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Mark Warner was featured on the CBC Weekend Business Panel talking about record high rent increases in Canada, striking ride-share and food delivery drivers, and Air Canada being found liable for its chatbot‘s incorrect advice on the airline’s bereavement ticket rates. (February 17, 2024) Mr. Warner is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer who has practiced in Toronto, Washington, D.C., New York and Brussels and has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate in Paris, and represented the OECD at meetings of the WTO Working Groups on Trade and Competition Policies and Trade and Investment Policies.

Mark is a former Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade. As Legal Director for the Ontario Ministry of Research & Innovation, Mr. Warner led Ontario’s legal team in creating the $250 million Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund, the $205 million Ontario Venture Capital Fund and establishing the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation. As a former Acting Legal Director for the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services, Mark was responsible for prosecutions under the provincial consumer protection laws and regulations and advising on the introduction of the Province’s pay day lending laws, the administration of the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act and regulating the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council. In 2015, Mark chaired a first of its kind international conference in Toronto on competition and consumer protection issues in the Sharing Economy.

Mark is a past Chair of the International and Economics Committees of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law as well as a member of the Section’s Task Forces on Competition Policy and NAFTA and Antitrust in the Global Economy. In addition to being a lawyer, Mr. Warner has a Masters Degree in International Economics from the University of Toronto.

Mark Warner was featured on the CBC Weekend Business Panel talking about the Statement on Artificial Intelligence Risk published by the Centre for AI Safety, Air Canada pilots pulling out of their current labour framework and BMO Financial Group closing its acquisition of the Air Miles loyalty rewards program in Canada. (June 3, 2023) Mr. Warner is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer who has practiced in Toronto, Washington, D.C., New York and Brussels and has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate in Paris. As a former Acting Legal Director for the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services, Mark was responsible for prosecutions under the provincial consumer protection laws and regulations (including for door to door water cooler salespeople and the introduction of the Province’s pay day lending laws).

Mark is a former Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and negotiated and drafted grant and loan agreements to leading global companies for jobs, investment, research and manufacturing projects in Ontario, including to digital media and gaming companies, like Ubisoft and Digital Extremes. As Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Research & Innovation, Mr. Warner led Ontario’s legal team in creating the $250 million Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund (focused in part on the digital media and ICT sectors), the $205 million Ontario Venture Capital Fund and establishing the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation. Mark’s experience with online technologies and e-commerce includes: participating in OECD-wide policy work on laws and regulations affecting e-commerce, acting as Chair, ICC Competition Commission Working Party on E-Commerce and Competition Policy, serving as an original ICANN domain name dispute resolution arbitrator for eResolution and WIPO and as Rapporteur of the Hague Conference on Private International Law Commission on Jurisdiction for Torts in Electronic Commerce.

Mark Warner was featured on the CBC Weekend Business Panel talking about Air Canada & Delta Airlines employee COVID19 vaccine mandates, Shopify‘s new TikTok partnership and the Nirvana baby suing for a sixteenth minute of fame. (August 28, 2021) Mark is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer who has practiced in Toronto, Washington, DC and New York and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate, and represented the OECD Trade Directorate at meetings of the WTO Working Group on Trade and Competition and the Working Group on Trade and Investment.

Mark chaired an Insight Research Canadian Sharing Economy Symposium in Toronto in 2015. As a former Acting Legal Director for the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services, Mark was responsible for prosecutions under the provincial consumer protection laws and regulations. Mark’s experience with online technologies and e-commerce includes: participating in OECD-wide policy work on laws and regulations affecting e-commerce, acting as Chair, ICC Competition Commission Working Party on E-Commerce and Competition Policy, serving as an original ICANN domain name dispute resolution arbitrator for eResolution and WIPO and as Rapporteur of the Hague Conference on Private International Law Commission on Jurisdiction for Torts in Electronic Commerce.

As Legal Director for the Ontario Ministry of Research & Innovation, Mr. Warner was responsible for establishing the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC) and providing corporate governance legal advice and secretarial support to its Board of Directors. Mr. Warner’s work with the airline industry includes: successfully coordinating multijurisdictional merger filings and abuse of dominance complaints .

As Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade, Mr. Warner advised Ontario on the negotiations of the Canada-EU Trade Agreement (CETA) including on IP, patent litigation and drug reimbursement issues and on economic development, research and innovation grants and loans to corporations, including leading global pharmaceutical companies for research, manufacture and clinical trial projects. In private practice, Mr. Warner assisted pharmaceutical clients in the global distribution of HIV / AIDS anti-retroviral drugs and the development of innovative patient access programs in the developing world.

