John W. Boscariol

John W. Boscariol is head of the firm's International Trade & Investment Law Group and a partner in the Litigation Group.

John advises both private and public sector clients on the application of international trade and investment protection agreements, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the agreements of the World Trade Organization, bilateral investment treaties, and regional and sectoral trade agreements. His practice also focuses on other international trade matters, including export and import controls, trade embargoes, blocking measures, economic sanctions, defence controls, national security measures, anti-dumping, countervail and safeguard measures, anti-corruption laws, government procurement, and all customs tariff and enforcement issues.

In addition to advising his clients on strategic planning, compliance and enforcement, John regularly deals with various government agencies and appears before panels, courts, and tribunals hearing disputes involving international trade and investment matters.

John advises foreign and domestic clients across a wide range of sectors and industries impacted by international trade and investment measures, including mining, financial services, energy, natural resources, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, clothing and apparel, manufacturing, technology and licensing, software, transportation, defence, food, beverage and other consumer products, biotechnology, public-private partnerships and infrastructure.

Recently, based on nominations and recommendations from in-house counsel, John was selected as the sole recipient of the 2011 International Law Office/Association of Corporate Counsel Client Choice Award - Trade and Customs (Canada). The criteria for the award focus on the ability to add real value to clients' business above and beyond the other players in the market. John is the first lawyer in Canada to ever receive this award for work on international trade matters. A selection of comments regarding John's work, given by in-house counsel when surveyed for the International Law Office Client Choice Awards, can be found here.

Most recently, John was nominated and then selected as a finalist for the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters Member of the Year for his work with this leading industry organization.

Martindale-Hubbell rates John as "AV Preeminent", their "highest level of professional excellence" and Chambers Global ranks him in Tier One for WTO/International Trade. He has also been ranked highly in numerous other national and international directories, including The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Expert Guides to the World's Leading Lawyers - Best of the Best, International Who's Who of Trade and Customs Lawyers, Lexpert, Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading International Trade Lawyers, and The Best Lawyers in Canada.

He has published papers and articles on current trade and investment issues in various business and legal journals, including Kluwer Global Trade and Customs Journal, Law and Policy in International Business, International Trade Law & Regulation, the Canadian Business Law Journal, the National Banking Law Review, International Business Lawyer, and the Ivey Business Journal.

John is active in the leadership of the American Bar Association Section of International Law as Vice-Chair of the Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee, Liaison to the Canadian Bar Association and Ontario Bar Association, and Immediate Past Co-Chair of the Canada Committee. He is also Immediate Past Chair of the Ontario Bar Association International Law Section.

John is Co-Chair of the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters' Export Committee and is a member of the Canadian Council for the Americas, the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto, and the Royal Canadian Military Institute.

He is regularly invited to speak at national and international conferences and seminars on trade and investment matters. Speaking engagements include the World Customs Organization in Brussels, the Annual Conference of the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Commodity Tax Symposium of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accounts and the Annual Research Seminar of the Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation. He has lectured in the Master of Laws (international trade) program at Osgoode Hall Law School, and at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto. He also teaches I.E. Canada's Customs Duty and International Trade Course at locations across Canada.

John received his B. Com (Gold Medalist) from the University of Toronto in 1990. He received his LLB from the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto and was called to the Ontario bar in 1995. In 1998, he received his LLM (International Trade and Competition Law) from the Osgoode Hall Law School.

Recent publications, attributions and speeches (2008 to present):

· Speaker, "Economic Sanctions: Canada's New Compliance Minefield", Canadian & U.S. Export Controls Workshop, Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters, Calgary, Alberta, November 3, 2011.

· Chair, "Show Me The Money: Understanding and Securing Government Subsidies for Your Client" CLE Program of the International Law Section, Canadian Bar Association, Toronto, October 28, 2011.

· Speaker, "Understanding Subsidies: the 'Picket Fences' and Do's and Don'ts of Subsidy Program Development", at the Show Me The Money: Understanding and Securing Government Subsidies for Your Client CLE Program of the International Law Section, Canadian Bar Association, Toronto, October 28, 2011.

