Paul Lalonde

Paul M. Lalonde is a Partner and Co-Chair of the National Trade and Competition Group at Heenan Blaikie in Canada. He focuses on international trade, government contracting law and assisting foreign companies meet the challenges of doing business in Canada. His expertise encompasses customs, anti-dumping and countervail issues, import and export controls, foreign investment, anti-corruption law and international business. Mr. Lalonde regularly advises clients on Canada’s international investment commitments, including Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and has played a key role in some of Canada’s highest profile trade disputes including those on softwood lumber, beer, steel and agricultural products. He has represented clients in numerous government contracting disputes, including before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, the Federal Court of Canada and provincial tribunals. Mr. Lalonde has been nominated to a number of industry advisory committees and corporate boards and was former Secretary and Legal Counsel of I.E. Canada, the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters. He has been a guest professor in international trade law at the University of Ottawa, has lectured at Osgoode Hall Law School and Queen’s University and is a frequent speaker and moderator at conferences in his areas of expertise. (This is me - Update Profile)