Jasmine Daya

Jasmine Daya is a lawyer, entrepreneur and author, and the Founder and CEO of the Cross-Border Private Lenders Association (CBPLA). She established CBPLA to connect Canadian and American private lenders, mortgage professionals, capital providers and industry service providers through practical education, professional relationships and resources that support informed cross-border participation.

Jasmine is also the Managing Principal of Jasmine Daya & Co., a Toronto-based law firm with a focus on cross-border private lending law. She is licensed to practice law in Ontario and Alberta and is provisionally licensed in California. Her work draws on two decades of legal practice, including extensive experience in civil litigation and insurance matters, together with her background in finance, economics, business ownership and real estate investing.

Her cross-border experience includes serving for more than a year as Chief Operating Officer of Geraci LLP, a leading authority in private lending law in the United States. This experience strengthened her understanding of the American private lending industry and the legal and operational considerations involved in serving lenders across jurisdictions.

Jasmine holds a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, a Juris Doctor from Queen’s University, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Southern Methodist University.

She has completed the Canadian Securities Course and received certificates in Negotiation from Harvard University; International Comparative Law from Tulane University through a program hosted at McGill University; and Digital Marketing Analytics and Artificial Intelligence from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. These studies complement her legal and business experience and her interest in the role of technology in professional services.

Her commitment to practical education extends to her writing. She is the author of The Private Lender’s Insurance Handbook, the first published book in her private lending series, with The Private Lender’s Legal Handbook in development. Her other works include Law Girl’s Bump in the Road and the JD in the Kitchen cookbook series. She has also authored several articles published in legal publications and has been interviewed by the media as an expert on law, business and women’s issues.

Through CBPLA, Jasmine brings her legal and entrepreneurial experience to building a community where professionals can exchange knowledge, develop relationships and better understand the opportunities and responsibilities of private lending across the Canada–United States border.