WELSH LAW - Key Persons
For nearly 40 years, Peter R. Welsh has practiced Corporate and Commercial Law both on behalf of some of Canada's largest financial institutions, real estate developers and publicly listed Corporations as well as in the representation of entrepreneurial, owner-managed companies, independent businesses, associations and individuals.
His practice is devoted to Business Law, encompassing business start-up, financial services, real estate, succession and estate planning, restructuring and commercial transactions.
Peter's particular focus is the business side of law, devising preventative strategies and solutions to avoid or lessen the risk, resolve crises and achieve management and corporate objectives.
Peter brings to his clients the wisdom of experience and his resources as a skillful negotiator with an attention to detail.
Peter R. Welsh holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) degree from McMaster University, 1969 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from University of New Brunswick, 1972. Following his call to the Bar in New Brunswick, he practiced Corporate and Commercial law with Hanson, Hashey & Scott in Frederiction, NB. Returning to Ontario, he graduated from the University of Western Ontario Ivy School of Business with a Masters degree in Business Administration in 1975 and immediately joined The Cadillac Fairview Corporation as Associate General Counsel until returning to private practice in Ontario in Business Law with Aylesworth Thompson (later Aylesworth LLP and, now, Dickinson Wright LLP) in 1978. Peter has authored material on Franchise Law published by Canada Law Book and has lectured on matters as diverse as directors' and officers' responsibilities and liabilities in Canada, enforcement of creditor rights and succession planning for entrepreneurial businesses, governance and financial restructuring.
Job Titles:
- Mississauga Commercial Litigation Specialist