- Bio
- Professional Involvement
- Representative Matters
- Insights
- Education
Max is a fierce advocate who works closely with clients to resolve issues, whether through negotiation, mediation, or litigation. He enjoys the collaborative nature of the practice of law and the potential to shape decision-making, policy, and create precedents on behalf of the firm’s clients.
Max is a member of the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. His practice covers a range of litigation matters, including securities, construction and product liability. Max has particular expertise in civil and regulatory proceedings against directors and officers, class actions and broker/dealer disputes. He has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario, as well as regulatory bodies such as the Ontario Securities Commission.
Max is a sessional instructor at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law, where he teaches a course on white-collar crime. He also volunteers as Duty Counsel with the Ontario Securities Commission Litigation Assistance Program, assisting unrepresented litigants facing OSC proceedings, and as Duty Counsel for the Holland Bloorview Pro Bono Project, representing families denied government benefits in proceedings at the Social Benefits Tribunal.
Other Languages
Spanish
French
Professional Involvement
Professional Activities
- Duty Counsel, Ontario Securities Commission Litigation Assistance Program
- Duty Counsel, Holland Bloorview Pro Bono Project
Memberships
- Ontario Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Director of Sponsorship, MLSE Foundation Gamechangers
Teaching Engagements
- Sessional Instructor, University of Windsor Faculty of Law
Representative Matters
Successfully obtained an injunction in a dispute regarding a family-run trucking and logistics business.
Advised The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (CSE: TGOD), a sustainable Canadian cannabis company and producer of premium, organically grown cannabis, in completing the acquisition of BZAM Holdings Inc., a privately-owned producer of flower and 2.0 products.
Acted as Ontario counsel to Premier Parks LLC in connection with EPR Properties’ US$142 million acquisition of the Village Vacances Valcartier resort and hotel in Quebec City and Calypso Waterpark in Ottawa, Ontario, and the simultaneous leasing of the properties to Premier Parks.
Advising Infrastructure Ontario and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation in connection with the Highway 427 Expansion Project.
Insights
Education
- JD, University of Windsor, 2011
- BA (Hons., with Distinction), University of Toronto, 2006