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REPRESENTATIVE WORK

REPRESENTATIVE CASES:  Counsel

S.D. Myers, Inc. v. Canada, NAFTA: UNCITRAL Arbitration;

Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Canada, NAFTA: UNCITRAL Arbitration;

Scotthalls Inc. v. Barbados, Canada-Barbados Investment Protection Treaty: UNCITRAL Arbitration, settled;

Canfor Corp. and Terminal Corp. v. USA, NAFTA: UNCITRAL Arbitration, settled;

Champion Trading & Ameritrade Inc. v. Egypt, United States-Egypt Investment Protection Treaty: ICSID Arbitration;

International Thunderbird Gaming v. Mexico, NAFTA: UNCITRAL Arbitration;

Grand River Enterprises Six Nations Ltd. v. USA, NAFTA: UNCITRAL Arbitration;

Canadian Cattlemen for Fair Trade v. USA, NAFTA: Consolidated UNCITRAL Arbitration;

Frontier Petroleum Services Inc. v. Czech Republic, Canada-Czech Investment Protection Treaty: UNCITRAL Arbitration;

Gallo v. Canada, NAFTA: UNCITRAL Arbitration;

Glocoms Inc. v. Mongolia, UNCITRAL Arbitration;

Bosh Group v. Ukraine, USA-Ukraine Investment Protection Treaty: ICSID Arbitration;

Lao Holdings N.V. v. Laos, Netherlands-Lao PDR Investment Protection Treaty: ICSID-AF Arbitration; and

Sanum Investments Limited v. Laos, PR China v Lao PDR Investment Protection Treaty: ad hoc arbitration;

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Mahmoud Wahba et al v. Egypt, United States-Egypt Investment Protection Treaty: ICSID Arbitration;

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Vento Motorcycles, Inc. v. Mexico, NAFTA ICSID(AF) Arbitration;

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Stanford Ponzi Scheme Victims v. USA, NAFTA, USA-Peru FTA, and, USA-Chile FTA, UNCITRAL Arbitrations..

REPRESENTATIVE CASES:  Consultant

Link Trading v. Moldova, United States-Moldova Investment Protection Treaty: UNCITRAL Arbitration;

United Parcel Services of America v. Canada, NAFTA: UNCITRAL Arbitration;

Trammel Crow Corp. v. Canada, NAFTA dispute;

Group ADF v. United States, NAFTA: ICSID(AF) Arbitration;

Siag & Vecchi v. Egypt, United States-Egypt Investment Protection Treaty: ICSID Arbitration;

Ulemek v. Croatia, Canada-Croatia Investment Protection Treaty: UNCITRAL Arbitration;

Vanessa Ventures Ltd. v. Venezuela, Canada-Venezuela Investment Protection Treaty: ICSID Arbitration;

Duke Energy v. Peru, ICSID Arbitration; and

CANACAR v. U.S.A., NAFTA: UNCITRAL Arbitration.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES:  Third Parties

Advised counsel to the Quechan Nation in Glamis Gold v. USA, an NAFTA arbitration conducted under the ICSID(AF) Rules.

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Provided an expert opinion in 2010 to Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada, concerning an ICSID arbitration launched by Philip Morris International against the Republic of Honduras, under the Switzerland-Uruguay Investment Protection Treaty. Subsequently participated in meetings with Uruguayan cabinet ministers and provided testimony before the Health Committee of the General Assembly of Uruguay, convince officials to fight rather than settle the case (in which Uruguay did subsequently prevail).

REPRESENTATIVE CASES:  Arbitrator

Berschader & Berschader v. Russian Federation, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Party-Appointed Arbitrator, Award and Dissenting Opinion issued 21 April 2006.

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