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Markus (Mark) Cohen, Q.C., LL.M., was, until early 1992, a
partner and co-chair of the Franchise Department of a large
downtown Toronto law firm.
He restricts his practice to business law, concentrating on
franchising, licensing and--as a Certified Specialist by the Law Society of Upper Canada--trade-marks. He is one of only seven
Canadians featured in the 'International Who's Who of Franchise
Lawyers', an independent peer-review publication.
A 1963 graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law,
Mr. Cohen is a member of both the Alberta and Ontario bars.
He received his LL.M. degree in Business Law from Osgoode Hall
Law School of York University, Toronto in 1980 and received
the honorary designation of Queen's Counsel in the same year.
In addition to membership in the Canadian Bar Association
('CBA'), he is a member of the American Bar Association ('ABA')
Forum Committee on Franchising, the International Bar
Association ('IBA') (Committee X - International Franchising),
and the Legal and Legislative Committee of the International
Franchise Association, Washington, D.C. ('IFA'). He is also
a member of the International Trademark Association.He has
written extensively and spoken at numerous franchising seminars
organized by such diverse groups as the CBA, the Canadian
Franchise Association ('CFA'), and the IFA, both in Canada and
the United States.
In November, 1991, Mr. Cohen acted as a Vice-Chair of the CFA
Legal Symposium and for that occasion prepared and delivered
the afternoon plenary-session paper entitled the 'Judicial
and Legislative Update: The Year in Review'. He is the sole
Canadian member of the Board of Editors of 'Franchising Business
& Law Alert' produced by one of the continent's leading
publishers of law-related newsletters, and is a member of the
Editorial Board of the 'Franchise and Distribution' journal
published quarterly by Federated Press of Toronto.
In 2001, Mr. Cohen was a featured speaker at the Annual Meeting
of the American Bar Association, Forum Committee on Franchising,
held in San Francisco, on the subject of 'Franchising in
Canada/La franchise au Canada'.
Company Details
Year Established:
1992
Number of Employees:
1
Company Information
Lisa Bertucca
Title:
Admin/Exec Assistant
Area of Responsibility:
Administrative Services
Telephone:
(416) 413-9822
Fax:
(416) 961-7011
Email:
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Mark Cohen
Title:
Managing Director
Telephone:
(416) 413-9822
Fax:
(416) 961-7011
Email:
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Services
Franchise Legal Services
Trade-mark Legal Services
Negotiating And Drafting Of Agreements