Dimitri is a leading Canadian technology, Internet, and international lawyer and negotiator with 20 years of experience. He has a broad commercial practice, advising clients on complex domestic and international transactions across a wide range of industries, with a focus on technology. In tandem with his legal practice, he is currently undertaking a Master of Laws Degree (LL.M.) specializing in International Law at the London School of Economics (LSE).
Dimitri has particular expertise negotiating and drafting technology contracts, including licensing, hosting, and maintenance agreements (such as master service agreements (MSAs) and statements of work (SOWs)), development and implementation agreements, cloud computing agreements, Artificial Intelligence (AI) agreements, data processing agreements (DPAs), e-commerce agreements, outsourcing, procurement, and supply agreements, technology acquisition agreements, email marketing agreements (including email service provider (ESP) agreements, list management agreements, and affiliate marketing agreements), media buying agreements, and Internet agreements (including click-through agreements, acceptable use policies (AUPs), website terms of use, and privacy policies).
Dimitri has worked on innovative transactions with leading companies in Canada and the United States and most of the major Canadian chartered banks, international banks, financial institutions, and insurers. He has worked on high-value projects in Canada and the United States as well as Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and South-East Asia, advising on complex cross-border matters. He also advises clients on corporate organization and structuring, shareholder matters, corporate financings, strategic partnerships and joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, financings, projects, privacy and data security, and intellectual property.
Previously, Dimitri served as general counsel at a top-100 Canadian public company and leading international Fintech where he managed a group of four lawyers and negotiated and drafted some of the company’s most valuable long-term contracts with North America’s leading financial institutions. Before that he worked in the Global Projects Group at an international law firm in London, UK and in the Finance Group at two national Canadian law firms in Toronto and Calgary.
Dimitri is a frequent speaker and panelist on topics related to law, technology, and business, including Internet law and international law. He is a guest-lecturer at the University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University, and he has a certificate in Negotiating and Drafting IT Agreements from Osgoode Hall Law School.