• ICD.D, Institute of Corporate Directors, 2008
• LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 1982

• “Leading International Finance Lawyer” - Best Lawyers in Canada (2013)
• “Award of Excellence in International Law” – Ontario Bar Association (2012)
• Awarded Martindale’s highest rating: AV

Current

• Member, Management Board:  International Bar Association (IBA) since 2013
• Member, Anti-Corruption Team:  Canadian Bar Association (CBA) since 2012
• Member, Independent Governance Committee: Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) since 2011
• Vice-Chair, Anti-Corruption Committee:  American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law since 2011
• Canada Council Member to International Bar Association:  Canadian Bar Association (CBA) since 1995

Past

Transparency International:

• President and Chairman of the Board:  Transparency International (Canada) Inc., country chapter of the global organization dedicated to the fight against corruption (2009-2012)

International Bar Association:

• Chair, Bar Issues Commission (2010-2012)
• Chair, Bar Issues Policy Committee (2008-2010)
• Vice-Chair, Bar Issues Commission (2006-2008)
• Chair, International Sales Committee (2002-2004)

American Bar Association:

• Division Chair, Comparative Law: Section of International Law (2002-2004)
• Chair, Canada Law Committee: Section of International Law (2000-2002)

Canadian Bar Association:

• Chair, International Development Committee (1996-1999)
• Chair, Anti-Corruption Task Force (1996)
• Chair, International Law Section (1993-1995)

Ontario Bar Association:

• Chair, International Law Section (1991-1993)

Professional and Community Support:

• Adjunct Professor of International Law:  Osgoode Hall Law School (2003-2012)
• Advisory Board Member, Canadian International Lawyer (1994-2012)
• Director and Member, Audit Committee:  Toronto Children’s Aid Society (1994-2000)

• Author: “Power Tools for Negotiating International Business Deals” - 2nd edition, Kluwer Law International, New York (2008)
• Author: “International Sales Agreements: A Drafting and Negotiation Guide” -2nd edition, Kluwer Law International, New York (2008)
• Contributing Author: “ABA Guide to International Business Negotiations” - 3rd edition, ABA Publishing, Chicago (2009)
• Contributing Author: “International Public Procurement- A Guide to Best Practices” Globe Business Publishing, London (2009)

2013

• Speaker: “Practical Aspects of Creating an Effective Compliance Program”, The Canadian Institute - Toronto

2012

• Author: “The Anti-Corruption Dilemma for Canadian Companies – Just How Far Must Companies Go to Comply with the Law?”, The 2013 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada © Thomson Reuters Canada Limited
• Author: “Opening Salvo: Testing Territorial Jurisdiction Under the CFPOA in R v. Karigar”, Canadian International Lawyer, Vol. 9, 29
• Speaker: “Interpreting Key Provisions of Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act”, Canadian Institute - Calgary
• Co-Chair: “Professionalism and Practice Management for Business Lawyers”, The Law Society of Upper Canada - Toronto
• Moderator: “The Power of the President”, IBA International Bar Leaders Conference - The Hague
• Author: “Yes, Even Canadian Companies Pay Bribes - Anti-Corruption Enforcement in Canada”, 2012 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada
• Speaker: “Facilitation payments – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, Transparency International Canada Day of Dialogue - Toronto
• Moderator: "The Niko Probation Order and Issues in Creating and Operating a Compliance Program", Transparency International Canada Day of Dialogue - Toronto
• Speaker: “Elements of an ABC Anti-Corruption Compliance Program”, Senior Management & Board Level Oversight of Anti-Corruption Governance, Transparency International Canada - Calgary
• Speaker: “The Global Perspective of Anti-Corruption”, The Conference Board of Canada, The Council for Security Executives - Montreal
• Speaker: “Anti-Bribery and Corruption: A Global View”, 8th Annual Symposium on Money Laundering, Osgoode Hall - Toronto
• Speaker: “Issues Particular to the International Sale of Goods to Customers - Directly and Through Distributors”, Ontario Bar Association Annual Institute - Toronto
• Speaker: “Anti-Bribery Enforcement & Compliance Challenges in Canada“, Canadian Institute Anti-Corruption & Bribery Compliance Conference - Toronto
• Program Co-Chair: "Professionalism in Practice for Business Lawyers: Conflicts of Interest”, Law Society of Upper Canada - Toronto
• Speaker: "Innocent Dupes or Willing Participants", Ethics and Practice Management for the Cross-Border Law Practitioner, Ontario Bar Association – Toronto

