Peer to Peer Arbitration Symposium

Thursday July 30, 4 – 5:30 pm ET

Sponsored by

Chair: Jim McCartney, C.Med, C.Arb, McCartney ADR
Bryan C. Duguid, QC, FCIArb, JSS Barristers
Annie  Lespérance, FCIArb, Omni Bridgeway

• Role of arbitrators in promoting settlement
• Non-compliance with time limits, disclosure orders, etc.
• Fairness requirements versus process efficiency/time-jurisdictional limits
• Experts—best practices.

Jim McCartney, C.Med, C.Arb, McCartney ADR

Jim’s full-time ADR practice includes arbitration of commercial, construction and energy matters as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, and tribunal chair. He has chaired three pipeline arbitration committees under the NEB and is serving a fourth term as a public member of the CPA discipline and appeal tribunals. He is experienced in both law (senior litigation) and business (marketing company, and chair of an insurance reciprocal manager). Jim is a former president of ADRIA and a former director of ADRIC. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and a director of the Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society.

Bryan C. Duguid, QC, FCIArb, JSS Barristers

Bryan Duguid QC is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, a member of the Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society, and he served as Managing Partner and Chairperson of his firm.  He acts as counsel and has been appointed as arbitrator and referee, in international and non-international arbitral disputes including in construction, power, corporate acquisitions, and oil and gas disputes.  Bryan is active in charitable activities, and is an avid cyclist, especially to raise funds and awareness for kids cancer.

Annie  Lespérance, FCIArb, Omni Bridgeway

Annie is a Legal Counsel in Omni Bridgeway's Montreal office, where she assesses the merits of international arbitration matters and commercial disputes submitted for funding. She provides litigants and their counsel with strategic advice and analysis at all stages of their cases.Her guidance is founded on her wide experience gained as a lawyer at Cabinet Yves Fortier (2012-2019) and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (2011-2012) where she acted as Secretary to Arbitral Tribunals in international commercial, investor-State and sports arbitration disputes under various procedural rules (ICC, ICSID, LCIA, UNCITRAL, PCA, ICDR, SIAC, HKIAC, CAS, SDRCC) and governing laws.Annie has been appointed as an arbitrator and is a member of various arbitration rosters, including NAFTA's Chapter 19 Roster of Panelists, the Canadian Free Trade Agreement and ICDR Canada's panel of arbitrators. She has also been recognized as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) based in London, UK.She is a certified mediator and has successfully mediated several litigated cases.Annie serves as a Board Member for the Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL) and the Institut de médiation et d'arbitrage du Québec (IMAQ). She is a representative of the International Chamber of Commerce Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF) and of the ADR Institute of Canada U40 Forum.Annie earned her law degree from Université de Montréal and her LL.M. cum laude, from Leiden University. Annie was called to the Quebec Bar in 2010 and to the Paris Bar in 2011. She is fluent in French, English and Spanish.

Professional Development Accreditation:

• ADRIC designation holders earn 3 Continuing Education & Engagement (CEE) points
• CPD accreditation received to date for this webinar (pending from other Law Societies across Canada):
  • Law Society of British Columbia: 1.5 hours
  • Law Society of New Brunswick: 1.5 hours
  • Law Society of Saskatchewan: 1.5 hours
  • Law Society of Ontario: 1.5 Substantive hours

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