Mark Warner Discussed the Risks That Come With Far-reaching Sanctions and Export Controls in the CBA National Magazine

Mark Warner was featured in the Canadian Bar Association National Magazine about the risks that come with far-reaching sanctions and export controls for businesses and their counsel. (March 23, 2022) Mark, a Canadian and U.S. attorney, is a former Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and has worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate, including advising Eastern European countries on competition policy accession requirements in the context of the EC PHARE Program and other countries on European Partnership Agreements, and participated in the negotiations of the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment and represented the OECD at meetings of the WTO Working Groups on Trade and Competition Policies and Trade and Investment Policies.

Mark advises on foreign corrupt practices, foreign asset controls, anti-money laundering and export controls issues, including assisting various multinational firms in developing compliance programs in these areas. Mark has also participated in an international arbitration relating to the expropriation of the assets of a U.S.-based oil company in Libya and related issues under applicable sanctions and foreign asset control rules. Mark provides international trade and investment law advice to natural resources clients on trade agreements, trade remedies, sanctions, export and import controls, anti-corruption, corporate social responsibility and compliance issues as a colleague at Pilot Law which provides comprehensive legal services for developing resource businesses in the mining, energy and renewables sectors.

Mark 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 Discussed the Effect of Sanctions on Russian Oligarchs on the Companies they Own in Canada in the Financial Post

Mark Warner was featured in the Financial Post about the effect on steel company, Evraz’s Canadian operations after top shareholder Roman Abramovich hit with sanctions. (March 11, 2022) Mark, a Canadian and U.S. attorney, is a former Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and has worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate, including advising Eastern European countries on competition policy accession requirements in the context of the EC PHARE Program and other countries on European Partnership Agreements, and participated in the negotiations of the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment and represented the OECD at meetings of the WTO Working Groups on Trade and Competition Policies and Trade and Investment Policies.

Mark advises on foreign corrupt practices, foreign asset controls, anti-money laundering and export controls issues, including assisting various multinational firms in developing compliance programs in these areas. Mark has also participated in an international arbitration relating to the expropriation of the assets of a U.S.-based oil company in Libya and related issues under applicable sanctions and foreign asset control rules. Mark provides international trade and investment law advice to natural resources clients on trade agreements, trade remedies, sanctions, export and import controls, anti-corruption, corporate social responsibility and compliance issues as a colleague at Pilot Law which provides comprehensive legal services for developing resource businesses in the mining, energy and renewables sectors.

Mark 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 on a TVO Panel Talking About Sanctions and Reputation in the Decision of Corporations to Pull Back From Russia

Mark Warner was interviewed on TVO’s The Agenda about the intersection of sanctions, export controls and brand reputation in the decision of foreign corporations to pull back from Russia. (March 11, 2022) Mark, a Canadian and U.S. attorney, is a former Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and has worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate, including advising Eastern European countries on competition policy accession requirements in the context of the EC PHARE Program and other countries on European Partnership Agreements, and participated in the negotiations of the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment and represented the OECD at meetings of the WTO Working Groups on Trade and Competition Policies and Trade and Investment Policies.

Mark advises on foreign corrupt practices, foreign asset controls, anti-money laundering and export controls issues, including assisting various multinational firms in developing compliance programs in these areas. Mark has also participated in an international arbitration relating to the expropriation of the assets of a U.S.-based oil company in Libya and related issues under applicable sanctions and foreign asset control rules. Mark provides international trade and investment law advice to natural resources clients on trade agreements, trade remedies, sanctions, export and import controls, anti-corruption, corporate social responsibility and compliance issues as a colleague at Pilot Law which provides comprehensive legal services for developing resource businesses in the mining, energy and renewables sectors.

Mark 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 Interviewed by BNNBloomberg About Canada Withdrawing MFN Tariff Treatment from Russia and Belarus

Mark Warner was interviewed on BNNBloomberg about Canada withdrawing Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff (MFN) treatment for Russia and Belarus in response to the invasion of Ukraine and ratcheting up of sanctions and export controls. (March 4, 2022) Mark, a Canadian and U.S. attorney, is a former Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and has worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate, including advising Eastern European countries on competition policy accession requirements in the context of the EC PHARE Program and other countries on European Partnership Agreements, and participated in the negotiations of the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment and represented the OECD at meetings of the WTO Working Groups on Trade and Competition Policies and Trade and Investment Policies.

