Craig has extensive experience as counsel and arbitrator in international and domestic commercial arbitration, as well as considerable experience in investment treaty arbitration.
He has appeared as counsel in complex commercial, construction and energy disputes in ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, SCC, HKIAC, LCIA, ICDR, VanIAC and ad hoc arbitration proceedings, and in the British Columbia Appeal Court, Provincial Courts of British Columbia and Supreme Court of Canada and has acted as a sole arbitrator and tribunal chair in international and domestic arbitrations, both institutional and ad hoc.
Craig is the current Chair of the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee and was the recipient of the 2022 Excellence in Arbitration Award from the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre. Craig was also recognized in 2023’s BC500 – a publication that profiles the 500 most influential business leaders in British Columbia. Craig embodies the values of modern leadership that BIV looks out for: engagement, trust, corporate citizenship and inclusion.
Commentary on him includes: Craig’s “mix of local and international work makes him a go-to individual’" (2024 Lexology Arbitration) and from a client, Craig’s “profound understanding of arbitration proceedings and the energy industry market stands out”.
Craig provides legal services through a Law Corporation.
Experience
- Tribunal Chair in two domestic arbitrations relating to property development arrangement under the VanIAC Rules.
- Tribunal Chair in an ad hoc international arbitration relating to the manufacture and sale of products in China.
- Party Appointed Arbitrator in an ICC international arbitration between companies from the United States and Korea relating to a design engineering agreement.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in an Expedited VanIAC international arbitration relating to a manufacturing and distribution agreement.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in a VanIAC domestic arbitration relating to a purchase and sale agreement.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in an ICC international arbitration relating to a software outsourcing agreement.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in an Expedited ICC international arbitration between companies from the United States and China relating to a loan transaction, resulting in a final award.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in a VanIAC domestic arbitration relating to a license agreement, resulting in a final award.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in a VanIAC domestic arbitration relating to a medical services agreement, resulting in a final award.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in a domestic institutional arbitration arising out of a royalty agreement relating to wind farms, resulting in a final award.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator by the VanIAC in an international arbitration in relation to a dispute over the termination of a consultancy agreement between parties from New York and Vancouver, resulting in a partial award.
- Represented a United Arab Emirates company in a dispute under the ICDR International Arbitration Rules relating to a debt claim arising from the purchase of a technology company, seated in San Francisco.
- Represented a power company in three separate SCC arbitrations relating to geothermal power generation and an iron smelter, seated in Reykjavik.
- Represented a Canadian software company in a HKIAC international arbitration relating to a partnership agreement with a Chinese entity seated in Hong Kong.
- Represented a telecommunications company in a domestic VanIAC arbitration arising out of a sponsorship agreement.
- Represented a developer in a domestic VanIAC arbitration arising out of a land purchase agreement.
- Represented a government-owned entity with respect to a dispute over the interpretation of a contract relating to the parties’ intellectual property rights.
- Represented a government-owned entity in over ten VanIAC arbitrations relating to force majeure and COVID.
- Represented a joint venture contractor in an UNCITRAL arbitration arising from construction-related disputes for a major project.
- Represented a contractor in its dispute with a design engineer in a domestic VanIAC arbitration.
- Represented domestic and international parties in an ad hoc arbitration related to health and nutrition products.
- Represented a Chinese manufacturing company in a dispute with a North America distributor of construction-related materials in an international arbitration under the VanIAC Rules.
- Represented a government-owned entity in a number of domestic and international arbitration proceedings, including construction disputes relating to site preparation and the purchase and sale of power generation equipment.
- Represented a turnkey contractor in an international arbitration proceeding arising from the construction of a nuclear power plant.
- Represented a ship-building contractor in its arbitration with an owner.
- Represented a Canadian pharmaceutical company in an ICC arbitration.
- Represented a UK marine procurement company in an ICC arbitration.
- Represented a Canadian mining company in an UNCITRAL arbitration.
- Represented a Portuguese cement company in an ICC arbitration.
- Represented a US satellite manufacturer in an ICC arbitration and ad hoc international arbitration proceedings.
- Represented an international mining company in a British Columbia Supreme Court proceeding brought by a company from a South American state.
- Represented an engineering company in a British Columbia Supreme Court proceeding in which there was a parallel proceeding in Europe.
- Represented an engineering company in a British Columbia Supreme Court proceeding against a contractor.
- Represented a Russian energy company in an ICC arbitration.
- Represented an international energy company in an ICSID proceeding against a South American state.