· Speaker, "Nationality and the ITAR: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities in Canada and the US", Webinar Program, West LegalEdcenter and Federal Publications Seminars at Thomson Reuters, October 19, 2011.

· "Canada Imposes Additional Economic Sanctions Against Syria", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, October 5, 2011.

· "Canada Lifts Most Economic Sanctions Against Libya", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, September 26, 2011.

· Co-Chair, American Bar Association International Annual Meeting, August 5-7, 2011.

· Co-Chair, American Bar Association International Section Leadership Retreat, August 3-4, 2011.

· "The Canada Consumer Product Safety Act - Now in force", Canadian Corporate Counsel: A Practical Reference for Corporate, Consumer Protection Law, Volume 20, Number 8, August 2011.

· Quoted in "Canada Takes Landmark Anti-Bribery Enforcement Action", by Jaclyn Jaeger, Compliance Week, July 12, 2011.

· Quoted in "Niko Resources fine first step in crackdown", by Julius Melnitzer, Financial Post, July, 11, 2011.

· Quoted in "Fine shows crackdown on corruption Foreign Practices", by Julius Melnitzer, Financial Post, July 6, 2011.

· "$9.5 Million Fine is First Significant Action Under Canada's Foreign Corruption", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, June 27, 2011

· "The Canada Consumer Product Safety Act Now in Force", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, June 21, 2011

· "US and Canadian Regulation of Controlled Goods and Technology: ITAR and CGP", Réseau photonique du Québec, Montréal, Québec, June 17, 2011.

· Speaker, "Economic Sanctions: Canada's New Compliance Minefield", Canadian & U.S. Export Controls Workshop, Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters, Toronto, Ontario, June 13, 2011.

· Chair and Moderator, "Libyan Sanctions Roundtable: Dealing with US, EU and Canadian Measures", American Bar Association, Section of International Law, Washington, D.C. and Toronto, Ontario, June 8, 2011.

· "Canada Imposes Economic Sanctions Against Syria", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, May 25, 2011.

· "Regulation of Controlled Military Goods and Technology in Canada and Conflicts with U.S. ITAR", U.S. Defence Trade Controls, Export Compliance Training Institute, Montréal, May 18, 2011.

· "Managing the Relationship Between Canadian and U.S. Export Controls and Trade Embargoes", U.S. Commercial Export Controls & Embargoes Seminar, Export Compliance Training Institute, Montréal, May 17, 2011.

· Quoted in "U.S. scraps Catch 22 for Canadian defence contractors; Ends nationality-based screening that barred some workers from hi-tech projects, and left companies open to human rights violations", by Barrie McKenna, The Globe and Mail, May 17, 2011.

· Lecturer, US Controls on Non-US Transactions, "Compliance Challenges with Canadian and US Export and Defence Controls", A Practical Guide Conference, Export Compliance Training Institute, Montréal, May 16-19, 2011.

· Quoted in "U.S. eases law barring Canadian dual citizens from hi-tech military jobs; Long-standing cross-border irritant left Canadian companies caught between steep fines and human-rights violations", by Colin Freeze, The Globe and Mail, May 16, 2011.

· "Final US ITAR Rule on Dual and Third Country Nationals Raises New Challenges for Canadian Business", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, May 16, 2011.

· Discussion Leader at the "The Dodd-Frank Act: Implications for Canadian foreign filers with the SEC" session, at the "Spotlight on Anti-Corruption: Current Issues Day of Dialogue", Transparency International Canada Inc., Toronto, May 12, 2011.

· "New Sanctions Measures Prohibit Dealings With Corrupt Foreign Officials", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, April 18, 2011.

· Co-Chair, "Is Water the New Oil? Tales from the Battle Over Transboundary Water Resources in North America", American Bar Association Section of International Law, Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, April 7, 2011.

· Speaker, "Export Controls and Economic Sanctions: Compliance and Enforcement Issues", Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters 8th Annual Western Canada Conference, Calgary, Alberta, March 7-8, 2011.

· "Canada Imposes Wide-Ranging Economic Sanctions Against Libya", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, March 1, 2011.

