Year called to the bar: 1980
Founding partner. Specializes in international and domestic franchise, licensing, and distribution law for national and international clients; represents franchisors, franchisees, and associations in connection with transactions, workouts, defaults, purchases and sales of franchise networks, and creditor and debtor rights on both franchisor and franchisee insolvencies. Member of the Canadian and International Franchise Associations and the Canadian, American and International Bar Associations. Listed in the International Who’s Who of Franchise Lawyers and The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; writer and commentator on franchise and business matters; consultant to international development organization on franchising; co-Chair of the Uniform Law Conference Committee on uniform franchise law. Member of the Ontario Franchise Working Sector team. Named every year in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as a leading practitioner in Franchising Law. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1980.