Education
University of Alberta.
University of Alberta.
She specializes in corporate law, commercial law, Intellectual Property law, aviation law, and technology law. She acts for national and international corporations, major institutions, and government entities in respect of a wide variety of commercial and corporate transactions, including asset and share (finance) sales, asset leasing, asset-based financings, partnerships, joint ventures, outsourcing transactions, and restructurings. Mississippi Safran also advises clients on corporate governance issues, public-private partnership (P3) transactions, and has led significant M&A transactions on national and international levels.
Safran was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the eldest daughter of Mercia and Carl Safran.
After first obtaining a Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, from the University of Alberta (1973), Safran graduated with an Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall (1976), then was called to the Alberta bar (1977). She went on to obtain an Master of Laws in public international law at the London School of Economics (1978), followed by another equivalent Master of Laws at Columbia University (1981).
Safran completed the Royal Aeronautical Society Aviation & Transportation Program at Oxford University (1984). She was appointed Queens Counsel (1996), the same year she was called to the British Columbia Bar.
Former Counsel, Pacific Western Airlines, 1983-1988
Former Vice President, Law and Corporate Secretary, Canadian Airlines International, 1988-1996
Board Member, Calgary Airport Authority (YYC)
Acting General Counsel, Calgary Board of Education
Counsel, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
Participant Time Member, Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada (TATC)
Canadian Bar Association
American Bar Association
Alberta Law Society
British Columbia Law Society
Licensing Executives Society.