Asian Canadian Law Students 11th Annual Conference
Michael Woods, Senior Partner, and Catherine Walsh, Legal Counsel at Woods, LaFortune LLP, are pleased to announce that they will be panelists at the Asian Canadian Law Students 11th Annual Conference, taking place on Saturday February 21, 2015 in Toronto. This national law student conference is organized by the University of Toronto’s Asia Law Society in conjunction with the Asian Law Students’ Society of Osgoode Hall Law School. The event is a fantastic forum,...
read moreStrategic Alliance between Woods, LaFortune LLP & Garwill Law Professional Corporation
Michael Woods and Wayne Garnons-Williams are pleased to announce that a strategic alliance has been concluded between Woods, LaFortune LLP and Garwill Law Professional Corporation to facilitate cooperation in providing advice and guidance to clients in the growing field of First Nations/International Trade, Business and Investment law. The firms are also jointly supporting the work of the International Inter-Tribal Trade and Investment Organization, a cross-border organization that focuses on the development of First Nations/International...
read moreFIPA and What It Means for Canada-China Business
Catherine Walsh and Michael Woods of Woods, LaFortune LLP, have been invited to speak as part of a Canada-China Business Council (CCBC) Round-Table to be held on Friday February 6th, 2015 from 12:00 to 2:00 PM, at the Rideau Club in Ottawa. The topic for discussion will be the recently implemented Canada-China Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (CC-FIPA). Catherine Walsh has been published and presented on this topic on several occasions and Michael Wood...
read more#CanadaBizGoGlobal Seminar on Doing Business in Turkey
#CanadaBizGoGlobal Seminar on Doing Business in Turkey at the Ontario Investment and Trade Centre on Friday, March 20, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. The Allam Advisory Group (AAG) and Woods, LaFortune LLP, in partnership with the Canadian-Turkish Business Council are hosting a seminar designed for business executives whose companies are considering export trade and investment in Turkey or setting up operations in Turkey to support exports and investments from Canada or third markets. Former Canadian...
read moreInternational Legal Implications of Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia
Michael Woods, Senior Partner at Woods, LaFortune LLP will be a panelist at the important and topical Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business’ (CCAB) Hot Topic Series: The Williams Case, on March 12 2015, in Vancouver at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel. The panel will review this summer’s Supreme Court of Canada ruling on Aboriginal title, which encompassed over 1,700 square kilometers of land in British Columbia, and provided much needed guidance on how to determine...
read moreAssembly of First Nations 2014 Winter Gala
Gordon LaFortune, Managing Partner of Woods, LaFortune LLP, attended the Assembly of First Nations 2014 Winter Gala held at the Delta Hotel in Ottawa on December 18, 2014. The Gala was held at the end of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN)’s Annual General Meeting and was used as an opportunity to welcome newly-elected National Chief, Perry Bellegarde. The event, an overall success, was very well attended by Members of the AFN community and...
read moreOWIT-Ottawa Panel on Free Trade and Business
On December 10, 2014, the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT)-Ottawa held its annual Holiday Business Panel event. The panel, which represented the legal, trade and business communities, answered a panoply of questions on the topic of what Canadian businesses can expect from the numerous free trade agreements recently concluded between Canada and other countries, and how the business community can benefit from these agreements. The panelists, Anne Finlayson (CEO & CFO for...
read moreCanada Launches Anti-Dumping Investigation Against Chinese Solar Panels
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has recently announced that it has initiated an investigation into the alleged dumping and/or subsidization of solar modules and laminates originating in or exported from China. The investigation was launched in response to complaints from four Ontario-based companies, namely Eclipsall Energy Corporation, Heliene, Silfab Ontario and Solgate, that Chinese companies have imported dumped and/or subsidized solar modules and laminates into the Canadian market, to their detriment. The CBSA’s investigation...
read moreALENA et le droit commercial international – NAFTA Chapter 11 and International Commercial Law
Au cours des prochaines semaines, l’équipe de Woods, LaFortune LLP fournira des bulletins de publication sur l’accord économique et commercial global (AECG) récemment négocié entre le Canada et l’Union européenne. En tant que point de départ, nous allons tout d’abord repasser à travers une série de présentations préparée par une équipe d’anciens collègues, que nous avons donné à la faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa le 8 avril 2013. Michael Woods de Woods, LaFortune...
read moreStartup Canada Economic Club of Canada Luncheon
Woods, LaFortune LLP attended the very successful Startup Canada Economic Club of Canada Luncheon on November 25, 2014 at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier. The topic of discussion at the Luncheon was “Growing Canadian Entrepreneurship: Reducing The Startup Failure Rate and Improving Financial Management”. Specifically, the need to encourage and achieve financial literacy among entrepreneurs in Canada was addressed as an important way to ensure their continued growth and success in various market sectors and locations....
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