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International arbitration specialist with more than 25 years of experience as an arbitrator
and as counsel in international and domestic commercial arbitrations involving invest-
ments, acquisitions, franchising, licensing, distributorship, construction, forestry, oil &
gas, energy, banking, corporate and general commercial disputes. Regularly conducts arbi-
trations in English, Spanish and French. Chapter 19 panelist, NAFTA. Member of the
arbitration roster of several international arbitral institutions, Alternate Member (Cana-
da) 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 world-
wide by the International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration. Recognized in Chambers
Global, Chambers Latin America, the International Who's Who of Arbitration Law-
yers and e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.
Called to the BC Bar in 1981. Appointed Queen's Counsel in 2008.
Senior partner of the fi rm, James Woods practices exclusively in litigation and arbitra-
tion and has pleaded at all levels of the federal and provincial courts in Ontario and Qué-
bec, 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 "Measur-
ing 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.
Counsel in BLG's International Trade and Arbitration Group. He has experience in in-
ternational commercial and investment treaty arbitration, as well as complex commercial
disputes. He has appeared as counsel in ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, SCC, SIAC, BCI-
CAC and ad hoc arbitration proceedings, and in the Appeal, Supreme, and Provincial
Courts of British Columbia. He holds an LLB from the University of Alberta and was
called to the British Columbia Bar in 2002. He also holds a BA and BEd, both from the
University of British Columbia and is a non-practicing member of the roll of solicitors,
England and Wales as of 2011. He is a member of the ICC Canada Arbitration Commit-
tee, including as a listed arbitrator, the International Council for Commercial Arbitration,
the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, as an advisory board member and the LCIA.
He is Martindale-Hubbell AV rated, recognized as a "Future Star" in Benchmark Canada
2014 – e Defi nitive Guide to Canada's Leading Litigation Firms and Lawyers, and listed
in the 2014 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory.
Tina Cicchetti is a lawyer in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group whose prac-
tice focuses on domestic and international commercial and investment arbitration. She has
been involved in a number of arbitrations as sole arbitrator, counsel or tribunal secretary in
a wide range of matters, including mergers and acquisitions, shareholder disputes, con-
struction and distribution agreements. Experience with cases under the ICC, AAA,
ICDR, JCAA, Swiss, LCIA, UNCITRAL and BCICAC Rules. Fluent in English and
reading knowledge of French, Spanish and Italian. From 2003 to 2011, taught a seminar
on international commercial disputes as an adjunct professor at the University of British
Columbia, Faculty of Law. Former President and current Advisory Board member of the
Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners and board member of the Western Canada
Commercial Arbitration Society. Recognized by e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directo-
ry 2014 for International Commercial Arbitration and named as "litigation star" for arbi-
tration in Canada and "future star" in British Columbia by Benchmark Canada, 2014.
Henri C.
Alvarez, QC
Fasken
Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
Tel: (604) 631-3129
Fax: (604) 632-3129
Vancouver
James A.
Woods, AdE
Woods LLP
Tel: (514) 982-4503
Fax: (514) 284-2046
Montréal
Craig R.
Chiasson
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: (604) 640-4221
Fax: (604) 622-5019
Vancouver
Tina
Cicchetti
Fasken
Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
Tel: (604) 631-4868
Fax: (604) 632-4868
Vancouver
halvarez@fasken.com
jwoods@woods.qc.ca
cchiasson@blg.com
tcicchetti@fasken.com
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
