Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Litigation ＆ Dispute Resolution

Mark is the National Practice Group Leader of the Business Crimes, Investigations & Compliance group. He regularly leads international internal investigations and defends clients faced with government investigations and charges on white-collar, anti-corruption and regulatory enforcement matters.

Mark has played a key role on several of Canada’s most significant anti-corruption enforcement cases. He served as independent counsel to the Board of Directors through the internal investigation of Canada’s largest CFPOA case to date. Mark was also appointed as the Independent Compliance Monitor for SNC-Lavalin pursuant to the Probation Order imposed by the Quebec Court as part of its sentencing on charges of fraud in Libya. More recently, Mark was designated in Canada’s first Remediation Agreement as Independent Compliance Monitor in a separate monitorship of SNC-Lavalin. On a pro bono basis, Mark has provided training to prosecutors and enforcement officials in Zimbabwe and expert testimony to the Canadian Senate during hearings to consider Canada’s new Remediation Agreement legislation. Mark has served on the Independent Investigations Advisory Board for one of the world’s largest mining companies, providing direction and oversight over worldwide internal investigations.

Mark is a member of the International Association of Independent Corporate Monitors. Mark is a director of the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP). Mark is a past Director of Transparency International (Canada) and is a past president of the Calgary Bar Association.