Professor Ben-Ishai is an internationally recognized expert on insolvency, corporate governance and commercial law.  A frequent guest speaker, Professor Ben-Ishai has presented her work around the world.  She has received the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence, SSHRC and Fulbright fellowships.  Professor Ben-Ishai has served as an INSOL International Scholar and was awarded the Osgoode Hall Law School Research Fellowship for her insolvency research.  Her recent research has also been funded by SSHRC, the Insolvency Institute of Canada, the Schulich Program on Financial Services, the Industry Canada Insolvency Research Initiative, a Borden Ladner Gervais Research Fellowship, and the Foundation for Legal Research.  She has served as the editor of leading Canadian and Australian commercial law journals and is an active member of a number of Canadian and international professional, community and academic boards and committees.  Professor Ben-Ishai is the author and co-author/co-editor of four books on insolvency and contract law and over 25 articles on insolvency, commercial and corporate law.  She has held various visiting appointments including Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2007-8), Monash University Law School (Melbourne, Australia) (2008), and the Faculty of Law, University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand) (2009).  Before entering academics, Professor Ben-Ishai practised with the Insolvency and Restructuring Group at Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP, and also clerked for three judges at the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Areas of interest: Corporate/Commercial Law

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