Todd J. Weiler
Investment Treaty Law & Arbitration
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Todd Weiler specializes in international economic law, and in particular on investment treaty arbitration under the NAFTA and investment protection treaties worldwide.
 
Business: 202.684.6840
Facsimile: 877.887.7840
Alternate Phone (North America): 1.519.204.6842
Alternate Phone (United Kingdom): 44.020.3286.1840
 
COUNSEL
  • Providing what the Global Arbitration Review refers to as an expert “bolt on service” for legal teams across the Globe;
  • Involved at all stages of an investment dispute; from initiation to award; and from annulment to collection;
  • Teaming with co-counsel to improve oral and written arguments; and
  • Working with law firms of all sizes, as well as with governments, non-governmental organizations and First Nations.

CONSULTANT
  • Providing strategic advice on structuring foreign investments, under contract, treaty and local investment legislation.
  • Providing timely advice on the conduct of highly specialized investor-state arbitrations, including:
  • Strategically framing theories of the case;
  • Taking advantage of access to information legislation;
  • Gathering and presenting evidence;
  • Advising on arbitrator selection and challenge; and
  • Assisting with the drafting, editing and presentation of arguments.

EXPERT
  • Providing legal opinions to governments, NGO’s and potential claimants on applicable investment treaty provisions;
  • Providing evidence to national courts on questions of international economic law;
  • Providing expert evidence before international courts and tribunals; and
  • Providing strategic advice to counsel during the course of a dispute, without making an official appearance on the record.

WEB SITES
 
www.naftaclaims.com
  • NAFTA arbitration corrrespondence, pleadings and decisions
 
www.investmentclaims.com
  • All available decisions issued by international investment treaty tribunals
 
www.worldtradelaw.typepad.com
  • Discussion on hot topics from most of the world's leading international economic law scholars & practitioners
 
EDUCATION
 
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
LLM, 2002
International Economic Law
SJD, 2011
International Economic Law

University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario

LLM, 1998
Public International Law

University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
LLB, 1996
Public Law Concentration
MA, 1993
Foreign Relations and Public Policy

University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario

Hons BA, 1992
Co-op, Political Science Major, History Minor

Education

MEMBERSHIPS
     
  Law Society of Upper Canada
Called to the Bar of Ontario, February 1999

ICC Court of Arbitration

Member of the Roster of Canada, 2005 to Present
 
 
London Court of International Arbitration
Memberships
North American Users' Council Member, 2006 to Present

British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Sponsoring Member of the Investment Treaty Forum, 2005 to Present
 
 
Society of International Economic Law
Founding and current Executive Board Member, 2007 to Present

International Law Association
Member, 2003 to Present
Member, Special Working Group on Foreign Investment Law, 2004 to 2006
 
 
Canadian Bar Association
Member, 1997 to Present
National International Law Executive Member , 2006 to 2007
Ontario International Law Executive Member , 1998 to 2006
Ontario General Council Member, 1997 to 1998
Recipient of Overall Student Achievement Award, Granted by Ontario Section, 1996

Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners
Founding Member and Member of the First Board of Directors, 2004 to 2007
 
Memberships
American Society of International Law
Member, 2000 to Present
Executive Committee Member, International Economic Law Section, 2003 to 2005

American Bar Association
International Law Section Member, 1999 to Present
Vice-Chair, Committee on International Trade Law, 2004 to 2006

Memberships
 
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