George Ellinidis is Vice-President and General Counsel, Canada & International, for Smucker Foods of Canada Corp., where he has been employed since 2009. His work there includes contract law, advertising and marketing law, litigation, cross-border issues, and competition and trademark law.
Mr. Ellinidis was called to the Ontario Bar in 1997 and received his B.A. from the University of Toronto (University College), his LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School, and his LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. He began his career as an associate at Blake, Cassels & Graydon in Toronto where he specialized in corporate/commercial law before moving on to become General Counsel for Toyota/Lexus Financial Services.
He has taught Business Law at Toronto Metropolitan University since 2004 and more recently at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, and Osgoode Hall Law School. Mr. Ellinidis is an adjunct instructor at Hellenic American University, where he teaches in the BSBA program.