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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law, Graduate Faculty Advisor, 2010 to 2011;

University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law, Adjunct Professor, 2008 to 2010;

University of Calgary Faculty of Law, Adjunct Professor, 2007 to 2008;

University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law, Stephen Dattels Fellow in Mining & Finance Law, 2007;

Washington College of Law, American University, Adjunct Professor, 2004 to 2007;

Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee, Lecturer and Research Fellow, 2000 to 2005;

University of Windsor Faculty of Law, Adjunct Professor, 2001 & 2003 to 2004;

Chicago Kent School of Law; Visiting Professor, 2004;

Arizona State College of Law; Visiting Professor, 2004;

University of Windsor Faculty of Law, Assistant Professor, 2002 to 2003;

University of Ottawa Faculty of Law; Visiting Assistant Professor, 2002;

University of San Diego School of Law; Visiting Professor, 2001; and

Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2000.

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

Transnational Dispute Management Online, Maris Publishers, Articles Editor, 2010 to present.

OGEMID Forum, Maris Publishers, Deputy Editor, 2009

Transnational Dispute Management Online, Maris Publishers, Transition Committee Member, 2008 to 2009.

Investmentclaims.com, Oxford University Press, Special Editorial Advisor and Board Member, 2007 to Present.

Global Arbitration Review, LBR Ltd, Editorial Board Member, 2005 to Present.

International Legal Materials, American Society of International Law, Corresponding Editor, 2003 to Present.

Transnational Dispute Management Online, Maris Publishers, Associate Editor, 2004 to 2007.

Asper Review of International Trade & Business Law, Editorial Board Member, 2002 to 2005.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

International Trade Policy Analyst, Department of Canadian Heritage, Ottawa, 1998 to 1999;

Law Clerk to the Hon. Mr. Justice Howard Wetston, Federal Court of Canada, Ottawa, 1997 to 1998;

 

Articled Clerk [i.e. trainee lawyer], Ogilvy Renault LLP [now Norton Rose LLP], Ottawa, 1996 to 1997;

Policy Analyst and Consultant, Regulatory Affairs Division, Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada, Ottawa, 1993 to 1996; and

Policy and Appeals Officer, Customs Tariff Policy and Administration, Canada Border Services Agency, Ottawa, 1990 & 1991.

MEMBERSHIPS

MEMBERSHIPS

Law Society of Ontario [Upper Canada]

Licensed on 18 February 1999

Canadian Bar Association

Member, 1995 to Present
Ontario Student Achievement Award, 1996
Ontario General Council Representative, 1997 to 1998
International Law Section Executive Committee Member, 1998 to 2006

National Executive Committee Member, International Law Section, 2006 to 2007

American Bar Association

Member, 1999 to Present
Vice-Chair, Committee on International Trade Law, 2004 to 2006

American Society of International Law

Member, 2000 to Present
International Economic Law Section, Executive Committee Member, 2003 to 2005
Member, 2013 Annual Meeting Program Committee

International Law Association

Member, 2003 to Present
Member, Special Working Group on Foreign Investment Law, 2004 to 2006

International Chamber of Commerce

Member, 2003 to 2011
Named to Canadian Roster of Arbitrators in 2005
Member, Taskforce on Investor-State Arbitration, 2010-2011

Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners Organization
Founding Member, 2004 to 2008

Member, Board of Directors, 2004 to 2007

International Bar Association

Member, 2005 to Present

British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Sponsoring Member of the Investment Treaty Forum, 2005 to 2011

Member, 2018 to Present

Society of International Economic Law

Founding Member, 2007 to Present
Member, Board of Directors, 2007-2012

Institute for Transnational Arbitration

Member, 2009 to Present

Academic Council Member, 2012 to 2016

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