Staff & Faculty Directory

Maziar Peihani holds the Lawson Lundell UBC Professorship of Business Law. His teaching and research are centered on the intersection of law and the financial system, with a particular focus on banking regulation, financial crises, financial institution restructuring, and sovereign debt markets. Prior to joining UBC in 2019, he was the lead in-house expert on financial law at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, a Canadian think tank specializing in global governance, law, and regulation.

Patricia Penaflorida is the Coordinator, Student Academic Services at the Allard School of Law. She works with the Academic Services team on course scheduling, course registration, exams and grade processing. She also manages the registration of students into directed research, moots, clinics/externships, special permission courses and the Criminal Law clinic.

Patricia has a BA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia.

Ben Perrin researches and teaches in the areas of criminal law and international law. He joined UBC in 2007 after serving as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada and advising judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Special Court for Sierra Leone. Ben was lead criminal justice advisor and in-house legal counsel to the Prime Minister of Canada.

Lisa is a dedicated Legal Assistant at the Indigenous Community Legal Clinic. Her journey in the legal profession started in Toronto, where she completed her Paralegal Diploma at Humber College, subsequently becoming a licensed Paralegal with the Law Society of Ontario. Since then, she has grown and contributed her skills to the in-house legal teams of companies in the Cybersecurity and Wood Products industry, focusing on corporate governance and commercial contracts, and in law firms such as Torys LLP and Chatarpaul & Associates.

Jennifer is the Alumni Relations Manager at the Peter A. Allard School of Law.

Melissa is the Communications Manager for the Canada Climate Law Initiative (CCLI). She is a communications generalist with international and domestic experience.