Clifton Prophet

Practice Areas

Cliff Prophet is a partner and leader of Gowling WLG’s national Financial Institutions Litigation Practice Group.

Cliff practises in the areas of insolvency, pensions and employment benefits. He advises and represents creditors, debtors, insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders in all types of reorganization, liquidation and realization proceedings. He also provides advice with respect to pensions and employment issues arising on the purchase and sale of businesses. Other aspects of his advisory practice include acting for the trustees and administrators of pension plans in connection with investment management and custody arrangements, insurance arrangements, plan mergers and transfers, surplus entitlement and the drafting of plan documentation.

Cliff appears on behalf of his clients before the superior and appellate courts of Ontario and various administrative tribunals, including the Financial Services Tribunal.

He has also been recognized in Chambers Global, The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, The Best Lawyers™ in Canada and the Legal 500 Canada.

Career

Year of Call: 1993 - Ontario

Qualified as a Solicitor in England and Wales (2000)

Professional Memberships

Insolvency Institute of Canada

Served on the Legal Advisory Committee to the Financial Services Commission of Ontario