Geoffrey C. Kubrick 

Ottawa

World Exchange Plaza, Suite 2000

45 O'Connor Street

Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1A4

t: 613.691.6129

e: geoffrey.kubrick@mcmillan.ca

overview

Geoffrey Kubrick is a partner in the International Trade Law Group in the firm's Ottawa office. He joined the firm in 1993.

Geoff is one of Canada's leading practitioners in the field of international trade law, and has appeared in more than one hundred trade-related cases before the Canadian courts and tribunals. Combining his economic and legal experience in the area of international trade, particularly in anti-dumping and countervail investigations, Geoff undertakes detailed analysis of source data, prosecutes appeals against decisions of the Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA"), and provides related opinions and submissions. Before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal ("CITT"), he has frequently represented both foreign exporters/ importers and Canadian producers in customs appeals, injury inquiries and reviews. He has also been involved in a number of leading trade cases in litigation before the Federal Court of Canada and Supreme Court of Canada.

Geoff has frequently appeared as counsel before NAFTA Binational Dispute Resolution Panels, as well as panels under the earlier Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement. He acted as assistant to the NAFTA Binational Dispute Resolution Panel in one of the first cases heard in the United States under the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement. In addition, he advises clients on provisions of the WTO, CETA and NAFTA, as well as on bilateral trade agreements.

In commercial law, he has been involved in the drafting and negotiation of international technology licensing agreements, for products as diverse as radio-isotopes and computer software, and he advises clients regularly in other matters pertaining to corporate law.

Geoff has acted as a Consultant for the Consumers Association of Canada. He advised on economic issues during negotiation of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement. He has also acted as an Economist for Statistics Canada, focusing on data collection and analysis and the development of computer systems.

Representative Matters

Geoffrey Kubrick has been the lead on the following cases:

• Canada Border Services Agency makes a preliminary determination of dumping and subsidization against Line Pipe from Korea – represented Tenaris Canada, a Canadian producer. The finding imposes provisional duties for a four month period, while the Canadian International Trade Tribunal examines whether the dumping and subsidization has caused injury to Canadian production (September 2017)
• Canada Border Services Agency terminates an anti-dumping investigation against Silicon Metal from Russia – McMillan successfully represented Rusal, a Russian producer. The decision was made on the ground of negligible volumes. Preliminary determinations were made in respect of  the dumping and/or subsidization from 6 other countries (July 2017)
• The Canadian International Trade Tribunal found injury to Canadian production caused by the dumping of concrete reinforcing bar (“rebar”) originating or exported from Republic of Belarus, Chinese Taipei, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Portuguese Republic and the Kingdom of Spain. McMillan LLP represented Max Aicher (North America) in the Canadian International Trade Tribunal injury inquiry. The finding will result in anti-dumping protection for up to five years against imports of rebar from the named countries (May 2017)
• CITT renews injury finding on dumped and subsidized Pup Joints from China – Represented Tenaris Canada in the Canadian International Trade Tribunal review inquiry. The finding will extend trade remedy protection for Canadian producers against unfairly-priced imports of seamless pup joints from China (April 2017)
• The Federal Court of Appeal upholds a decision of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal declining to provide a product exclusion requested by Mertex Canada Inc. McMillan LLP represented Tenaris Canada, a Canadian producer of oil country tubular goods (October 2016)
• The Canadian International Trade Tribunal found injury to Canadian production caused by the dumping and subsidization of Line Pipe originating or exported from China. McMillan LLP represented Tenaris Canada in the Canadian International Trade Tribunal injury inquiry. The finding will result in anti-dumping protection for up to five years against imports of Line Pipe from China (March 2016)
• Canadian International Trade Tribunal finds there is no public interest in the British Columbia market to justify reducing duties on by dumped and subsidized concrete reinforcing bar from China or dumped concrete reinforcing bar from South Korea and Turkey – represented Gerdau Longsteel North America, a Canadian producer in the Canadian International Trade Tribunal injury inquiry. The finding will result in the full statutory measure of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy protection against imports of concrete reinforcing bar from China and anti-dumping protection against those same goods from South Korea and Turkey (December 2015)
• CITT renews injury finding on Oil Country Tubular Goods (“OCTG”) from China – Represented Tenaris Canada in the Canadian International Trade Tribunal review inquiry. The finding will extend trade remedy protection for Canadian producers against unfairly-priced imports of OCTG from China (March 2015)

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Education

• University of Ottawa, LLB - 1986
• Carleton University, MA Economics - 1979

Year Of Call

• Called to the Ontario bar - 1988

Directorships and Professional Associations

• Appointed Panelist, NAFTA Chapter 19 (Trade Remedies), term from Feb 6, 2018 to Feb 6, 2028.
• Canadian Bar Association
• Ontario Bar Association
• County of Carleton Law Association

Teaching Engagements

• Guest lecturer – University of Ottawa

Awards & Rankings

• Recognized by Chambers Canada (2020) as a leading lawyer in the area of International Trade / WTO
• Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2020) as a leading lawyer in the area of International Trade & Finance Law
• Recognized in the 2019 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Consistently Recommended lawyer in the area of International Trade Regulation
• Recognized by Chambers Global (2019) as a leading lawyer in the area of International Trade / WTO
• Listed in Who's Who Legal: Canada 2018 as a leader in Trade and Customs Law
• Recognized by Chambers Canada 2019 as a leader in International Trade/WTO
• Recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada 2019 as a leading lawyer in the area of International Trade & Finance Law
• Recognized in the 2018 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Consistently Recommended lawyer in the area of International Trade Regulation
• Listed in Chambers Global 2018 as a leading lawyer in International Trade/WTO 
• Listed in Chambers Canada 2018 as a leading lawyer in International Trade/WTO
• Listed in Lexpert Guide(2017) as a leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyer in Canada
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2018 as a leader in International Trade and Finance Law
• Recommended by Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2017 in the area of International Trade Regulation
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2017 as a leader in International Trade and Finance Law
• Listed in Chambers Global 2017 as a leading lawyer in the practice are of International Trade/WTO
• Listed in Who's Who Legal: Canada 2017 as a leader in Trade and Customs Law
• Listed in The Legal 500 Canada 2015 as a "Leading Lawyer" - International Trade
• Listed in Who's Who Legal Canada 2017, as a leader in Trade and Customs Law
• Listed in The International Who's Who of Trade & Customs Lawyers 2017
• Named by Lexpert/ American Lawyer in 2011 Guide to the Top 500 Lawyers in Canada
• Received a "BV" Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
• Included in The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading International Trade Lawyers

Media Mentions

• "Setting the stage for a new NAFTA", by Paul Brent, Listed Magazine, August 3, 2017
• "Canadian International Trade Tribunal Releases Finding in Injury Inquiry", Big Suits, Lexpert, July/August 2015