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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.
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CONFERENCE ORGANIZER AND CHAIRPERSON
  • Second Annual Investment Treaty Arbitration: A Debate and Discussion (Washington, DC: Juris Conferences, 17 June 2007), co-chaired with Ian Laird.
  • Investment Treaty Arbitration: A Debate and Discussion (Washington, DC: Juris Conferences, 17 June 2007).
  • Investment Arbitration: Leading Cases – Book Launch and Symposium (The Hague: Permanent Court of Arbitration, 29 June 2005).

CONFERENCE & SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPATION
  • "Primer on EU-Asia Investment Issues" (Brussels, ASEFUAN-IGIR Dialogues, 11 June 2010).
  • "Update on Recognition and Enforcement" (Toronto, Federated Press, 2 June 2010).
  • "Territoriality and the Meaning of Investment in International Law" (London, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 7 May 2010).
  • Co-Chair of Third Annual Arbitration Conference and Panel Discussant on Most Favoured Nation Treatment (Washington, Juris Conferences, 30 April 2010).
  • "Update on Arbitrator Challenges in Investor-State Disputes" (New York, American Bar Association, 14 March 2010).
  • Chair of Two-Day Memorial Conference for Thomas Walde (St. Andrew's, University of Dundee Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Minerals Law & Policy).
  • "Investment Protection and Arbitration in the Korea U.S. Free Trade Agreement" (New York, Columbia University Law School, 13 July 2009).
  • ABA Luncheon on Money Damages for Violations of International Trade Law (Washington, American Bar Association, 1 July 2009).
  • "Treaty Shopping 101" (Calgary, Western Canada Arbitrators Roundtable, 13 May 2009).
  • Co-Chair of Second Annual Arbitration Conference (Juris Conferences, 30 April 2009).
  • "Latest Trends in Investor-State Arbitration" (New York, Practising Law Institute, Arbitration Day, 24 March 2009).
  • "Doctrinal Convergence in International Law: Not Just Precedent by Another Name" (Mexico City, Universidad Ibero Americana, NAFTA at 15 Conference, 17 February 2009).
  • Invited Private Sector Delegate, UNCTAD Experts Group Meeting on Investment Treaties (Geneva, 10-11 January 2009).
  • "Impact of Arbitration on Treaty Drafting" and "Potential Judicialisation of the Process" (Washington, D.C., APEC Investment Agreement Workshop, 7 November, 2008).
  • "The Treatment of Environmental and SPS Measures in International Investment Law" (Suffolk University Law School, Investor-State Arbitration: Perspectives on Legitimacy and Practice, 31 October 2008).
  • Standard of Treatment (Rio de Janiero, International Law Association, Annual General Meeting, 20 August 2008).
  • Moderator, Non Traditional IEL Participants Panel (Geneva, Society of International Economic Law, 16 July 2008).
  • Key Note Address on the Status and Future of NAFTA Investment Arbitration (Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Investment Arbitration Forum, 20 June 2009).
  • "Signs of Convergence in International Ecnomic Treaty Interpretation" (London, British Institute of International & Comparative Law Annual WTO Conference, 13 May 2008).
  • Chair of First Annual Arbitration Conference and Panel Discussant on National Treatment (Juris Conferences, 24 April 2008).
  • "The Contribution of Investment to Economic Growth and Development" and "Survey of ITAs in APEC Economies" "Scope of ITAs and Investment Chapters in FTAs in Selected APEC Economies" and "Admission and Establishment" and "Investment Treaty Dispute Resolution" (Singapore, APEC Investment Agreement Workshop, 5-7 May 2008).
  • "The MFN Principle" (New York, Columbia University Law School, 27 March 2008).
  • Roundtable on Investment Arbitration (Frankfurt, 1st Annual Franfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Symposium, 14 February 2008).
  • “Trade and Investment: Harmonization?” and “Day One Recap and Day Two Introduction” (Quito, Ecuador, Cameron May Conference, 30 November & 1 December 2007).
