Law Practice
The Honourable Benjamin J.
Greenberg, Q.C., former Quebec Superior Court judge, joined Stikeman Elliot on
May 1st, 1999 as Senior Counsel. Before his tenure as judge, Mr.
Greenberg carried on a commercial and corporate practice and also actively
pleaded before the civil courts in Quebec.
Mr. Greenberg is primarily active in
international arbitration and is also playing an important role in establishing
and developing a domestic commercial arbitration practice to complement the
firm’s existing international arbitration activities. He also works with
the Litigation Group, providing advice and litigation strategy as well as
advice in the field of negotiation, mediation and alternative dispute
resolution. Moreover, he advises corporate clients on transactions in
consultation with the members of the Corporate/Commercial Group, as well as
attorneys from other firms, in major litigation, commercial and corporate
matters.
Professional Activities
Member of the London Court of
International Arbitration ( LCIA ) and of the Arbitration and Mediation
Institute of Canada. Listed on the International Arbitration Panel of the
Canadian Council for International Business (CCIB), the Canadian affiliate of
the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris. Also, since November 1999,
Mr Greenberg is a member of the Canadian International Arbitration Committee of
the CCIB, and of which he is the Chairman since November, 2002. He is listed on
the International Arbitration and Mediation Panels of the American Arbitration
Association as well as on the Arbitration and Mediation Panels of ADR Chambers
and ADR Chambers International. Mr. Greenberg is also an accredited Arbitrator
and Mediator in the ADRsportRed program of the Government of Canada.
Appointed to the Quebec Superior
Court, 1976, where he served for more than 22 years. Appointed Queen’s
Counsel, 1976.
Member of the Quebec Bar, 1959, the
Canadian Bar Association and the International Bar Association. Associate
member of the American Bar Association.
Long time board member, and elected
President of the Miriam Home and Services in February 2000.
Former member of the Japan Society
of Canada, Director of the Society, 1969-1972 and President, 1970-1971.
"Judge in Residence" and guest
lecturer at the Law Faculty of McGill University during the 1995 -96 academic
year.
Publications
Many of Mr. Greenberg’s
Judgments from 1976 to 1999 have been published in Quebec and Canadian Law
Reports. Among them are the Domglas Judgment in 1980 concerning minority
shareholders’ rights under the Canadian Business Corporations Act and the
Peoples Department Stores – Wise Brothers Judgment in 1998 concerning the
liabilities of directors to a Trustee in Bankruptcy representing the creditors
of the Bankrupt Company, pursuant to the provisions of Section 122 of the
Canada Business Corporations Act and section 100 of the Bankruptcy
and Insolvency Act.
Special Mandate
From June 1999 to November 2002 ,
Mr. Greenberg served as a member of the NAFTA Chapter Eleven Tribunal
concerning the softwood lumber dispute between an American Investor ( Pope
& Talbot, Inc. ) and the Government of Canada.
Education
- Sorbonne, Paris - Faculté de droit,
studied in the post-graduate program, 1957-58.
- McGill University – Law Faculty B.C.L.,
First Class Honours, 1957
- McGill University – B.A., 1954
Background
Born in Montreal, Quebec, on
December 2nd, 1933.