· Speaker, "Key Technology Transfer Control Issues for 2011", McCarthy Tétrault Technology and Sourcing Law Conference, February 17, 2011.

· "Encryption Alert: New Permit for Exports and Technology Transfers to EU Plus Five Countries", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, February 3, 2011.

· Quoted in "Why Canadian firms should worry about China's Iranian ties Sufficiently aggravated, U.S. lawmakers could make hay of Chinese investment in the West", by Jeff Lewis, Alberta Oil - Energy Sector Insight, February 1, 2011.

· Quoted in "Lumber deal still a good one despite new arbitration loss, Ottawa says" by Barrie McKenna, The Globe and Mail, January 21, 2011.

· Quoted in "Corruption Crackdown" by Julius Melnitzer, Lexpert 2010 Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, January 2011.

· Lecturer, "Customs Enforcement, AMPS, and Appeals; Anti-Dumping, Countervail, and Safeguards; Import and Export Controls and Trade Embargoes; International Trade and Investment Agreements", Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters Customs Duty and International Trade Course, Toronto, Ontario, November 17, 2010.

· Quoted in "New Canada cryptographic rule on goods permits", Export Control Report, Vol. 1, No. 1, United Kingdom, November 2010.

· "Export Controls Alert: Canada Issues New Guidance on Encryption Controls", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, October 21, 2010.

· Speaker, "Managing the Relationship Between Canadian and U.S. Export Controls and Economic Sanctions", Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Workshop, Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters 79th Annual Conference & Trade Show "Looking Beyond the Obvious", Toronto, Ontario, October 20, 2010.

· Quoted in "U.S. anti-bribery law could trap Canadian firms", The Lawyers Weekly, October 15, 2010.

· "Export Controls Alert: Canada Issues New Guidance on Encryption Controls", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, October 21, 2010.

· Speaker, "Managing the Relationship Between Canadian and U.S. Export Controls and Economic Sanctions", Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters 79th Annual Conference & Trade Show "Looking Beyond the Obvious", Toronto, Ontario, October 20, 2010.

· Quoted in "U.S. anti-bribery law could trap Canadian firms", The Lawyers Weekly, October 15, 2010.

· Lecturer, "Customs Enforcement, AMPS, and Appeals; Anti-Dumping, Countervail, and Safeguards; Import and Export Controls and Trade Embargoes; International Trade and Investment Agreements", Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters Customs Duty and International Trade Course, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 6, 2010.

· Quoted in "Canada Moves to Unilateral Sanctions", by Julius Melnitzer, Globe & Mail Web Articles, September 1, 2010.

· "Proposed US Defence Control Changes Aim to Resolve Conflicts with Canadian Human Rights Law", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, August 11, 2010.

· "Exporting Software and Technology Abroad - Controls on Ancillary Encryption to be Liberalized", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, August 3, 2010.

· Yugraneft Corp. v. Rexx Management Corp. : Victors in International Arbitration Proceedings Must Look Out for Local Limitation Periods", McCarthy Tétrault Co- Counsel : Litigation, Volume 4, Issue 1, August 2, 2010.

· "Canada Targets Financial Services and Oil & Gas Sectors in New Unilateral Sanctions Against Iran", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, July 26, 2010.

· "Canadian Government Undertaking Industry Consultations on Cryptography Export Permit Process", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, July 14, 2010.

· "Sanctions Alert: The Brave New World of Doing Business with Iran", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, July 12, 2010.

· "Export Controls Alert: Canada's Response to Liberalization of Controls on Ancillary Encryption", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, June 18, 2010.

· "At the Cross-Roads of U.S. and Canadian Trade Controls: The Cuba Conflict," the Kluwer Global Trade and Customs Journal, Volume 5, Issue 6, June 2010.

· Speaker, "The Collision of U.S. Export Control and ITAR Rules with Canadian Law", The American Conference Institute's 13th National Forum on Export Controls, Washington, DC, May 18-19, 2010.

· Lecturer, "Regulation of Controlled Military Goods and Technology in Canada and Conflicts with U.S. ITAR", U.S. Defence Trade Controls, Export Compliance Training Institute, Montréal, May 12, 2010.

