Biography: Trade & Customs

Darrel Pearson, co-chair of the firm's international trade and investment practice, is recognised in Canada and abroad for his work in the fields of international trade and customs law. He has represented domestic and international clients in many of the most important customs and trade remedy cases before all relevant Canadian tribunals and courts, including the only two cases involving customs law and international trade remedy law heard by the Supreme Court of Canada in the last 50 years.

Darrel's practice covers the full range of international trade and investment law, including customs law, the customs aspects of international transfer pricing, and product regulation impacting cross-border trade.He is also one of the most experienced and successful trade remedy lawyers in Canada, having represented and safeguarded the market access interests of clients marketing commercial, industrial, primary industry, consumer, agricultural and agrifood goods. Darrel has represented clients in Canada and abroad in more than 200 trade remedy matters involving goods exported to Canada from all over the world.

Complementing his international trade and investment practice, he is an international commercial and investment dispute resolution arbitrator and is a member of the International Roster of Neutrals of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) (international division of the American Bar Association) and of the London Court of International Trade (LCIA), and is an invited member of the NAFTA Chapter 19 dispute resolution panel.

Darrel has received Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating (AV) and is annually recognised in global and domestic peer-reviewed journals and directories.