Background
Gerry Stobo is a partner in the Ottawa Office. Gerry graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Arts. He received a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of London. Gerry completed the Program for Public Executives at Queen's University. He was called to the Bar of the Province of Alberta in 1981 and to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2004. He is the Regional Leader of the Ottawa International Trade and Arbitration Group.
Areas of Practice
· Trade Law
· Government Contracting and Procurement Law
· Public and Regulatory Law
· Construction Law
Rankings and Recognitions
· The 2012 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Commodity Tax/Customs)
· Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers (International Trade/WTO; Public Procurement)
· The Best Lawyers in Canada 2012 (Administrative and Public Law; International Trade; Public Procurement)
· Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
· Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (International Trade Regulation)
· The Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading International Trade Lawyers
· The International Who's Who of Public Procurement Lawyers
· Who's Who Legal: Canada (Public Procurement; Trade & Customs)
· Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
Professional Experience
· General Counsel, Canadian International Trade Tribunal, 1995-2001.
· General Counsel, Immigration and Refugee Board, 1989-1994.
· Appeared before all levels of courts and tribunals, including Supreme Court of Canada and the Security Intelligence Review Committee.
· Lead counsel on a number of complex dumping, subsidy and safeguard cases for multi-national corporations and as lead counsel for the Canadian International Trade Tribunal.
· Appeared before international dispute resolution panels created under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
· Counsel on two precedent-setting inter-provincial trade disputes involving services pursuant to Agreement on Internal Trade.
· Retained by the United States Department of State as an expert in Canadian procurement law in a recent Chapter 11 dispute under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
· Counsel to governments, hospitals, museums and corporations on all aspects of tendering and contracting including proposal design, creation of the solicitation documents, administration of the procurement, evaluation process and bid challenge.
· Lead counsel on many complex federal government bid disputes.
· Lead counsel to the Siloxane D5 Board of Review established under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
· Lead counsel to the Lindane Board of Review established under the Pest Control Products Regulations.
· " Canadian Dumping and Subsidy Legislation Redux: Changes to the Way the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Conducts Dumping and Subsidy Cases ", 2000 International Trade Law and Regulation.
· " Canadian Government Procurement Law ", International Trade and Investment Law in Canada, Thomson Carswell, April 2003.
· " The Canadian Public Procurement Regime ", International Public Procurement: A Guide to Best Practice, London: Globe Law and Business Publishing, 2010.
· "Canada-United States Agreement on Government Procurement: A Canadian Perspective", The Procurement Lawyer, American Bar Association, vol. 45, no. 4, Summer 2010.
· Author of numerous articles for trade and procurement journals and national news publications.
Professional and Community Activities
· Past Director, Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.
· Founder and Chair, Public Procurement Law Practitioners Group.
· Past Co-Chair, Customs Committee, Sales and Commodity Tax Section of the Canadian Bar Association.
· Past Secretary, Committee on Public Procurement (Committee M4) of the International Bar Association.
· Past President of the Public Sector Lawyers Conference of the Canadian Bar Association.
· Founder and Past-Chairman of the Immigration Section of the Canadian Bar Association in southern Alberta.
· Frequent speaker throughout Canada and in the United States on trade law, procurement law, ethics and tribunal governance issues.
· One of the architects for the highly acclaimed training program for federal tribunal members.
· Chaired a working group that developed Canada 's first ethics training program for administrative tribunal members.