Mediator/arbitrator, commercial litigator and franchise lawyer with over 15 years' experience gained at national law firm McCarthy Tétrault, where he was a litigation partner and led the firm's franchise practice. Since November 2023, practicing franchise law and commercial litigation at Ship-Law-ADR and as a mediator/arbitrator at ADR Chambers. Maintains a national litigation and franchise practice with clients across Canada and appears frequently before arbitration panels and the Ontario, BC, and Alberta courts. Routinely mediates and arbitrates franchise and commercial matters. Former Adjunct Professor of franchise law at the University of Toronto. Legal publications on private law have been cited by appellate courts across Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada and the BC and Ontario courts of appeal.
On October 16, 2018, Brookfield Infrastructure and its institutional partners, (collectively, “Brookfield Infrastructure”) completed the acquisition of all the issued and outstanding common shares of Enercare Inc. for $29.00 per common share or, in the case of certain electing Canadian resident shareholders, 0.5509 of an exchangeable limited partnership unit (“Exchangeable LP Unit”) for each common share elected. The Exchangeable LP Units are exchangeable, on a one-for-one basis for non-voting limited partnership units of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (“BIP”).
