About the author

• Author: Frank Zaid
• Profession: Senior Partner Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
• Pages: 453-453

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Frank Zaid i s a senior partner in t he Toronto off‌ice of Osler, Hoskin &

Harcourt LLP. He has served as a member of the f‌ir m’s Executive Com-

mittee. He practises bu siness law with an emphasis on franchising, li-

censing, intellectual proper ty, marketing and distribution law and i s head

of the f‌irm’s Franchise & Di stribution Law Group. His practice focuses

on advising franchisors, franchisee associations and others involved in

franchising on al l aspects of Canadian franchi se legal matters. He has

served as Chai r of the Supplier Forum of the International Franch ise

Association, and is the Past General Counsel of the Canadian Franchise

Association. He has w ritten, spoken, been interv iewed and acted as an

expert witness on franchise matters on numerous occasions.

Frank has been listed as one of the leading fr anchise law pract i-

tioners in every published edition of the Can adian Legal Lexpert Direc-

tory, the Lexpert/America n Lawyer Guide to the Lead ing 500 Lawyers

in Canada, and the Inter national Who’s Who of Franchise Lawyers. He

was also liste d as one of the twenty-two most highly regarded franchise

lawyers in the world in the 20 05 edition of Who’s Who Legal, a reference

published annually by L aw Business Research Ltd. of London, UK. The

same publication named him t he most highly-nominated practitioner

outside of the United States.

In 2002 he was appointed a Co-Chair of the Uniform Law Confer-

ence of Canada Commercial Law St rategy project on a uniform fran-

chise law. Completed in August, 2005, this project has developed a

model uniform franchi se law for all of the provinces and territories of

Canada.

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