Mark advises on foreign corrupt practices, foreign asset controls, anti-money laundering and export controls issues, including assisting various multinational firms in developing compliance programs in these areas. Mark has also participated in an international arbitration relating to the expropriation of the assets of a U.S.-based oil company in Libya and related issues under applicable sanctions and foreign asset control rules. Mark provides international trade and investment law advice to natural resources clients on trade agreements, trade remedies, sanctions, export and import controls, anti-corruption, corporate social responsibility and compliance issues as a colleague at Pilot Law which provides comprehensive legal services for developing resource businesses in the mining, energy and renewables sectors.

Mark 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 Discussed Sanctions on Russia for Invading Ukraine in the Financial Post

Mark Warner was featured in the Financial Post about why sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine put Russia in an economic vise, but the West still has more options. (February 28, 2022) Mark, a Canadian and U.S. attorney, is a former Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and has worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate, including advising Eastern European countries on competition policy accession requirements in the context of the EC PHARE Program and other countries on European Partnership Agreements, and participated in the negotiations of the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment and represented the OECD at meetings of the WTO Working Groups on Trade and Competition Policies and Trade and Investment Policies.

Mark advises on foreign corrupt practices, foreign asset controls, anti-money laundering and export controls issues, including assisting various multinational firms in developing compliance programs in these areas. Mark has also participated in an international arbitration relating to the expropriation of the assets of a U.S.-based oil company in Libya and related issues under applicable sanctions and foreign asset control rules. Mark provides international trade and investment law advice to natural resources clients on trade agreements, trade remedies, sanctions, export and import controls, anti-corruption, corporate social responsibility and compliance issues as a colleague at Pilot Law which provides comprehensive legal services for developing resource businesses in the mining, energy and renewables sectors.

Mark 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 Interviewed About Sanctions on Russia for Invading Ukraine on Newstalk 1010

Mark Warner was interviewed on Newstalk1010 in Toronto about the increasing sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine put Russia, and the implications for Canada. (February 28, 2022) Mark, a Canadian and U.S. attorney, is a former Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and has worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate, including advising Eastern European countries on competition policy accession requirements in the context of the EC PHARE Program and other countries on European Partnership Agreements, and participated in the negotiations of the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment and represented the OECD at meetings of the WTO Working Groups on Trade and Competition Policies and Trade and Investment Policies.

Mark advises on foreign corrupt practices, foreign asset controls, anti-money laundering and export controls issues, including assisting various multinational firms in developing compliance programs in these areas. Mark has also participated in an international arbitration relating to the expropriation of the assets of a U.S.-based oil company in Libya and related issues under applicable sanctions and foreign asset control rules. Mark provides international trade and investment law advice to natural resources clients on trade agreements, trade remedies, sanctions, export and import controls, anti-corruption, corporate social responsibility and compliance issues as a colleague at Pilot Law which provides comprehensive legal services for developing resource businesses in the mining, energy and renewables sectors.

Mark 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 on Pilot Law Luncheon Panel on Trade & Other International Issues Impacting the Mining Industry, October 24th

Mark Warner was a speaker and moderator of a Pilot Law luncheon event on trade and other international law Issues impacting the mining industry. (October 24, 2019) Mark provides international trade and investment law advice to natural resources clients on trade agreements, trade remedies, sanctions, export and import controls, anti-corruption, corporate social responsibility and compliance issues as a colleague at Pilot Law which provides comprehensive legal services for developing resource businesses in the mining, energy and renewables sectors. Mark has provided technical assistance / legislative drafting advice to senior government officials and international institutions relating to law & policy in Africa, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South America and Central & Eastern Europe. Mark is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer who has practiced in Toronto, Washington, DC and New York 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. Mark was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and led Ontario’s legal team for trade negotiations and trade and investment disputes. 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 Interviewed About the Impact of Canadian and U.S. Sanctions on Trade and Investment with Iran

Mark Warner was interviewed on Bloomberg North about the impact of remaining Canadian and U.S. economic sanctions, export control measures and foreign corruption concerns on trade and investment with Iran one year after the “nuclear deal” was signed. (August 15, 2016) Mark, a Canadian and U.S. attorney, is a former Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and has worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate. He advises on foreign corrupt practices, foreign asset controls, anti-money laundering and export controls issues, including assisting various multinational firms in developing compliance programs in these areas. Mark has also participated in an international arbitration relating to the expropriation of the assets of a U.S.-based oil company in Libya and related issues under applicable sanctions and foreign asset control rules. 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: 2015 Year in Review – Personal Reflections on a Year of Innovation, Competition, Trade and Compliance

I published this 2015 Year in Review – Personal Reflections on LinkedIn:

As another year comes to a close, I thought I would reflect on some of the more interesting places that my practice took me to this year. The year began with an unexpected honour – being elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and later in June I traveled to London to attend a Fellows celebration of Magna Carta, which remains such an important foundation stone for law and lawyers.

