Biography: Arbitration

Brian Casey is a principal at Baker & McKenzie International and is the former chairman of the Firm's North American Litigation Practice group.

He received a Bachelor's degree in engineering (electrical) from Carleton University and graduated magna cum laude with his LLB from the University of Ottawa.

Brian holds an LLM in international business law from York University, having focused his studies on international commercial arbitration. Since 1991 he has been certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in civil litigation. Brian has practised at all levels of the courts in Canada, including the Supreme Court. In 1995 he was designated a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

During his career, Brian has litigated complex commercial and corporate lawsuits as well as participating as arbitrator, chairman of the tribunal, or counsel in numerous commercial arbitrations, both ad hoc and institutional, under the auspices of the LCIA, ICC and the AAA/ICDR. He has also acted in investor-state arbitrations under BITs and chapter 11 of NAFTA.

Brian is listed in Chambers Global and in the Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.

He is the author of Arbitration Law of Canada: Practice and Procedure, and is a contributor to International Arbitration Checklists, both published by Juris Publishing. He has also contributed to Alternative Dispute Resolution, published by Aspatore Books.

Brian has written and spoken on many aspects of international commercial arbitration. A list of publications as well as representative cases and arbitrations can be found on the Baker & McKenzie website (www.bakermckenzie.com).