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Jeffrey has extensive experience within competition law and international trade law. His practice focuses in these areas, with particular emphasis in the following:
state-to-state negotiations and dispute settlement
trade policy
domestic trade laws and economic and trade sanctions
all manner of issues arising under the Competition Act
Jeffrey’s practice also extends to other areas of international trade law and Investment, such as:
international employee transfers
in-bound and out-bound foreign investment
Japan-related business transactions
government relations
Additionally, Jeffrey also has a robust corporate law practice.
Experience
Extensive experience in advising clients engaged in or affected by international and domestic trade negotiations, including NAFTA, the WTO, the Canada-EU CETA, the AIT, the CFTA, the TILMA and the NWPTA.
Significant involvement in state-to-state trade disputes, including those under NAFTA, the WTO, the AIT, the TILMA and the NWPTA.
Experience in all areas of Canadian domestic law applicable to the trade of goods, services and technology, including trade remedies, customs laws, economic and trade sanctions, and foreign anti-corruption laws.
Experience providing trade policy advice to governmental clients respecting their international and domestic obligations.
Extensive experience in providing advice in all areas of Canada’s Competition Act, including, in particular, pre-merger notification and merger clearance.
Extensive experience in the areas of foreign investment into Canada, including advice relating to the Investment CanadaAct and all manner of international law concerning foreign investment.
Extensive experience in all immigration-related aspects of international employee and executive movements.
Active in all manner of government relations-related activities at the provincial and federal levels.
Author and Presenter, “Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: The New Rules for Hiring Foreign Workers,” client presentation, October, 2014
PRÉSENTATION
Co-Author, The New Rules of Global Trade: A Guide to the World Trade Organization, Carswell, 1997.
PUBLICATION
Co-Author, International Trade & Investment Law in Canada, Carswell, 1994.
PUBLICATION
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Professional Involvement
Member, Law Society of British Columbia
Member, Vancouver Bar Association
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Roster of Dispute Settlement Panellists under the Agreement on Internal Trade, 2004 - 2018
Roster of Dispute Settlement Panellists under the BC-Alberta Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement, 2006 - present
Roster of Dispute Settlement Panellists under the New West Partnership Trade Agreement, 2010 - present
Roster of Dispute Settlement Panellists under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement, 2018 - present
Roster of Dispute Settlement Panellist under NAFTA Chapter Nineteen, 2017 - present
Community Involvement
Chair, British Columbia Wine Authority (independent regulatory body), 2007 - 2019
Coach, North Shore Girls Soccer Club, 2008 - 2016
Awards & Recognitions
Recognized in the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada (Competition/Antitrust Law).
Recognized in the 2017 edition of the Lexpert®US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Guide.
Recommended in the 2017 edition of the Legal 500 Canada (International Trade).
Recognized in the 2019 (and since 2013) editions of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (International Trade Regulation).
Recognized in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Competition/Antitrust Law).
Recognized in Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading International Trade Lawyers.
Bar Admission & Education
Colombie-Britannique, 1990
LLM,
Université de Toronto, 1989
LLB,
Faculté de droit Osgoode Hall de l'Université York, 1988
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