2011

• Author: “Drafting Issues in International Joint Ventures: A Look at Some of the Recent Drafting Issues in the Case Law”, Canadian International Lawyer, Vol. 8, No. 3
• Author: “The Lonely Lawyer and the Unifying Force of Bar Associations”, Newsplash, April Edition
• Program Co-Chair: "Professionalism and Practice Management for Business Lawyers", Law Society of Upper Canada - Toronto
• Speaker: "Innocent Dupes and Willing Participants: Ethics and Practice Management for the Cross-Border Law Practitioner", Ontario Bar Association - Toronto
• Speaker: “Anti-Corruption Compliance”, Association of Certified Anti-Money laundering Specialists - Toronto
• Speaker: “Anti-corruption Laws and Enforcement”, The Canadian Institute 17th Annual Regulatory Compliance for Financial Institutions Conference - Toronto
• Chair: “6th Annual Bar Leaders' Conference, International Bar Association - Warsaw
• Chair: “Bar Leaders Anti-Corruption Day”, 2^nd Conference of the Americas, International Bar Association - Miami
• Chair: “Bar Leaders Rule of Law Seminar” International Bar Association – Bahamas

2010

• Panel Chair: “Lawyer Liability”, International Bar Association Annual Conference – Vancouver
• Panel Co-Chair: “Canadian Investment in Latin America”, International Bar Association Annual Conference - Vancouver
• Panel Chair: “Crisis Management for In-House Counsel” Canadian Corporate Counsel World Summit - Toronto
• Speaker: “Report on Canada” International Bar Association International Anti-Corruption Conference - Prague
• Program Chair and Speaker: “No Longer All Quiet on the Anti-Corruption Front”, International Law Section, Ontario Bar Association - Toronto
• Contributing Author: “Investing Across Borders 2010”, The World Bank Group - New York
• Panel Co-Chair: “Code of Ethics”, International Bar Association, Bar Leaders Conference - Santiago

2009

• Panel Chair and Speaker: “CISG Drafting Issues for Commercial Lawyers and Litigators”, American Bar Association, International Law Section – Miami
• Program Chair: International Bar Association Annual Meeting - Madrid
• Author: “Charitable Work in Difficult Countries - A Few Pointers on Corruption Law”, Miller Thomson Charities and Not-For-Profit Newsletter
• Program Chair: “Lawyers and the Financial Crisis”, International Bar Association, Bar Leaders Conference - Paris
• Conference Chair and Speaker: “2nd Mitigating Risks in Doing Business with BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India & China)”, Federated Press - Toronto
• Conference Chair and Speaker: “2nd Canadian Forum on Bribery and Foreign Corruption”, American Conference Institute - Toronto
• Program Chair and Speaker: “CISG Drafting Issues Concerning the Parol Evidence Rule”, Ontario Bar Association – Toronto
• Author: “Exporters Take Note - Anti-Corruption Law Gets Teeth, Recent Developments” - Business Law in Canada, Winter Edition

2008

• Co-Author: “Case Comment: All Quiet on the CISG Front - Giuliani v. Invar Manufacturing, the Battle of the Forms, and the Elusive Concept of Terminus Fixus”, Canadian Business Law Journal, Fall Edition
• Program Chair: “Trading with the Enemy”, International Bar Association Annual Conference - Buenos Aires
• Guest Lecturer: “International Corruption”, Rotman School of Business, International MBA Program – Toronto
• Author: “Canada's New Lobbying Act - Part 1: The End of Commission Sales?”, TRACE International Bulletin, Summer Edition
• Author: “Canada's New Lobbying Act - Part 2: The End of Commission Sales?”, TRACE International Bulletin, Fall Edition
• Radio Interview: “International Business Law”, TorontoTalks - Toronto
• Speaker: “The Anatomy of Greed”, Transparency International Annual Symposium - Toronto
• Program Chair and Speaker: “Mitigating Risk in the BRIC”, Federated Press - Toronto
• Television Interview: “Business News Network”, After Hours - Toronto
• Chair: “Skills Transfer in Developing Jurisdictions”, International Bar Association Bar Leaders Conference - Amsterdam
• Author: “Canadian Companies Do Pay Bribes”, The Lawyers Weekly, May Edition
• Program Chair and Speaker: “Canadian Forum on Bribery and Foreign Corruption: Compliance and Enforcement”, American Conference Institute - Toronto
• Author: “Confronting Corruption: The Business Case for an Effective Anti-Corruption Program”, Price Waterhouse Coopers International Publication
• Panel Chair: “Voluntary vs. Mandatory Bar Membership”. International Bar Association Bar Leaders Conference - Mexico City
• Speaker: “Managing Corruption Risk - A Commercial Lawyer's Primer” – Ontario Bar Association Institute Program, “International Legal Issues for Today's Business Lawyer: Challenges and Solutions” – Toronto

