LEXPERT • December 2014 | www.lexpert.ca | 97
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
Counsel. One of Canada's most respected advocates, the Honorable Ian Binnie served
for nearly 14 years as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Binnie authored more
than 170 opinions, including on landmark cases involving issues of patent interpretation
and validity, protection of trade-marks, media law, commercial disputes, punitive damages,
expert evidence and many aspects of constitutional, criminal and administrative law. Over
the course of three decades as a litigator, he argued cases in most of the common-law prov-
inces and appeared regularly before the Supreme Court on a range of constitutional, civil
and criminal matters.
Chair of Torys' Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. Trial and appellate counsel
litigation practice, acting as counsel on a wide range of leading cases before all levels of
court in Canada and in international arbitrations. Chair, Touching Tiny Lives Founda-
tion; President, Fox Education Fund; Trustee, Foundation for International Arbitration
Advocacy, Geneva; President's Council, University of Ottawa; and Advisory Board, Eth-
ics and the Law, University of Toronto. Ranked by Lexpert® as one of Canada's top 25 cor-
porate litigators. Taught advocacy in North America and Europe, New Zealand, El Salva-
dor, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Brazil, India and Singapore. Awards include: Law Society
Medal; Advocates' Society Medal; Laidlaw Medal for Advocacy; Toronto Lawyers' Asso-
ciation Award of Distinction; OBA Award for Excellence; Meritas Tabaret Award, Uni-
versity of Ottawa; Fellow, ACTL, ISOB. Member, Common Law Honour Society, Uni-
versity of Ottawa. LLB (Gold Medalist), 1972, University of Ottawa. Ontario Bar, 1974.
Honorary LLD, 2014, University of Ottawa.
Bill Horton practices as an arbitrator and mediator in Canadian and international busi-
ness disputes. He has been appointed tribunal chair, sole arbitrator and party nominee in
numerous substantial disputes, including ad hoc and institutional arbitrations involving
nuclear facilities, telecom, aircra engines, satellite and wireless industry disputes, govern-
ment privatization contracts, so ware licensing and other intellectual property. He is a
Canadian member of the NAFTA 2022 Committee and past Chair of the International
Litigation Committee of the International Bar Association. His arbitration affi liations in-
clude: ICC, ICDR, ADR Institute of Canada (ADR), CIETAC and the Chartered Insti-
tute of Arbitrators. Horton's professional recognitions include: the Lionel J. McGowan
Award of Excellence in Dispute Resolution conferred by the ADR Institute of Canada
(2010); and the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2007) for "Ten Most High-
ly Regarded Individuals (Global) in the fi eld of commercial litigation."
Ian Binnie,
CC, QC
Lenczner Slaght
Royce Smith
Griffi n LLP
Tel: (416) 865-3737
Fax: (416) 865-9500
Toronto
Sheila R.
Block
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7319
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
William G.
Horton,
CArb, FCIArb
William
G. Horton
Professional
Corporation
Tel: (416) 504-4666
Fax: (416) 504-7257
Toronto
ibinnie@litigate.com
sblock@torys.com
wgh@wghlaw.com
INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
