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INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION Richard W. Pound, QC, FCA Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (514) 397-3037 Fax: (514) 397-3063 Montréal rpound@stikeman.com Martin J. Valasek Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP Tel: (514) 847-4818 Fax: (514) 286-5474 Montréal martin.valasek@nortonrosefulbright.com Practice includes tax litigation, tax advisory work, negotiations with tax authorities and commercial and sports arbitration. Editor-in-Chief of Canada Tax Cases, Stikeman Income Tax Act Annotated and Pound's Tax Case Notes. Has lectured in taxation matters at McGill University Faculty of Law and in Chartered Accountancy program. Chancellor of McGill University (1999–2009), currently Chancellor Emeritus. Member of the International Olympic Committee, Chairman of the IOC's Coordination Commission for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and oversaw all Olympic television negotiations, marketing and sponsorships (1983–2001). Founding Chairman of World Anti-Doping Agency, member of the International Council for Arbitration in Sport. Chairman of the Foundation of Greater Montreal. Named in TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world for his relentless efforts to rid sport of performance-enhancing drugs. Included in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013. Member of the Québec (1968) and Ontario (1980) Bars. Martin Valasek is a leading practitioner in the area of international arbitration, with extensive experience in both investor-state and commercial contract disputes. He regularly acts as counsel, and also sits as arbitrator. His experience covers a wide range of legal systems and industries, including aerospace, airport development, banking, construction, mining, energy, environmental remediation, pharmaceuticals, IT outsourcing, lotteries and steel manufacturing. He has handled matters under the ICC, LCIA, ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules, and other ad hoc and institutional rules. He also has extensive experience with investment disputes under BITs, NAFTA and the Energy Charter Treaty. In 2011, Valasek was named to Global Arbitration Review's "45 under 45" list of leading practitioners in the field of international arbitration under the age of 45. In 2007, he was named one of Lexpert®'s "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40" for Canada. He is a member of the Bars of Québec, Ontario and New York. James A. Woods, AdE Woods LLP Tel: (514) 982-4503 Fax: (514) 284-2046 Montréal jwoods@woods.qc.ca Henri C. Alvarez, QC Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (604) 631-3129 Fax: (604) 632-3129 Vancouver halvarez@fasken.com 114 | LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca Senior partner of the firm, James Woods practices exclusively in litigation and arbitration and has pleaded at all levels of the federal and provincial courts in Ontario and Québec, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Member of the Faculty of Law and lecturer in civil litigation at McGill University. Author of Cases and Materials in Civil Procedure (Carswell Legal Publications, 1987) and numerous articles and papers, including "Measuring the Results of Class Actions," IBA Conference on Class actions, Rome, 2007. Called to the Bars of Québec in 1976, Ontario in 1979, Alberta and British Columbia in 2006, England and Wales in 2007 and Barreau de Paris in 2013. Has also acted as an arbitrator either as president or member of an arbitration tribunal and has acted as attorney in many commercial and international arbitrations, either ad hoc or ICC. International arbitration specialist with more than 25 years of experience as an arbitrator and as counsel in international and domestic commercial arbitrations involving investments, acquisitions, franchising, licensing, distributorship, construction, forestry, oil & gas, energy, banking, corporate and general commercial disputes. Regularly conducts arbitrations in English, Spanish and French. Chapter 19 panelist, NAFTA. Member of the arbitration roster of several international arbitral institutions, Alternate Member (Canada) of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and former member of the LCIA Court (2006–2011). Council Member of the HKIAC. Named one of the world's top 10 arbitrators by American Lawyer and one of the most highly regarded practitioners worldwide by the International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration. Recognized in Chambers Global, the International Who's Who of Arbitration Lawyers, and The Lexpert ®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Called to the BC Bar in 1981. Appointed Queen's Counsel in 2008.