Biography: Trade & Customs

Jesse Goldman has practised in the area of international trade, customs and commodity tax and investment matters since 1997, and has extensive experience in providing strategic advice to clients designed to maximise their commercial opportunities from international trade and investment.

Jesse represents and advises domestic and international clients and governments on matters relating to Canadian and international trade law, including trade remedies, NAFTA and WTO matters, customs compliance, voluntary disclosures, cross-border GST and HST, trade and border security, and other regulatory issues impacting the cross border movement of goods into and out of Canada. He has experience representing clients in a wide range of sectors, from manufacturers of industrial and consumer products, energy, aviation, automotive, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture.

Jesse has been counsel in numerous leading international trade and customs cases litigated before Canadian courts and tribunals as well as before NAFTA binational panels. He has been counsel of record in over 80 trade remedy matters with a focus in recent years in trade remedy litigation involving China. He has been at the forefront of international trade issues affecting Chinese exporters and importers of Chinese goods.

He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1996. He received his BA in political science in 1990 from Carleton University and his LLB from the University of Manitoba in 1994.

Jesse is fluent in English and French. He has lectured to bar associations throughout Canada, the US and China, and has been a contributor on international trade and international business issues in trade capacity building projects. He is recognised in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading lawyer in International Trade/WTO, and Who's Who Legal: Canada 2010 as a leading lawyer in Trade & Customs.