Biography: Trade & Customs

Craig has a wide-ranging international trade law practice with a focus on the litigation and arbitration of large multi-jurisdictional disputes. He regularly appears as counsel before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (in anti-dumping, countervailing duty and safeguards proceedings), all levels of the Canadian courts and international arbitral bodies on behalf of major Canadian, US and UK corporations in the financial services, pharmaceutical, steel and manufacturing industries.

He also represents private sector clients on a range of issues arising under WTO, NAFTA and other international trade and investment agreements, including investor-state disputes, foreign corrupt practices, import/export controls, trade sanctions and lobbying on trade policy. Craig has significant experience in customs law, especially in the dispute of administrative monetary penalties arising from tariff classification, rules of origin and customs audits.

In his procurement practice, Craig advises clients on the law of competitive contracting and the effect of Canada's trade agreements and domestic legislation on government procurement. He has represented clients in government contracting disputes, including before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal and the Federal and Ontario courts.

<> He is recognised as a leading practitioner in WTO/International Trade law by Chambers Global: the World's Leading Lawyers for Business which rates his abilities as "excellent" and praises his capability "to articulate complex ideas in an extremely understandable and persuasive way".

Craig is a member of the international law sections of the Canadian Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association and sits on the trade policy committees of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters.