Geoff Kubrick

Education

• Call to Bar, Ontario, 1988
• LL.B., Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, 1986
• M.A., Economics,  Carleton University, 1979

Professional Activities

• Joined Lang Michener in 2005 as Counsel in the International Trade Group
• Co-Founder, Flavell Kubrick LLP, 1993
• Included in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2008 edition as a leader in International Trade and Finance Law
• Included in The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading International Trade Lawyers
• Consultant, Consumers Association of Canada, advising on economic issues during negotiation of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement
• Economist, Statistics Canada, focusing on data collection and analysis and the development of computer systems
• Listed in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2007 as a leading practitioner in International Trade
• Recognized in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers 2007, as a leader in the practice area of WTO/International Trade: Canada, in the Global Practice Area category.

Geoffrey Kubrick is one of Canada's leading practitioners in the field of international trade law, and has appeared in more than seventy trade-related cases before the Canadian courts and tribunals.  Combining his economic and legal experience in the area of international trade, particularly in anti-dumping and countervail investigations, Mr. Kubrick undertakes detailed analysis of source data, prosecutes appeals against decisions of the Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA"), and provides related opinions and submissions. Before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal ("CITT"), he has frequently represented both foreign exporters/ importers and Canadian producers in customs appeals, injury inquiries and reviews.  He has also been involved in a number of leading trade cases in litigation before the Federal Court of Canada and Supreme Court of Canada.

Mr. Kubrick has frequently appeared as counsel before NAFTA Binational Dispute Resolution Panels, as well as panels under the earlier Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement.  He acted as assistant to the NAFTA Binational Dispute Resolution Panel in one of the first cases heard in the United States under the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement. In addition, he advises clients on provisions of the WTO and NAFTA.

In commercial law, Mr. Kubrick has been involved in the drafting and negotiation of international technology licensing agreements, for products as diverse as radio-isotopes and computer software, and he advises clients regularly in other matters pertaining to corporate law.

Seminars

• "Deal or No Deal " The Need for Due Diligence on International Trade Law Issues in the Mergers and Acquisitions Process", Centre for International Legal Studies, April 4, 2007.
• "From Dollars to Doha-Nuts " Perspectives on the WTO", Program Chair, International Law Section, Ontario Bar Association, April 27, 2006.
• "Dancing With the Dragon " An Update on Critical Issues in Doing Business in <country-region></country-region></country-region><//country-region></country-region><//country-region></><//>China", presented to the International Law Section, Ontario Bar Association, October 18, 2005, Toronto, Ontario.
• "Damned If You Don't " The Art of Corporate Governance", presented to the International Law Section, Ontario Bar Association, November 14, 2000, Toronto, Ontario (presented with P.K. Pal).
• "Mapping the New Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duty Landscape: Statutory Procedural and Administrative Rules to Follow", presented to the International Law Section, Ontario Bar Association, September 13, 2000, Ottawa, Ontario.
• "NAFTA and the Environment" (1997), 5th Annual Symposium of the American Chemical Society.
• "Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Under the North American Free Trade Agreement" (1994), Institute for International Research.

Teaching Engagements

Guest Lecturer, University of Ottawa (Faculty of Law, Common Law Section), "Studies in International Law: International Trade Remedies"

Memberships

• Canadian Bar Association (Member, Customs Law Committee 1998)
• Ontario Bar Association (Member, Executive, International Law Section 1995-2005)
• Law Society of Upper Canada
• County of Carleton Law Association