Mitchell Wigdor

Mitchell Wigdor, AB (Harvard), MSc (LSE), LLB-BCL (McGill), SJD (Toronto),is a Toronto-based lawyer and a business advisor.  He has over twenty-five years experience structuring and negotiating joint ventures, strategic alliances and acquisitions in Europe, Asia and North America.  Prior to establishing his own advisory services firm, Mitchell was a partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon. Mitchell and Michael Trebilcock co-taught a course in Law, Institutions and Development at the National University of Singapore in 2006.  Mitchell’s doctoral dissertation examined the role of institutions as a mediator of the relationship between information technology and economic growth and presented extensive case studies of the institution building efforts of Singapore and Malaysia.  A book, based on his dissertation, will be published in 2012 as No Miracle.  Mitchell is a member of the Bars of Ontario and Quebec and is the Honorary Consul for Malaysia in Toronto.  Email:  mitchell@nexstrat.com