2007

• Speaker: “Report on Canada, Global Anti-Corruption Survey”, International Bar Association Annual Conference - Singapore
• Panel Chair, Complaints Procedures: “Model Guidelines for Bar Associations”, International Bar Association Bar Leaders Conference – Zagreb
• Co-Chair: International Law Section Spring Conference, American Bar Association - Washington, D.C.
• Speaker: “Facing Corruption in Overseas Procurement; Compliance, Due Diligence, or Consequences” Canadian Institute Conferences on Procurement - Ottawa and Vancouver

2006

• Author: “Specialized Commercial Due Diligence on Canadian Companies that Export”, Lawyers Weekly; October Edition
• Author: “Not Seeing is No Defence”, CA Magazine; October Edition
• Author: “Drafting Dispute Resolution Clauses in International Sales Agreements”, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine; August Edition

2005

• Speaker: “Anti-Bribery Threat Assessment”, TRACE International Workshop - Calgary
• Speaker: “A Preliminary Checklist for Lawyers Who Advise Exporters”, Conference on Advising the Small Business Exporter, Ontario Bar Association - Toronto
• Speaker: “Finding Your Way Through Government Agencies - What You Need to Know”, Conference on Legal and Strategic Guide to Doing Business in China. The Canadian Institute - Toronto
• Speaker: “Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating Agreements for the Sale of Goods to Customers - Directly and Through Distributors”, Conference on Negotiating and Drafting Major Commercial Transactions – Vancouver
• Author: “Taking on New Foreign Clients” - Caution Required”, The Lawyer's Weekly; April Edition
• Speaker: “Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating Agreements for the Sale of Goods to Customers - Directly and Through Distributors”, Conference on Negotiating and Drafting Major Commercial Transactions - Vancouver

2004

• Author: “The China Factor and the Inevitable Reduction in our Standard of Living”, National Post; October Edition
• Speaker: “Navigating Government Agencies, Conference on Legal and Strategic Guide to Doing Business in China”, The Canadian Institute - Toronto
• Speaker: “Basics of International Agreements”, International Bar Association Section on Business Law Training Course on The Fundamentals of International Legal Business Practice - Lagos

2003

• Speaker: “Chile-US Free Trade - A Primer on the Canadian Experience with Free Trade with The United States”, Conference on Chile - US Free Trade Agreement - Santiago
• Speaker: “How to Hire and Fire Agents and Distributors in Canada”, American Corporate Counsel Association, San Francisco Chapter International Section Meeting – San Francisco
• Speaker: “Multicultural Business Negotiations”, International Bar Association World Women Lawyers Conference - London
• Speaker: “Distributing Goods into the European Union”, York Technology Association, Peer-to-Peer Legal Counsel - Toronto

2002

• Speaker: “Internationalizing Standard Agency and Distribution Agreements, Drafting Essentials: How to Internationalize Your Commercial Contracts”, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) Annual Institute – Toronto
• Speaker: “Corporate Obligations to Road Warriors”, Insight Conference Emergency Preparedness in the Workplace – Toronto
• Author: “Confidentiality Agreements - Some Finer Points”, Canadian International Lawyer, Vol. 4, No. 3

2001

• Author: “When is an International Distribution Agreement in Danger of Being a Franchise Agreement?” Canadian International Lawyer, Vol. 4, No. 2
• Speaker: “E-Commerce and Emerging Markets: Practical Approaches to Certain Pesky Contracting Issues”, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) Annual Institute - Toronto