- Represented an international energy company in two ICSID proceedings against a former CIS state.
- Represented states in Europe and Africa in ICSID proceedings arising out of the Energy Charter Treaty and an investor’s claims relating to mining rights, respectively.
- Acted as tribunal secretary to Jan Paulsson in Pantechniki S.A. Contractors & Engineers v. Republic of Albania (ICSID Case No ARB/07/21) with respect to the construction of a highway.
- Acted as tribunal secretary in an ICC case relating to the dismantling, transportation and reconstruction of a steel plant.
- Tribunal Chair in two domestic arbitrations relating to property development arrangement under the VanIAC Rules.
- Tribunal Chair in an ad hoc international arbitration relating to the manufacture and sale of products in China.
- Party Appointed Arbitrator in an ICC international arbitration between companies from the United States and Korea relating to a design engineering agreement.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in an Expedited VanIAC international arbitration relating to a manufacturing and distribution agreement.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in a VanIAC domestic arbitration relating to a purchase and sale agreement.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in an ICC international arbitration relating to a software outsourcing agreement.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in an Expedited ICC international arbitration between companies from the United States and China relating to a loan transaction, resulting in a final award.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in a VanIAC domestic arbitration relating to a license agreement, resulting in a final award.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in a VanIAC domestic arbitration relating to a medical services agreement, resulting in a final award.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator in a domestic institutional arbitration arising out of a royalty agreement relating to wind farms, resulting in a final award.
- Appointed Sole Arbitrator by the VanIAC in an international arbitration in relation to a dispute over the termination of a consultancy agreement between parties from New York and Vancouver, resulting in a partial award.
- Represented a United Arab Emirates company in a dispute under the ICDR International Arbitration Rules relating to a debt claim arising from the purchase of a technology company, seated in San Francisco.
- Represented a power company in three separate SCC arbitrations relating to geothermal power generation and an iron smelter, seated in Reykjavik.
- Represented a Canadian software company in a HKIAC international arbitration relating to a partnership agreement with a Chinese entity seated in Hong Kong.
- Represented a telecommunications company in a domestic VanIAC arbitration arising out of a sponsorship agreement.
- Represented a developer in a domestic VanIAC arbitration arising out of a land purchase agreement.
- Represented a government-owned entity with respect to a dispute over the interpretation of a contract relating to the parties’ intellectual property rights.
- Represented a government-owned entity in over ten VanIAC arbitrations relating to force majeure and COVID.
- Represented a joint venture contractor in an UNCITRAL arbitration arising from construction-related disputes for a major project.
- Represented a contractor in its dispute with a design engineer in a domestic VanIAC arbitration.
- Represented domestic and international parties in an ad hoc arbitration related to health and nutrition products.
- Represented a Chinese manufacturing company in a dispute with a North America distributor of construction-related materials in an international arbitration under the VanIAC Rules.
- Represented a government-owned entity in a number of domestic and international arbitration proceedings, including construction disputes relating to site preparation and the purchase and sale of power generation equipment.
- Represented a turnkey contractor in an international arbitration proceeding arising from the construction of a nuclear power plant.
- Represented a ship-building contractor in its arbitration with an owner.
- Represented a Canadian pharmaceutical company in an ICC arbitration.
- Represented a UK marine procurement company in an ICC arbitration.
- Represented a Canadian mining company in an UNCITRAL arbitration.
- Represented a Portuguese cement company in an ICC arbitration.
- Represented a US satellite manufacturer in an ICC arbitration and ad hoc international arbitration proceedings.
- Represented an international mining company in a British Columbia Supreme Court proceeding brought by a company from a South American state.
- Represented an engineering company in a British Columbia Supreme Court proceeding in which there was a parallel proceeding in Europe.
- Represented an engineering company in a British Columbia Supreme Court proceeding against a contractor.
- Represented a Russian energy company in an ICC arbitration.
- Represented an international energy company in an ICSID proceeding against a South American state.
- Represented an international energy company in two ICSID proceedings against a former CIS state.
- Represented states in Europe and Africa in ICSID proceedings arising out of the Energy Charter Treaty and an investor’s claims relating to mining rights, respectively.
- Acted as tribunal secretary to Jan Paulsson in Pantechniki S.A. Contractors & Engineers v. Republic of Albania (ICSID Case No ARB/07/21) with respect to the construction of a highway.
- Acted as tribunal secretary in an ICC case relating to the dismantling, transportation and reconstruction of a steel plant.