Mark Warner was featured on the CBC Weekend Business Panel talking about the G7 global corporate tax deal, Air Canada pandemic executive bonuses, diversity on Canadian corporate boards and GDP growth rates. (June 5, 2021) Mr. Warner is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer who has practiced in Toronto, Washington, D.C., New York and Brussels has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations. As counsel at the OECD Trade Directorate, he advised on harmful tax competition issues and worked on other trade and competition issues. As Legal Director for the Ontario Ministry of Research & Innovation, Mr. Warner was responsible for establishing the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC) and providing corporate governance legal advice and secretarial support to its Board of Directors, as well as to the Board of Directors of the Ontario Immigrant Investor Corporation (OIIC), and other agencies administered by the Ministries.

As Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade, Mr. Warner provided strategic legal advice with respect to the Ontario’s economic development, research and innovation grants and loans to corporations and and led the Province’s legal team for the insolvency / restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler. He is co-author of a leading Canadian trade law treatise, has also published numerous articles and has been invited to speak at conferences around the world.

Mr. Warner’s work with the airline industry includes: successfully coordinating multijurisdictional merger filings in the airport services industry in Canada, the United States, United Kingdom and Germany; coordinating the merger notification and review of the acquisition of a regional chartered air carrier and a national scheduled air carrier in the United States; and representing a client in connection with an EU competition complaint against a dominant air carrier regarding restrictions on both passengers and travel agents that require the sequential use of airline tickets.

Mark Warner was participated in a CBC News Weekend Business Panel discussion of the European Commission of the Air Canada / Air Transat merger, the abandonment of efforts to create a Canadian national securities regulator, the challenges and opportunities for the Canada and President Biden’s infrastructure plan and Volkswagen‘s April Fool’s joke. (April 3, 2021) As counsel at the OECD Trade Directorate, Mark advised on on other trade and competition issues and represented the OECD at meetings of the WTO Working Group on Trade and Competition and Working Group on Trade and Investment. Mark is a past Chair of the International and Economics Committees of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law as well as a member of the Section’s Task Forces on Competition Policy and NAFTA and Antitrust in the Global Economy. He has been listed in the Euromoney / International Financial Law Review Guide to the World’s Leading Competition lawyers. In 2015, Mark was elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mark is also a former Acting Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services and was responsible for prosecutions under the Consumer Protection Act (Ontario).

 Mark was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and led Ontario’s legal team in the CETA negotiations, provided advice on the design of the Green Energy Act and related WTO dispute settlement proceedings, advised on various NAFTA Chapter 11 investor-state dispute arbitrations (including the Ambassador Bridge, Adam’s Mine and St. Mary’s Cement), and on the Canada-U.S. Agreement on Government Procurement. In addition, Mark, led the Province’s legal team for the insolvency / restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler in the difficult context of the 2008-2009 Recession. He is co-author of a leading Canadian trade law treatise, has also published numerous articles and has been invited to speak at conferences around the world.

Mark Warner was interviewed on the CBC Weekend Business Panel talking about the challenges facing Canadian airlines in the COVID19 pandemic, why home sales remain strong, prospects for online holiday sales and retail real estate wars. (October 17, 2020) Mr. Warner is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer who has practiced in Toronto, Washington, DC, New York and Brussels and has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate. Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and led the Province’s legal team for the insolvency / restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler in the difficult context of the 2008-2009 Recession.

Mark’s work with the airline industry includes: successfully coordinating multijurisdictional merger filings in the airport services industry in Canada, the United States, United Kingdom and Germany; coordinating the merger notification and review of the acquisition of a regional chartered air carrier and a national scheduled air carrier in the United States; and representing a client in connection with an EU competition complaint against a dominant air carrier regarding restrictions on both passengers and travel agents that require the sequential use of airline tickets.

As a former Acting Legal Director for the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services, Mark was responsible for prosecutions under the provincial consumer protection laws and regulations. Mark’s experience with online technologies and e-commerce includes: participating in OECD-wide policy work on laws and regulations affecting e-commerce, acting as Chair, ICC Competition Commission Working Party on E-Commerce and Competition Policy, serving as an original ICANN domain name dispute resolution arbitrator for eResolution and WIPO and as Rapporteur of the Hague Conference on Private International Law Commission on Jurisdiction for Torts in Electronic Commerce. Mark chaired an Insight Research Canadian Sharing Economy Symposium in Toronto in 2015.