Maziar Peihani

Associate Professor, Lawson Lundell UBC Professor in Business Law

Office:
Allard Hall, Room 348
Phone: 604 822 3856

Email: peihani@allard.ubc.ca

Profile

Professor Maziar Peihani is the inaugural holder of the Lawson Lundell UBC Professorship of Business Law, a position he assumed in 2019. His research, which explores the intersection of business and law, has been widely published in leading peer-reviewed journals. Professor Peihani’s scholarship has also been cited by courts across Canada and internationally, including the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Quebec Superior Court (Commercial Division), and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Prior to joining UBC, Dr. Peihani worked as a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), a leading Canadian think tank. In this role, he contributed to the development of a model law for sovereign debt restructuring and advanced policy initiatives regarding systemic risk and climate-related financial risks. His earlier professional and research roles include a Senior Fellowship at the Hennick Centre for Business and Law at Osgoode Hall Law School and an inaugural Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Centre for Banking and Finance Law at the National University of Singapore.

Professor Peihani frequently engages with regulatory and policy communities. He has been invited to present his work at the Interagency Supervisory Research Forum, hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; the Financial Protection Forum, a convening of Canadian federal and provincial regulators; and the Canadian Advocacy Council of CFA Societies.

Courses

Securities Regulation
International Finance – Law, Governance and Regulation
Business Organizations

Publications

“Covert Defences: Re-Assessing the Regulation of Private Placements in Canadian Take-Over Bids” (2026) 71:3 McGill LJ (forthcoming).

“Rethinking the Case for Reverse Vesting Orders in Canadian Insolvency Law” (2026) 59:1 UBC Law Review 251–292.

“Recovery of Lost Premiums in Failed Mergers” (2025) 62:2 Alta L Rev 917–942.

"Empty Voting and Hidden Ownership in Canadian Jurisprudence" (2025) 103:1 Can Bar Rev 211–247.

"Unveiling Closet Indexing: Insights into Canadian Mutual Fund Fee Litigation", 68 (2024) Canadian Business Law Journal, 256–290.

"Bank Insolvency" in Jassmine Girgis et al, eds, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law in Canada: Cases, Materials, and Problems, 2nd ed (CanLII, 2024).

“Can GDP-linked Debt Be The Answer To Sovereign Debt Crises?” (2024) 19:1 Cap Mkts LJ 65–85.

“The Recovery of Mistaken Payments: Revisiting the Doctrine of Relative Fault” (2023) 101:2 Can Bar Rev 420–449.

“Resolution of Small and Medium Sized Deposit Taking Institutions: Back to Basics?” 60:2 (2023) American Business Law Journal, 419–475.

“Regulation of Cyber Risk in the Banking System: A Canadian Case Study” 8:2 (2022) Journal of Financial Regulation, 139–161.

“From (no) Bailouts To Bail-In: A Comparative Assessment of Canada’s Bank Recapitalization Regime” 17:1 (2022) Capital Markets Law Journal, 120–145.

“Pension Fiduciaries and Climate Change: A Canadian Perspective” (2020) 46:1 Queen's Law Journal.

“Bringing Rule of Law and Fairness to the Dysfunctional World of Sovereign Debt: A Role for Canada?”, 56:2 (2020) Osgoode Hall Law Journal (with Mark Jewett).

“Regulating Systemic Risk: A Comparative Perspective” in Douglas W. Arner et al, ds, Systemic Risk in the Financial Sector: Ten Years After the Great Crash (CIGI Press, 2019) (with Anita Annand).

“From Kadi to Bank Mellat: Iran Sanctions and the Revival of the Due Process Dilemma” 58 (2017) Harvard International Law Journal Online.

“Financial Regulation and Disruptive Technologies: The Case of Cloud Computing in Singapore” (2017) Singapore Journal of Legal Studies.

“Crisis Management and Orderly Resolution of Banks in Canada and Internationally: A Perspective on Reforms and Challenges” (2016) Annual Review of Insolvency Law.

“Universal Investors and Socially Responsible Finance: A Critique of a Premature Theory” (2015) 30:3 Banking and Finance Law Review (with Benjamin Richardson).

“The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision: A Post-crisis Assessment of Governance and Accountability” (2015) 21:2 Canadian Foreign Policy Journal.

See more publications at the Allard Research Portal.