Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP’s multidisciplinary trade team is particularly active in advising on customs law, economic sanctions, export controls, government contracting and trade policy-related matters. Less frequently, it also handles trade-related contentious work, including investment arbitrations as well as antidumping, procurement, and other disputes before the CITT. The department is led jointly by Toronto-based tax specialist Zvi Halpern-Shavim, who is noted for customs and import controls, together with Vancouver-based litigator Roy Millen, whose broad practice takes in commercial litigation and international trade.
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Key clients
- Capstone Infrastructure
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Work highlights
- Representing several subsidiaries for Capstone Infrastructure in the CITT antidumping investigation into wind towers from China.
- Advising law firm Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, on potential extradition of non-Canadian directors resulting from overseas corporate operations.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Zvi Halpern-Shavim, Roy Millen