Background

Mandy Moore is a Partner in the Ottawa office. Mandy attended Queen's University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1997 and a Bachelor of Laws in 2000. She was called to the Bar of the Province of Ontario in 2002.

Mandy’s practice focuses primarily on international and domestic commercial arbitration and commercial litigation matters.

Mandy is the Regional Co-Chair of the International Trade and Arbitration Group, the Regional Chair of the  Business Immigration Group and a member of the Commercial Litigation Group.

Areas of Practice

• International and domestic commercial arbitration;
• Commercial litigation;
• Business Immigration; and
• Administrative Law, with an emphasis on Access to Information Act litigation.

Professional Experience

• Counsel to the Prime Minister of Canada, the Minister of National Defence, the Minister of Transport and the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in a number of judicial review applications related to access to documents under the Access to Information Act;
• Counsel in a number of complex and high-value domestic and international commercial arbitrations and litigation matters, including:
  • Counsel in a $330 million ad hoc arbitration in Canada governed by Ontario law over a malfunctioning telecommunications satellite, including related litigation in Ontario;
  • Counsel in a $60 million ad hoc arbitration in Canada governed by Ontario law over performance incentive payments related to a malfunctioning telecommunications satellite;
  • Counsel in a $10 million ad hoc domestic arbitration over a construction dispute;
  • Counsel in a $2 million ad hoc domestic arbitration over an environmental remediation dispute;
• Counsel in various arbitration award enforcement proceedings in Ontario;
• Counsel to various clients in advising on the drafting of arbitration agreements;
• Counsel to various employers and individuals in a full range of services related to Canadian immigration and citizenship, including obtaining Canadian Work Permits and Labour Market Opinions, obtaining permission for spouses of temporary foreign workers to work in Canada, securing Temporary Resident Visas and Study Permits, Securing Temporary Resident Permits to overcome inadmissibility issues, acquiring and maintaining Permanent Resident status, obtaining Permanent Resident Cards, obtaining Canadian citizenship and facilitating U.S. consular processing on behalf of U.S. law firms.
• Counsel to the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation in a pay equity complaint by the P.S.A.C. before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and the Federal Court; and
• Mandy has made appearances as counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, Federal Court, the Ontario Court of Appeal, and the Superior Court of Justice.

Professional and Community Activities

• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• Chair, CIArb International Conference Planning Group, Young Members Division
• Chair, Editorial Board, The Journal (publication of the ADR Institute of Canada)
• Former Chair and current Director, Sopinka Cup Committee
• Member, The Advocates’ Society, Young Advocates Standing Committee
• Member, Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners
• Member, ICDR Young & International
• Member, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society
• Member, LCIA – Young International Arbitration Group
• Member, County of Carleton Law Association
• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Member, Canadian Bar Association of Ontario

Recent Articles, Publications and Speaking Engagements

• “The Nuts and Bolts of Obtaining a Canadian Work Permit”, Speaker,  BLG’s Labour and Employment Symposium 2011, Ottawa, Ontario, December 8, 2011.
• "Canada as the Arbitral Seat – Lessons to be Learned", Speaker, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Young Members Group Conference, Dublin, Ireland, November 11, 2011.
• Faculty member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Accelerated Route to Membership and Fellowship course, Montreal, Quebec, October 21-23, 2011.
• "Conflicts of Interest", Speaker, BLG U, Waterloo, Ontario, October 4, 2011.
• "Use of Experts – Arbitrator and Counsel Perspective", Moderator, YCAP Spring Symposium, Ottawa, Ontario, June 23, 2011.
• "Conflicts of Interest – the In-House Counsel Perspective", Speaker, BLG U, Ottawa, Ontario, June 16, 2011.
• "The Importance of the Choice of Arbitrator" and "The Need for Uniform Standards for Arbitrator Independence and Impartiality", Speaker, Western Commercial Arbitration Round Table Energy Law Conference, Calgary, Alberta, May 16, 2011.
• "A Determination as to the Validity of an Arbitration Agreement is a Decision for the Arbitral Tribunal, Not the Court", Article, International Law Office, May 2011
• Co-Chair, The Advocates' Society Fall Forum, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, October 22-23, 2010.
• "Trends from the Supreme Court of Canada's Handling of International Commercial Arbitration Issues – Autonomy, Harmony, Consistency and a Little Caillou Too", Speaker, YCAP Spring Symposium, Ottawa, Ontario, June 23, 2010.
• "Three Year Delay in the Delivery of an Arbitral Award Does Not Abrogate Arbitral Immunity", Article, International Law Office, June 2010.
• Case Comment – Flock v. Beattie, Lex Arbitri, Spring/Summer 2010 edition, Vol. 6, No. 1.
• "Confidentiality in Commercial Arbitration", The Journal, Fall 2009 edition, Vol. 18, No. 2.
• "E-disclosure – The New Reality for Arbitration", Speaker, Western Commercial Arbitration Round Table Energy Law Conference, Calgary, Alberta, May 13, 2009.
• "Confidentiality in International Arbitration – The 'Not So Silent' Issues", Speaker, YCAP Fall Symposium, Montreal, Quebec, October 24, 2008.