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INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
Nuss, The Hon. Joseph R., QC, AdE, Woods LLP Montréal - (514) 982-5010 - jnuss@woods.qc.ca
Joseph R. Nuss: Joined Woods LLP as Senior Counsel in 2009 upon retiring from Québec Court of Appeal.
Practice focuses on domestic and international arbitration and mediation. Appointed Claims Officer in
the restructuring and reorganization of the AbitibiBowater companies. Before appointment to court he
specialized in litigation, appeared as counsel before SCC and other levels of courts. Was counsel before
several Federal Commissions of Inquiry. Lectures on arbitration and mediation. At IBA Conference,
delivered paper on "Public Policy invoked as a ground for contesting the enforcement of an arbitral award or
for seeking its annulment." One of authors of arbitration chapter in LegisPratique ‒ Code de procédure civile
annoté. Member of Québec Bar, CBA, LCIA, IBA, ICC Canada and ICDR panel of arbitrators. Named
QC (1976). Fellow of ACTL (1986). Martindale Hubbell ranking AV® and LexisNexis Lawyers.com grades
him as PreeminentTM with highest Peer Rating (5). Ranked "Consistently recommended" in e Canadian
Legal Lexpert® Directory 2015. Named Advocatus Emeritus in 2013. Languages: English, French, Italian.
Woods, James A., AdE, Woods LLP Montréal - (514) 982-4503 - jwoods@woods.qc.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 on 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. He has also acted as an attorney and arbitrator, either as president
or member of an arbitration tribunal, in many commercial and international arbitrations, including ICC
and ad hoc.
Bienvenu, Pierre, AdE, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Cullen, Peter J., Stikeman Elliott LLP
Dalphond, Pierre J., FCIArb, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Drymer, Stephen L., Woods LLP
Fortier, L. Yves, QC, CC, OQ, Cabinet Yves Fortier
Lalonde, Marc, PC, OC, QC, AdE, Marc Lalonde - Barrister
& Solicitor
Nuss, Joseph R., QC, AdE, Woods LLP
Valasek, Martin J., Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Woods, James A., AdE, Woods LLP
BRITISH COLUMBIA: VANCOUVER
ALBERTA: CALGARY
SASKATCHEWAN: REGINA
Chiasson, Craig R., Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Cicchetti, Tina, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Deane, Robert J.C., Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Ghikas, Gerald W.J., QC, Gerald W. Ghikas Law Corporation
Gunn, Angus M., QC, FCIArb, Eyford Macaulay Shaw & Pad-
manabhan LLP
Foran, Frank R., QC, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Haigh, David R., QC, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
Major, John C. (Jack), CC, QC, Bennett Jones LLP
Tavender, E. David D., QC, Dentons Canada LLP
MacKay, Harold H., OC, QC, MLT Aikins LLP
