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Practices all aspects of international trade and customs law, including trade remedies,
customs, international trade treaty matters, export regulation, goods and services
taxes, and other regulatory matters concerning Canadian trade regulation. Appears
before relevant tribunals, NAFTA panels, Federal Court Trial Division and Appeal
and the Supreme Court of Canada. Authored numerous publications on customs and
international trade law. Speaker at conferences in Canada and abroad. BSc, University
of Toronto, 1975; MBA, York University, 1977; LLB, University of Windsor, 1980.
Ontario Bar in 1982. In addition to his recognitions in various Lexpert® publications, he
is regularly acknowledged as a leading customs and international trade lawyer in e Best
Lawyers in Canada, Best of the Best — Top 30 International Trade Lawyers in the World,
Expert Guides' Guide to the World's Leading International Trade Lawyers, e Lexpert®/
American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global: e
World's Leading Lawyers for Business and numerous Who's Who Legal publications.
Paul Lalonde is a recognized expert in international trade law, including anti-dumping
and countervail, customs, import/export controls, international sanctions, anti-corrup-
tion and investment treaty disputes. Lalonde is also a leading expert in government
procurement law, including as counsel in dozens of bid challenge cases. He has been
recognized as a leading practitioner in international trade and procurement by several
directories including Lexpert®, Chambers Global, Legal Post, Legal Media Group; and
named 2012 Lawyer of the Year, international trade and finance law, and 2014 Lawyer of
the Year, public procurement, by e Best Lawyers in Canada. His practice also extends
to international arbitration, including as counsel and arbitrator. He is called to the Bars
of Québec (1990) and Ontario (1992) and is fluently bilingual in English and French.
Geoffrey Kubrick is a partner in McMillan LLP and Chair of its International Trade
Group. He is one of Canada's leading practitioners in the field of international trade law.
He has appeared in more than 80 trade-related cases before Canadian courts, tribunals
and NAFTA panels, including a number of leading trade cases. His experience in the
area of international trade, particularly in anti-dumping and countervail investigations,
allows him to offer expertise on anti-dumping and anti-subsidy complaints or prosecute
appeals against decisions of the Canada Border Services Agency, and to provide related
opinions and submissions. He has extensive experience in appearing before the Canadian
International Trade Tribunal in injury investigations and other trade proceedings. He
advises clients on provisions of the WTO, NAFTA and bilateral trade agreements. He
is listed in e Best Lawyers in Canada 2013, Chambers Global, Lexpert®, Who's Who
Legal Canada and e Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading International
Trade Lawyers.
Partner, internationally recognized trade, investment and anti-bribery law advisor, strat-
egist, litigator and advocate. Ranked among the best of the best as a leading trade law
practitioner with the highest level of expertise by Canadian and international directo-
ries on anti-bribery law, export/import licensing compliance, sanctions, Cuba blocking
law, investment treaty law, government contracts, dumping/countervail investigations,
customs compliance and WTO law. Over 17 years of experience leveraging previous
positions as counsel with Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development,
and Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) to minimize enforcement risk.
Seasoned advocate before CITT/WTO/NAFTA panels and government agencies and
departments. Co-chair, Canada Committee, ABA; Chair, Trade Committee, OECD
business advisory committee (BIAC); Vice-chair, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association; Co-chair, International Affairs Commit-
tee, Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Recipient of Queen Elizabeth II Diamond and
Golden Jubilee medals.
Darrel H.
Pearson
Bennett
Jones LLP
Tel: (416) 777-4811
Fax: (416) 863-1716
Toronto
Paul M.
Lalonde
Dentons
Canada LLP
Tel: (416) 361-2372
Fax: (416) 863-4592
Toronto
Geoffrey C.
Kubrick
McMillan LLP
Tel: (613) 691-6129
Fax: (613) 231-3191
Ottawa
Clifford
Sosnow
Fasken
Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
Tel: (613) 696-6876
Fax: (613) 230-6423
Ottawa
pearsond@bennettjones.com
paul.lalonde@dentons.com
geoffrey.kubrick@mcmillan.ca
csosnow@fasken.com
INTERNATIONAL TRADE REGULATION