  • “MFN and Harmonization in International Investment Law” (New York, Columbia Law School, 31 October 2007).
  • “The State of International Commercial Arbitration in Canada” (Toronto, Association of Young Canadian Arbitrators, 27 September 2007).
  • “Precedent in International Investment Law?” Panel Moderator (London, British Institute of International & Comparative Law, 14 September 2007).
  • Moderator, “Treaty MFN: Which Way to Go?”; Discussant, “The Issue of Intent in National Treatment Analyses” Discussant (Washington, D.C., Juris Conferences, 17 May 2007).
  • “Good Faith and the Formation of a Single Standard of Investment Protection” (Santa Clara, California, International Law Association, 3 February 2007).
  • Participant in Experts’ Meeting on International Investment Law and Arbitration, University of California – Berkeley (12 January 2007).
  • “Recent American Treaty Practice on the International Law Minimum Standard of Treatment” (Seoul, Hanyang University School of Law, 24 November 2006).
  • “Investment Arbitration as a Great Consolidator? Musings from a Mutant” (Bretton Woods, American Society of International Law, International Economic Law Group, 10 November 2006).
  • “Environmental Regulation under International Investment Discipline” (Miami, American Bar Association, 8 November 2006).
  • “Assessing the Investment Claims Avalanche in the Americas” Program Chair (Miami, American Bar Association, 8 November 2006).
  • “Canadians, the ICSID and ad hoc Investment Arbitration” (Montreal, Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners / Canadian Chamber of Commerce, 27 October 2006).
  • “When the Politics of Investment Go Awry: Recent Lessons from Ecuador” (Calgary, International Association of Petroleum Negotiators, 19 May 2006).
  • “Expropriation by Taxation” (London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law Investment Treaty Forum, 5 May 2006).
  • “Cross-Atlantic Dialogue on Regulatory Takings” (Brussels: American Bar Association, 26 October 2005).
  • “Native American Participation in International Economic Dispute Settlement: Two Stories” (Prague: International Bar Association, 26 September 2005).
  • “The Public – Private Distinction in International Economic Law: Still Relevant in 2005?” (Washington: American Society of International Law, 31 March 2005).
  • “The Role of Private Counsel in the Practice of WTO Law” (Toronto: Ontario Bar Association, International Law Section, 8 March 2005).
  • “Commentary on Trade and Security: Waking up to a Post-Westphalian Reality” (Washington: American Society of International Law, International Economic Law Section, 25 February 2005).
  • “The Trade Lawyer’s Perspective on Trying to Keep Toronto Trash out of Michigan” (Lansing: Institute for Public Policy & Social Research, 23 February 2005).
  • “NAFTA 1-2-3” (San Diego: San Diego Bar Association, 19 January 2005).
  • “Two Interesting Developments in International Investment Law” (San Francisco: Association of American Law Schools, 5 January 2004).
  • “Ten Years of NAFTA Investment Arbitration: An Experts’ Roundtable” (Houston: American Bar Association International Law Section, 14 October 2004).
  • “Beef, Lumber and Off-shoring: the Politics of Trade Today” (Chicago: John Marshall Law School & Chicago Bar Association, 17 September 2004).
  • “The Perils of the a la carte Approach to GATS Architecture: Tens Years Later” (London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 12 May 2004).
  • “Coordination and Coherence in International Economic and Human Rights Laws” (Washington, DC: Georgetown Law Center and the American Society of International Law; Rapporteur; 6 April 2004).
  • “NAFTA Investment Law and Arbitration: the Early Years” (Washington, DC: American University; Conference Organizer, Co-chair and Presenter, 22 March 2004).
  • “The GATS After Cancun: Where Do We Go from Here?” (Toronto: Osgoode Hall and the University of Toronto, 6 March 2004).
  • “Case Studies in Trade in Services” (Toronto: Canada – US Law Institute, 26 February 2004).
  • ”Multilateral Investment Protection: Lessons from the WTO Acquis” (Halle, Germany: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Faculty of Law, 17 January 2004).
