, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance. Before joining Ontario Teachers', he worked as Senior Vice-President, Corporate and Legal Affairs, at InsLogic Corp., and as a Corporate Associate at Torys LLP.
In 2009, Jeff was recognized as one of Lexpert's Rising Stars—Leading Lawyers Under 40, and was a finalist in the Dealmaking category of the Canadian General Counsel Awards. In 2018, he was the recipient of the Chambers & Partners award for Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession, and in 2019 he was named General Counsel of the Year by the Canadian General Counsel Awards.
Currently, in addition to his role at OTPP, Jeff serves as a Board Member at Acorn Health. He is also a member of the Executive Committee for Legal Leaders for Diversity and Inclusion, and an Advisory Board Member for Canadian Lawyer Magazine. Jeff is also actively involved with the International Bar Association (IBA), serving both as a Commissioner for the IBA Professional Wellbeing Commission and as an Officer for the IBA Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board.
Jeff earned an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School and a BA from the University of Western Ontario.
