Address:
303-90, Willowdale
Outremont, QC H3T 1E9
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+1 514 207 7371
Fax:
+1 514 221 2422
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Languages:
Arabic
English
French
Nationality:
Canada
Lebanon
Syria
Education:
Damascus University (LLL - 1964)
St-Joseph University, Beirut (3 years of French LLL)
University of Paris (DES droit privé - 1967)
Comparative Law Institute (1967, LLD 1972)
University of Aix-en-Provence, France (LLD (H.C.))
Academic Position:
Emeritus Professor of Law (Domestic and international business law, international trade, domestic and international mediation and arbitration)
Associate Director - Centre for the Law of Business and International Trade, Montreal University
Experience as Arbitrator:
Chairman, sole arbitrator, or member of the tribunal in numerous domestic and international arbitration proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and under the aegis of the ICC, mainly involving Euro-Arab business disputes
Experience as Counsel:
Counsel in a number of institutional and ad hoc arbitrations, mostly related to projects in the Middle East; Counsel to Canadian and Quebec governments on matters of arbitration; President and General Counsel of the Quebec National and International Commercial Arbitration Centre (1986-2001)
Publications Relating to Arbitration:
Le règlement amiable des litiges (Yvon Blais, 1998; 2nd ed. in print)
"L'arbitrage collectif : Pourquoi pas?" in La Justice en marche : du recours collectif à l'arbitrage collectif (N.N. Antaki ed., Yvon Blais, 2007)
"Cultural Diversity and ADR Practices in the World," in ADR in Business: Practice and Issues Across Countries and Cultures (A. Ingen-Housz ed., Kluwer, 2006)
Strengthening Economic Relations with Arab and Islamic Countries: The Case of Direct Financial Investment (PCA and Kluwer 2001)