2000

• Contributing Author: “ABA Guide to International Business Negotiations”, 2nd Ed. (Chapter 4 - Current Issues in Negotiating International Sales over the Internet), ABA Publishing, Chicago
• Speaker: “Typical Traps Lawyers Need to be Aware of When Acting on International-Related Matters: How to Safeguard Your Reputation and Remain in Good Standing with the Law Society”, Canadian Bar Association - Toronto

1999

• Author: “Some Common International Contracting Issues on the Net”, Canadian International Lawyer
• Author: “Crafting the Limitation of Liability Clause”, Canadian International Lawyer
• Speaker: “Practical Issues in Pre-Delivery and Post-Delivery Inspections in the International Sale of Goods”, American Bar Association, Section on International Law - New Orleans
• Author: “Kaboom!! How to Blow All Your Profits Using Crummy Contracts on the Internet (and Some Ways To Avoid Doing So!)”, E-Commerce in the New Millennium, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University - Toronto
• Speaker: “Tips and Traps - How to Avoid the Asset Deal from Hell in Canada”, International Bar Association - Barcelona
• Speaker: “Shrinkwraps, Clickwraps, Webwraps - Current Contract Issues in Canada”, Electronic Commerce Symposium, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University - Toronto

1998

• Speaker: “Few Key International Contract Issues Which Arise Out of the Internet, Commerce on the Internet”, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University - Toronto
• Speaker: “How to Spot Current Frauds in International Business”, Hong Kong-Canada Business Association – Toronto
• Author: “The Sweatshop Predicament for Canadians”; Globe and Mail; June edition
• Author: “Addressing the Sweatshop Predicament”, Canadian International Lawyer
• Author: “Critical Review of the ICC Model International Sale Contract”, International Contract Adviser

1997

• Author: “Control, Management, and Division of Responsibilities in International Joint Ventures” - Basic Nuts and Bolts, Canadian International Lawyer
• Speaker: “How to Locate and Validate Good Foreign Legal Counsel”, Canadian Institute, Toronto
• Author: "Compliance with Laws Clauses in International Contracts”, Canadian International Lawyer
• Speaker: “Pre- and Post-Delivery Inspection Clauses in the International Sale of Goods”, International Bar Association Annual Conference - New Delhi
• Author: “The CISG - Application and Contract Drafting in Light of its Contract Formation Rules”, Canadian International Lawyer
• Speaker: “How to Be a Whiz with the CISG”, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario), Annual Institute
• Speaker: “How to Be a Whiz with Trade Terms”, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario), Annual Institute

1996

• Author: “Bribery in International Business - A Necessary Evil or Good Business?”, Canadian Corporate Counsel
• Speaker: “International Sales Agreements Training Seminar”, Canadian Bar Association, All China Lawyers Association - Beijing

1995

• Author: “Annotated Precedents - Dispute Resolution in International Sales Agreements”, Canadian International Lawyer
• Speaker: “Pitfalls of Doing Business in China”, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) - Toronto
• Author: “Annotated Precedents – Payment By Letter of Credit in International Sales Agreements”, Canadian International Lawyer

1994

• Author: “Annotated Precedents - Dispute Resolution in International Sales Agreements”, Canadian International Lawyer
• Speaker: “Pitfalls of Doing Business in China”, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) - Toronto
• Author: “Annotated Precedents – Payment By Letter of Credit in International Sales Agreements”, Canadian International Lawyer
• Author: “Bribery of Foreign Officials - A Call for Change in the Law in Canada”, Canadian Bar Review
• Author: “Annotated Precedents – “Delivery Clauses in International Sales Agreements”, Canadian International Lawyer
• Speaker: “Sellers' Remedies for Non-Payment of Perishable Goods in Canada”, International Bar Association Annual Conference – Melbourne
• Author: “Legal Developments” - Canada, International Sales Quarterly
• Author: “Drafting an Export Sales Agreement”, Canadian Corporate Counsel
• Speaker: “Negotiating Key Issues in International Licensing Agreements”, Conference on Technology, Economy and Law - Beijing
• Speaker: “Negotiating an Export Transaction”, Continuing Legal Education, Canadian Bar Association
• Speaker: “Legal Aspects of International Business”, World Trade Centre, Export Certificate Program