Experience
Counsel to Metalclad in United Mexican States v. Metalclad Corp.- Judicial Review in the B.C. Supreme Court of the NAFTA Chapter 11 Award
Counsel to the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre before the B.C. Supreme Court in applications relating to its jurisdiction and rules
Adjunct Professor in International Commercial Arbitration, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia (1985 to 2012)
Arbitrator in a broad range of international disputes including institutional (ICC, AAA, ICDR, ICSID, JCAA, LCIA, NIA, VIAC, and BCICAC) and ad hoc arbitrations, including under the UNCITRAL Rules.
Chairman of three-person arbitral tribunals in several international sales, construction, joint venture, intellectual property, energy and merger and acquisition disputes
Counsel and mediator in mediations dealing with a variety of disputes
Counsel in applications dealing with recourse against arbitral awards and recognizing and enforcing international and foreign arbitral awards in Canadian courts
Counsel in international commercial arbitrations dealing with distributorship and construction, long term supply and commercial agreements and arbitrations pursuant to the NAFTA and bilateral investment treaties
Design and drafting of arbitration and mediation clauses and dispute resolution systems
Mediator in an international construction dispute involving a large hydroelectric project in Latin America
Member of the ad hoc Panel of Arbitrators at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010
Member of the Court Arbitration for Sports and member of several CAS panels in anti-doping and eligibility cases
One of three jointly-selected arbitrators in large international licensing, intellectual property and merger and acquisition disputes
Party-appointed arbitrator in several ad hoc investment arbitrations
Party-appointed arbitrator in various investment disputes conducted under the auspices of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
President of two ICSID Tribunals