· Lecturer, "Managing the Relationship Between Canadian and U.S. Export Controls and Trade Embargoes", U.S. Commercial Export Controls & Embargoes, Export Compliance Training Institute, Montréal, May 11, 2010.

· "Canadian Government Launches Consultations on Encryption Controls", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, March 9, 2010.

· Lecturer, "Customs Enforcement, AMPS, and Appeals; Anti-Dumping, Countervail, and Safeguards; Import and Export Controls and Trade Embargoes; International Trade and Investment Agreements", Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters Customs Duty and International Trade Course, Montreal, February 24, 2010.

· Quoted in "We need to seek other trade partners", Eric Cunningham, The Hamilton Spectator, February 23, 2010.

· Co-Chair, "Citizenship & Immigration /International Law: Navigating the International Assignment Maze: Immigration, Employment and Taxation Issues in Foreign Workers Transfers", Ontario Bar Association, Institute 2010 Program, Toronto, February 16, 2010.

· Quoted in "'Buy American' deal marks a step forward", The Windsor Star, February 13, 2010.

· Quoted in "Protectionism kept at bay", Paul Vieira, Financial Post, February 6, 2010.

· Quoted in "Deal exempts Canadian companies from protectionist Buy American provisions", Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press, February 5, 2010.

· "U.S. and Canada Reach Agreement on "Buy America" and Provincial Government Procurement", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, February 5, 2010.

· "Spotlight On Sections: International Law", Briefly Speaking, Official Magazine of the Ontario Bar Association, Vol. 35 No. 1, February 2010.

· "2010 Promises to be Another Busy Year for Canadian Export Controls and Economic Sanctions", Q1 2010 Newsletter, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law, January 2010.

· "Message From the Chair: OBA June Program Activities", The Globetrotter, Volume 14, No. 1, International Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association, December 2009.

· "Jon R. Johnson Recognized for Excellence in International Law", The Globetrotter, Volume 14, No. 1, International Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association, December 2009.

· "Looking Back and Moving Forward: Key Developments in Canadian Trade Controls and Economic Sanctions During 2009", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, December 3, 2009.

· Lecturer, "Customs Enforcement, AMPS, and Appeals; Anti-Dumping, Countervail, and Safeguards; Import and Export Controls and Trade Embargoes; International Trade and Investment Agreements", Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters Customs Duty and International Trade Course, Toronto, November 25, 2009.

· "Canada Border Services Agency Issues New Guidelines On The Dutiability Of Post-Importation Payments And Management And Administration Fees", The Transportation Lawyer, Volume 11, Number 2, October 2009.

· Quoted in "Arbitrator resigns in NAFTA case against Canada because of work for Mexico", by Kyriaki Karadelis, Global Arbitration Review, October 28, 2009.

· Chair and Moderator, "Damned if You Do, Damned if you Don't; Navigating Conflicting U.S. and Foreign Regulations on Doing Business with Cuba", American Bar Association 2009 Fall Meeting, Miami, October 27 - 31, 2009.

· Speaker, "Use of the National Security Exception in International Trade and Investment Agreements", State of Necessity and Force Majeure in an Age of Global Economic Crisis, American Bar Association 2009 Fall Meeting, Miami, October 27 -- 31, 2009.

· "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Navigating Conflicting U.S. and Canadian Trade Controls", 88th Annual Meeting of the American Branch of the International Law Association, New York, October 24, 2009.

· Chair, 2nd Annual Award for Excellence in International Law, International Law Section, Ontario Bar Association, October 20, 2009.

· Co-Chair, "New Developments in Canada's Screening of Foreign Investments", joint program of the American Bar Association Section of International Law, the Canadian Bar Association National Section on International Law, and the Ontario Bar Association International Law Section, September 29, 2009.

· "Canadian Government Announces Plans for Tariff Relief on a Broad Range of Manufacturing Inputs", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, September 25, 2009.

· Lecturer, "Customs Enforcement, AMPS, and Appeals; Anti-Dumping, Countervail, and Safeguards; Import and Export Controls and Trade Embargoes, International Trade and Investment Agreements", Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters Customs Duty and International Trade Course, Calgary, Alberta, September 23, 2009.

