Igor Ellyn, KC, FCIArb., LSM

Educational/Professional Memberships

Call to Ontario, Canada Bar, 1973; Queen’s Counsel, 1985; Certified as a Specialist in Civil Litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1989LL.B. (J.D.) Law Society Medal 2023; Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, Canada1971; B.A., Bradley University, Peoria IL USA. 1968Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, since 2002; Advocates Society-Harvard Law Mediation Workshop, 1997; ICC Training Program, Paris, France, Sept 1999; ICC Arbitration Course, New Orleans, Nov. 2001; American Arbitration Assoc. ICDR Program, Dublin Ireland, May 2002; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Training Program, Arlington, USA, June 2002; ADRIC Annual Meeting, Vancouver, March 2003; NY State Bar Association – Cornell International Labor Relations School -Employment Arbitration Conference, NYC, March 2008/Member, ADR Institute of Ontario Canadian Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Committee; Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society; Advocates’ Society; Canadian Bar Association; Association des juristes d ’expression française de l’Ontario Past President, Canadian Bar Association – Ontario (now Ontario Bar Association).

Current and Recent Positions

Principal of IGOR ELLYN ADR operated by Igor Ellyn Professional CorporationPast Chair, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Toronto ChapterPast Chair, Business Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group, INBLF.comFormerly Senior Partner, Ellyn Law LLP and its predecessor, Ellyn-Barristers until August 2015

Professional Experience

Chartered Arbitrator and Mediator since 2003

Business litigation and arbitration counsel since 1973. 

Practice limited to complex shareholder, corporate, contract, real estate and commercial leasing disputes, international judgment and arbitration award enforcement.Author, Litigating and Arbitrating Business Disputes (Lexis-Nexis)Co-author, Canada chapter, Enforcement of Money Judgments (Juris Publishing)Co-author, Canada chapter, International Liability of Corporate DirectorsAuthor of many other papers and presentations on arbitration and litigation, including:The Role of Arbitration in International BusinessEffective Advocacy in Commercial ArbitrationShareholders Remedies in CanadaFraud Claims in Business Transaction LitigationUsing Financial Experts in Business Litigation and ArbitrationMediation and Arbitration Experience

Mediated about 40 disputes in commercial disputes as mediator and more than 100 mediations as counsel.  Experienced in online mediations both as mediator and as counsel.Member of five Arbitration Panels, 1) Canadian Chamber of Commerce – ICC International Court of Arbitration; 2)  ICDR – American Arbitration Association 3) ADR Institute of Ontario (ADRIO) 4) Bucharest International Arbitration Centre; 5) ADR Chambers International.Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 2002. 

Arbitrated 20 commercial arbitrations. Acted as sole arbitrator in four institutional arbitrations:  ICC Court of Arbitration, ICDR and ADRIO.   Experienced in in online arbitrations both as arbitrator and as counsel. Counsel in about 40 arbitrations involving commercial and business issues, including international commercial transactions, mining, shareholder disputes, insurance brokerage, partnership disputes, agent and principal and employment. Experience under ICC, ADR Chambers, UNCITRAL, LCIA and other arbitration rules. 

Counsel on the 2009 case of Accentuate Ltd. v. Asigra Inc. (arbitration in Canada, UK Court of Queen’s Bench, London and legal proceedings in Canada).Counsel in litigation involving the Ontario Arbitration Act, 1991 and the Ontario International Commercial Arbitration Act.

Languages

English (100%), French (99%). Mediations and Arbitrations are conducted in English, French or bilingually. Also conversant in other languages: (Oral and reading): Romanian (95%), Hebrew (70%) German (60%), and some comprehension of Spanish and Italian.