Alison FitzGerald's practice focuses on international arbitration and international trade and investment. She has also assisted clients in the areas of procurement, customs, regulatory compliance in heavily regulated industries, privacy, and commercial and constitutional litigation.
Ms. FitzGerald has acted as counsel and tribunal assistant in ad hoc arbitrations as well as arbitrations administered under the auspices of major arbitral institutions, including the ICC, the LCIA, ICSID and the AAA. In the course of this work Ms. FitzGerald has garnered dispute resolution experience in a number of industry sectors, including oil and gas, chemicals, construction and natural resources.
Ms. FitzGerald has appeared as junior counsel before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Federal Courts of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada in domestic proceedings. She has also appeared before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal in trade remedy proceedings.
Selected client work
Recent mandates in which Ms. FitzGerald has been involved relate to the following:
ˇ An action for damages in negligent misrepresentation on behalf of Canadian Blood Services (CBS) where the defendant counterclaimed alleging that the blood screening methods used by CBS were contrary to section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
ˇ NAFTA Chapter 11 disputes relating to the chemicals and natural resources sectors
ˇ Investor-state and international commercial disputes in the oil and gas sector
ˇ Trade remedy disputes relating to the steel sector
Memberships and activities
ˇ Law Society of Upper Canada
ˇ Canadian Bar Association
ˇ New York State Bar Association
ˇ American Bar Association
ˇ International Bar Association
ˇ Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners
Related Publications
New French arbitration law reflects a boldly liberal approach.
The new arbitration law of France - a complete reworking of the law that has attracted much attention - will come into force on May 1, 2011. It is acknowledged by commentators that France, traditionally an arbitration-friendly jurisdiction, will, as a result of adopting Decree No. 2011-48
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