Tag Archives: International Business Lawyer

Mark Warner was interviewed by Reuters, Globe and Mail, Daily Mail, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Business Insider and TD Waterhouse about the antitrust / competition notification and approval issues following the shareholder approval of the merger between the two leading Canadian potash producers, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. and Agrium Inc. (November 3, 2016) Mark, a Canadian and U.S. attorney, has advised clients on international competition and trade matters in the potash industry in the past. 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 Warner was interviewed on CBC Power & Politics [Listen from 73:39 to 80:28] and CBC News Network about the signing of the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) and the next steps in the process of ratification in the EU and implementation in Canada. (October 28 & 30, 2016) Mr. Warner, a Canadian and U.S. lawyer, previously practiced trade and competition law in Brussels and as Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade advised Ontario in the CETA negotiations and on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Arbitrations. Mr. Warner 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 Warner was interviewed on BNN and CBC On the Money about the prospects for the approval of the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) in Belgium and the next steps in the process of EU ratification. (October 27, 2016) Mr. Warner, a Canadian and U.S. lawyer, previously practiced trade and competition law in Brussels and as Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade advised Ontario in the CETA negotiations and on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Arbitrations. Mr. Warner 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 Warner spoke on international sales agreements and business formation in a Kyiv Chamber of Commerce & Industry Workshop on Accessing the Canadian Market sponsored by Sergii Koziakov & Partners. (October 26, 2016) The Workshop was aimed at exploring opportunities for Ukrainian businesses to take advantage of the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) signed on July 11, 2016 and which will go through the domestic legislative processes to ratify and implement the Agreement. Mr. Warner, a Canadian and U.S. lawyer, previously practiced trade and competition law in Brussels and as Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade advised Ontario in the Canada and European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations. Mr. Warner has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously 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.

Mark Warner was interviewed on BNN about the prospects for the EU Council to approve the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) following the rejection by the Wallonia regional assembly in Belgium. (October 21, 2016) Mr. Warner, a Canadian and U.S. lawyer, previously practiced trade and competition law in Brussels and as Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade advised Ontario in the CETA negotiations and on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Arbitrations. Mr. Warner 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 Warner was quoted in this iPolitics article on whether the EU Council needs to approve the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) by qualified majority or unanimous vote and the prospects for provisional application and ratification of the agreement. (October 17, 2016) Mr. Warner, a Canadian and U.S. lawyer, previously practiced trade and competition law in Brussels and as Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade advised Ontario in the CETA negotiations and on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Arbitrations. Mr. Warner 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 Warner was interviewed on BNN about prospects for a renewed Canada-U.S. softwood lumber trade war in the wake of the expiry of the one year standstill on U.S. trade remedy actions following the end of the Softwood Lumber Agreement on October 12, 2015. (October 12, 2016) Mr. Warner is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer and was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade where he advised Ontario in the CETA negotiations and on various NAFTA trade and investment disputes. Mr. Warner 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 Warner was quoted in this CBC News report about the leaked Draft Canada / EU  Joint Interpretative Declaration on the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) chapter on investor-state dispute settlement. (October 7, 2016) The Declaration aimed at satisfying critics of CETA in the EU in order to facilitate agreement by the EU Council, Member States and Parliament and ratification by Canada and the EU addresses the “right” to regulate, regulatory cooperation, public services, investor-state dispute settlement, commercial use of water and the use environmental, social and labour-related criteria in government procurement. Mr. Warner, a Canadian and U.S. lawyer, previously practiced trade and competition law in Brussels and as Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade advised Ontario in the CETA negotiations and on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Arbitrations. Mr. Warner 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 Warner participated in a panel discussion on TVO‘s The Agenda on what Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trumps trade and foreign policy could mean for  Canada. (September 30, 2016) Mr. Warner, a Canadian and U.S. lawyer, 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 advised Ontario in the Canada-EU Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations and on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Arbitrations. 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 CBC’s On the Money program about news reports that Republican Presidential candidate may have violated the U.S. embargo on trade with Cuba. (September 29, 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 economic sanctions, 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. 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.

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