Erik Penz
Erik practises civil litigation, primarily in the commercial context. He has represented parties in a wide range of legal proceedings including contract disputes, international commercial arbitration, enforcement of letters of request from foreign courts (letters regulatory), environmental litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, shareholder disputes, corporate-law litigation, professional negligence, restraint of trade, group litigation including class actions, employment matters, business torts, franchise litigation and judgment-debt enforcements. Erik also has experience in non-litigious negotiations in disputes between parties to existing contracts.
Erik has appeared as counsel before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and at arbitration hearings, mediation sessions and settlement conferences. Erik has also prepared submissions for the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
Prior to joining Macleod Dixon LLP, Erik worked at a large Toronto firm.
- Queen's University, LL.B., 1998
- King's College, Dalhousie University, B.A. (First-class honours), 1995
- Ontario, 2000
- Law Society of Upper Canada, Member
- The Advocate's Society
- Ontario Bar Association
- Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers' Association
- Second place for written legal arguments, Canadian Corporate/Securities Moot, 1997
- King's College President's List of Distinction, 1995
- The Dominion Institute, Co-founder and Chair of the Board of Governors, 1997 - present
- Pro-bono solicitor, eating-disorder hospice, 2001 - 2002