Every once in a while a client file comes along that similarly sends me back to the first principles in the areas of law in which I practice. In 2015, for me one such moment came in advising a maverick polling firm. My client believed itself to be facing an existential challenge from a dominant firm competitor leading the charge to form a trade association to establish rules with the express aim of disciplining the polling methods of rivals against the backdrop of the most intense and hard fought Canadian election in a generation. It has become an axiom of antitrust / competition law that the goal is “to protect competitors, not competition” however in some fast-moving markets, it is clear that the failure to act  to preserve the “rules of the road” or a “level playing field” can yield unintended consequences.

Innovation and change also figured prominently in two conferences that I participated in this year. In June, I attended a stimulating Federal Trade Commission Workshop on The “Sharing” Economy: Issues Facing Platforms, Participants, and Regulators. This gave me the idea to partner with Insight Information to hold a first of its kind Canadian Sharing Economy Symposium in Toronto that would peel back the onion to take a detailed look at competition, consumer protection, labour, taxation, insurance and municipal planning issues at the heart of understanding and resolving the tensions created by the new markets and modes of competition created by this new “gig” or technology-enabled “on demand” economy.

Challenges to markets not only come from within, but also from outside. In 2015, I was called upon frequently to discuss trade and investment issues, most notably in relation to the negotiation and conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (“TPP”) Agreement. I was interviewed on television on BNN, CTV, CBC and CPAC, and on radio on AM980 CFPL,  quoted in articles in the Ottawa Citizen, the Toronto Sun (and Sputnik News) and published a much-read Huffington Post blog and two Op Eds in the Toronto Sun on the TPP.

Just as businesses are beginning to evaluate the threats and opportunities posed by new technologies and new trading frameworks, they also need to be aware of emerging regulatory convergence and enforcement cooperation in areas such as antitrust / competition law but also other forms of so-called “white collar” crime such as money laundering, bribery and corruption. The importance of appropriate compliance programs was underscored by my invitation to give a speech in Sao Paulo, Brazil on competition, corruption and corporate governance in the midst of the Petrobras and Lavalin scandals engulfing Brazilian and Canadian “national champions”.  I also participated on a panel on educating business leaders for integrity at a conference at York University’s Schulich School of Business sponsored by the Canadian Business Ethnics Research Network.

One industry with which I have long been affiliated that is at the forefront of all the issues of innovation, international convergence, compliance and governance is the pharmaceutical industry. So not surprisingly it came up often in my discussion and advice relating to the TPP. In April, I also traveled to Rutgers School of Law to give a talk on competition, trade & investment issues affecting the pharmaceutical industry.

The theme of investment figured prominently in two other 2015 events that I participated in. In November I was invited to lecture at the Ivey Business School at Western University on business, government & globalization issues in investor-state dispute settlement, prosecution of foreign bribery & corruption and corporate social responsibility and foreign affiliate liability. I also returned to Panama to participate in a conference to address global tax initiatives affecting trade and investment in services in panama. My role was to try to make sense of the WTO panel decision on a case brought by Panama on countermeasures by Argentina on services and service suppliers from jurisdictions that do not exchange information for the purposes of fiscal transparency.

2015 was a fun and interesting year, and in 2016 I look forward continuing to work on cutting-edge issues of innovation, competition, investment and trade giving advice to businesses and trade associations on compliance, governance and transactions and to governments on legislative and regulatory design.

And so let me take this opportunity to offer all of you, my best wishes for a safe Holiday Season and a prosperous new year!

Mark Warner Lectured on Business, Government & Globalization Issues at the Ivey Business School

Mark Warner lectured at Ivey Business School at Western University on Business, Government & Globalization Issues in Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Prosecution of Foreign Bribery & Corruption and Corporate Social Responsibility and Foreign Affiliate Liability. (November 9, 2015)  Mark was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade participated in the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations and advised on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Arbitrations.  Mark has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate. Mark has advised on foreign corrupt practices, foreign asset controls, anti-money laundering and export controls issues, including assisting various multinational firms in developing compliance programs in these areas.

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