About

Yusra Khan is a regulatory lawyer & Certified In-House Counsel, with extensive experience in regulated industries and professions. She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario & Law Society of British Columbia.

Yusra works with major banks, payment processors and money service businesses, credit unions, and fintechs on regulatory, compliance and risk management. She also provides legal services to medical/pharmaceutical companies, legaltech providers, regulated professionals, and board directors on a wide variety of complex regulatory and litigation matters.

Between 2018 and 2021, Yusra acted as counsel & director for Canada’s first federal credit union on their successful application for a Schedule 1 banking license. Prior to that, she practiced as a criminal & regulatory defense lawyer, and was fortunate to article to one of Canada’s top defense lawyers and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL). Yusra also has experience working in politics and government, including as a trade analyst for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs in Damascus, Syria.

Yusra’s first foray into entrepreneurship was in 2012, when she started a Law School Admission Test (LSAT) teaching company. Having scored in the 98th percentile on the LSAT, Yusra managed the business and multiple LSAT instructors to help hundreds of students get into law schools all over Canada and the United States. Since 2021, Yusra has been providing legal services and risk and compliance consulting through her practice, Yusra Khan Law & Consulting.

A lifelong learner and polyglot, Yusra holds a JD from UBC (2016), a BA in Economics from McGill (2011), a Certificate for In-House Counsel Business Leadership (2020), and a multitude of relevant (and irrelevant) certificates.