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Independent Arbitrator

Lawyer, Arbitrator, Mediator - International

Independent Arbitrator, 2016 – Present; Former partner/associate, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (and predecessor firm), 1982 – 2011; Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law (International Arbitration); 1985 – 2011.

Extensive experience in international commercial disputes. Regularly serves as arbitrator in a broad variety of commercial disputes. Particular expertise in the field of international commercial arbitration and investor-state arbitration.

Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland (Doctoral Studies, International Commercial Arbitration/International Law-1984); University of Ottawa (LLB, cum laude-1980); University of British Columbia (BA-1976).

Admitted to the Bar: British Columbia, 1981. Appointed Queen's Counsel, 1998.

International Bar Association (Arbitration Committee, Past Co-Chairman); London Court International Arbitration (Past Court Member); American Arbitration Association (Board of Directors).

"Dispute Resolution in the International Oil & Gas Business," ICC/AIPN Conference, Paris, October 2011; Editor, NEWSLETTER ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION, American Bar Association International Law and Practice Section, -present; speaker, "Jurisdiction Shopping," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, July 2007; "Autonomy of Arbitral Process," CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Kluwer, 2006; "Privilege in International Commercial Arbitration," ICCA Conference, 2006; "Choice of Law in Dispute Resolution Agreements in Private Arbitration," Continuing Legal Education, 2006; "La escogencia del lugar del arbitraje," REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE ARBITRAJE, no. 3, 2005; "Guiado por una Mano Invisible: El Orden Publico al Amparo del Capitulo 11 del Tratado de Libre Comercio de America del Norte (TLCAN)," REVISTA PERUANA DE ARBITRAJE, no. 1, 2005; speaker, "Choosing the Place of Arbitration in Energy Disputes," ICC/Canadian Bar Association, May 2003; co-author, MODEL LAW DECISIONS: CASES APPLYING THE UNCITRAL MODEL LAW ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION (1985-2001), Kluwer, 2002; "Arbitration Under NAFTA," ARBITRATION IN LATIN AMERICA, Kluwer, 2002; "Arbitration Under the North American Free Trade Agreement," 16 ARBITRATION INTERNATIONAL, 393, 2000; "El Desarrollo de los Metodos Alternos de Solucion de Controversias en El Siglo XXI," EL FORTALECIMIENTO DE LOS METODOS ALTERNOS EN AMERICA LATINA, Camara de Comercio de Bogota, 1999; "Where Do I Start? ADR Information Sources and Organizations," COMMERCIAL MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION IN THE NAFTA COUNTRIES, JurisNet, 1999; "Enforcement of Commercial Arbitral Awards," COMMERCIAL DISPUTES: ADVANCED PRACTICE - 1996, Continuing Legal Education, 1996; "Enforcement of Commercial Arbitral Awards," CONFLICTS OF LAW IN COMMERCIAL DISPUTES, Continuing Legal Education, 1990; "The Concept of Arbitration" and "Enforcement of Arbitral Awards," COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION: ADVANCED PRACTICE, Continuing Legal Education, 1989; "Choice of Law - Issues and Problems in International Commercial Arbitration," INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ARBITRATION, Continuing Legal Education, 1988; "The Role of Arbitration in Canada-New Perspectives," 21 UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW 427, 1987; INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION - ITS CURRENT USE, ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES IN COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 1986; frequent lecturer and author in the areas of international commercial arbitration and dispute resolution.

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