John H Willes

John Henry Willes is an Ontario barrister and solicitor. For many years he taught at Queens University in both the Faculty of Law and the School of Business, in the LLB, BComm, and MBA programmes. He is the past co-ordinator and principal instructor of the International Business and International Law Programme at Herstmonceux Castle International Study Centre in the United Kingdom. He holds Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws, and Master of Business Administration degrees from Queens...See more

John Henry Willes is an Ontario barrister and solicitor. For many years he taught at Queens University in both the Faculty of Law and the School of Business, in the LLB, BComm, and MBA programmes. He is the past co-ordinator and principal instructor of the International Business and International Law Programme at Herstmonceux Castle International Study Centre in the United Kingdom. He holds Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws, and Master of Business Administration degrees from Queens University, and a Master of Laws from Vrije University, Brussels, Belgium. He also holds a Canadian Investment Manager designation from the Canadian Securities Institute. He has been elected as a Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies in London, England, and was a Visiting Fellow at the University of London, England, in 2002. In addition to serving clients in North America and Western Europe, his business activities include advising on legislative transition in the republics of the former Soviet Union, and enterprise restructuring and business management in the Peoples Republic of China. He is a member of the editorial advisory boards of Financial Crime Review and the European Financial Law Review . He is co-author of the 8th edition of Contemporary Canadian Business Law (McGraw-Hill Ryerson). See less