· "New CBSA Guidelines on Post-Importation Payments and Management and Administration Fees", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, August 21, 2009.

· "Report on the Committee Joint Program on U.S. Export controls vs. Canadian employment Law: U.S. Export Controls vs. Canadian Employment Law Program Joint Program with Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations", Q2 2009 Newsletter, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law, Volume 1, Issue 3, July 2009.

· Quoted in "Premiers: Replace Buy America With New Free Trade Deal", Chronicle Herald, June 10, 2009.

· Quoted in "Premiers Want to Eliminate 'Buy America'", Canadian Press, Canoe.ca, June 9, 2009.

· Quoted in "Federal Agency May Relocate Border to Defuse Standoff", Calgary Herald, June 5, 2009.

· Quoted in "Relocation of Border Crossing Considered to Defuse Standoff", Ottawa Citizen, June 4, 2009.

· Co-Chair, "WTO Dispute Settlement: A Review at 15 Years", a Joint Event of the Ontario Bar Association International Law Section and the International Law Association, June 3, 2009.

· "Fighting Back Against California's LCFS", Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Concept v. Consequences and North America's Energy Trade, Canadian Energy Research Institute, Calgary, May 27, 2009.

· "Regulation of Controlled Military Goods and Technology in Canada and Conflicts with U.S. ITAR", U.S. Export Controls on Non-U.S. Transactions, a Practical Guide, Export Compliance Training Institute, Montréal, Québec, May 22, 2009.

· "Canadian Export Controls Consistency and Conflict with U.S. Controls", U.S. Export Controls on Non-U.S. Transactions, a Practical Guide, Export Compliance Training Institute, Montréal, Québec, May 21, 2009.

· "Key Challenges in Canadian Trade Control Compliance", North Texas District Export Council, Dallas, Texas, May 18, 2009.

· Quoted in "Canada Renews WTO Complaint on U.S. Meat Origin Rules", by Alexandre Deslongchamps, Bloomberg News, May 7, 2009.

· Co-Chair, "Contemporary Developments in Islamic Finance in Canada and Beyond", Ontario Bar Association International Law Section Program, April 28, 2009.

· Co-Chair and Moderator, "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Managing Conflicts Between U.S. National Security Laws and Canadian Privacy Protection Requirements", American Bar Association 2009 Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 16, 2009.

· Moderator, "Product Safety in North America: Significant Implications for Trade in Pharmaceutical, Food and Consumer Products", American Bar Association 2009 Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 16, 2009.

· Quoted in "Stiff New Rules Planned for Importers", by Kelly Harris, Canadian Lawyer Magazine, April 13, 2009.

· Quoted in "Trading on Thin Ice", by Sandra Rubin, Lexpert ®, March 2009.

· "OBA International Law Section Program: Update on International Trade and Bilateral Investment Treaty Negotiations", The Globetrotter, Volume 13, No. 2, International Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association, March 2009.

· "The WTO TRIPS Agreement and Pharmaceuticals", Technology and Intellectual Property Conference, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, March 2, 2009.

· Moderator, "U.S. Export Controls vs. Canadian Human Rights and Employment Laws - Conflict or Compatibility?", joint program of the International Law Sections of the American Bar Association, Canadian Bar Association and Ontario Bar Association, Washington, D.C. and Toronto, February 13, 2009.?

· "New Canadian Export Control Handbook Should be Carefully Reviewed", McCarthy Tétrault Legal Update, February 28, 2009.

· Chair, 14th Annual Infonex Customs Compliance and Border Security Conference: Best Practices in Regulatory Issues in Cross-Border Trade, January 20 - 21, 2009.

· "A Lawyer's Perspective on Customs Audits: Key Legal Issues to Address When CBSA Comes Knocking", 14th Annual Infonex Customs Compliance and Border Security Conference: Best Practices in Regulatory Issues in Cross-Border Trade, January 20, 2009.

· Co-Chair, "Doha vs. Bilateral FTAs: What Lies Ahead for Trade Liberalization in 2009?", Ontario Bar Association International Law Section Program, January 14, 2009