Mitchell Wigdor
Department of Law
University of Toronto
Canada
Biography
Mitchell Wigdor is a lawyer and a business consultant specializing in international and domestic corporate transactions and finance with over twenty-five years’ experience structuring and negotiating joint ventures, strategic alliances and acquisitions in Asia (primarily Southeast Asia and greater China), Europe and North America. He has acted as an expert advisor to international organizations and, prior to establishing his own advisory services firm, Nextep Strategy Inc., Mitchell was a partner in the Toronto law firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon. Mitchell is the author of No Miracle: What Asia Can Teach All Countries About Growth (Ashgate: 2013). Presenting detailed case studies of the institution building efforts of Singapore and Malaysia, the book examines the role of institutions in economic development with a focus upon the institutions that mediate the relationship between information technology usage and growth. Mitchell Wigdor is a lawyer and a business consultant specializing in international and domestic corporate transactions and finance with over twenty-five years’ experience structuring and negotiating joint ventures, strategic alliances and acquisitions in Asia (primarily Southeast Asia and greater China), Europe and North America. He has acted as an expert advisor to international organizations and, prior to establishing his own advisory services firm, Nextep Strategy Inc., Mitchell was a partner in the Toronto law firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon. Mitchell is the author of No Miracle: What Asia Can Teach All Countries About Growth (Ashgate: 2013). Presenting detailed case studies of the institution building efforts of Singapore and Malaysia, the book examines the role of institutions in economic development with a focus upon the institutions that mediate the relationship between information technology usage and growth.
Research Interest
Law & Economics
