About
Senior Counsel at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, recognized as one of Canada’s most experienced trade lawyers with extensive experience in NAFTA and WTO disputes, trade remedies, and related policy work. He also has significant experience in financial regulation, having served as General Counsel at Finance Canada and as the Canadian Competition Bureau’s first Deputy Commissioner for Competition Promotion.
Practice areas
International TradeLitigationRegulatory & GovernmentCompetition / AntitrustFinancial Services
Office
Expertise
WTO & NAFTA disputesTrade remedies (antidumping, subsidies)Agricultural tradeExport controls & technical barriers to tradeFinancial regulation & anti‑money launderingTrade in financial servicesCompetition promotion, economic analysis and advocacyAdvising finance ministries and central banks
Education
- LLM, University of Toronto, 1992
- LLB, University of Toronto, 1991
- BA, University of Toronto, 1988
Admissions
- Ontario, 1994
- Member, Law Society of Ontario
- Previous Member, Ordre des avocats de Genève
Languages
EnglishFrenchFarsi