  • “Welcome Back Mr. Calvo” (Miami: American Arbitration Association, Inter-American Bar Association and Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission, 29 January 2004).
  • “Free Trade in Garbage?” (Detroit: Wayne State University, 29 October 2003).
  • “Culture and Trade: Dichotomy or a Distinction without a Difference?” (Chicago: John Marshall Law School, 14 November 2003).
  • “Minimum Standards and International Law” (East Lansing: Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University, 17 October 2003).
  • “National Treatment: Not Just for WTO Lawyers Any More” (San Francisco: American Bar Association, 10 August 2003).
  • “The Non-Discrimination Principle in International Investment Law” (Cologne, Germany: University of Cologne, 12 June 2003).
  • “Canadian Cultural Policy Ten Years After the NAFTA – Is Harmonization a Cause or an Effect?” (Windsor: University of Windsor Law School, 14 June 2003).
  • “The Convergence of WTO and NAFTA Law – a Matter of Both Process and Substance” (Chicago: Chicago Kent Law School, 5 March 2003).
  • “NAFTA Norms” (New York: Columbia University Law School, 27 March 2003).
  • “Fundamental Principles of NAFTA Investment Protection” (East Sussex, UK: Queen’s University, 2 June 2003).
  • “The International Lawyers and the Warrior Diplomats” (Montreal: McGill University, 4 November 2002).
  • “What to Do When Foreign Investors Violate International Human Rights Obligations” (Washington, DC: ASIL, 5 October 2002).
  • “Judicial Review of International Arbitral Awards in Light of Mexico v. Metalclad” (Toronto: OBA, International Law Section, 30 September 2002).
  • “The Nuts and Bolts of NAFTA Arbitration” (Washington DC: ABA, International Law Section, 11 August 2002).
  • “The WTO and Reform in China” (Beijing: Judicial Forum, Beijing Management School of Politics & Law, 17 June 2002).
  • “The Nay Sayers of the NAFTA” (Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute, 2 May 2002).
  • “NAFTA Chapter 11: A Problem in Need of a Fix or a Fix for Those with a Problem?” (Toronto: University of Toronto Commercial Law Conference, 19 October 2001).
  • “The Possibilities for Transparency and Third Party Participation in NAFTA Investor State Arbitration” (Monterrey, Mexico: ABA, International Law Section, 11 October 2001).
  • “A NAFTA Claims Primer” (Boston: Boston Bar Association, 14 May 2001).
  • “Swimming in the Wake of Myers & Metalclad: Trade, Investment & the Environment under the NAFTA” (Toronto: CBA-O), International Law Section, 18 January 2001).
  • “No Compensation for Regulatory Expropriation: How a ‘Sound Science’ Test Can Limit Compensation Owed Under the NAFTA” (Boston: ABA & ASIL, 20 October 2000).
  • “The Phenomenon of Overlapping International Trade Obligations: What Does It Mean for Electronic Commerce?” (Toronto: CBA-O), International Law Section, 30 March 2000).
  • “Seattle 1999 Update: Services, Investment, Intellectual Property and E-Commerce” (Toronto: CBA-O, International Law Section, 7 December 1999).
  • “Electronic Commerce, Trade and Culture: Strategic Issues for the WTO” (Toronto: CBA-O, International Law Section, 4 May 1999).
  • “Regulatory Flexibility and the Financial Industry” (Toronto: INFONEX Senior Management Seminar on Financial Services, 25 October 1995).

WEB SITES
www.naftaclaims.com
  • NAFTA arbitration correspondence, pleadings and decisions, founded in 1999
www.investmentclaims.com
  • All publicly available decisions issued by international investment treaty tribunals, co-founded in 2006
www.worldtradelaw.typepad.com
  • I am a contributing commentator to this popular public blog on hot topics currently challenging the world's leading international economic law scholars & practitioners.

 
EDUCATION
 
University of Michigan
 Ann Arbor, Michigan
• LLM, 2002
International Economic Law
• SJD, In progress
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
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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

 
 
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