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CATHERINE A. PAWLUCH
Partner and Transportation National Practice Group Chair
Antitrust/Competition and Foreign Investment Law
Gowling Laleur Henderson LLP
Toronto, Ontario

 

Catherine is a partner and leads the Transportation National Practice Group. She specializes in Transportation and Competition (Antitrust) Law. She has advised clients extensively in the context of mergers and acquisitions on competition (antitrust), foreign investment and transportation regulatory approvals required under Canadian legislation.
In the independently researched U.K. legal directory, The International Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers, Catherine was named as one of Canada’s leading aviation lawyers for the third consecutive year.  She has  been identified as one of the pre-eminent practitioners in the aviation field in the Guide to the World’s Leading Aviation Lawyers.  Catherine has been recognized as a top transportation and aviation lawyer in The Best Lawyers in Canada as well as in Lexpert’s Guide to the Top 100 Industry Specialists in Canada and in Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. She has also been designated as one of the most frequently recommended transportation lawyers in the country in the Canadian legal directory, Lexpert.
Catherine has advised numerous foreign-based clients seeking to make acquisitions or carry on business in Canada on regulatory compliance issues, including competition (antitrust) and foreign investment laws, Canada-U.S. border security, customs and licensing matters. Her clients include air carriers, highway carriers, railways, air and ocean freight forwarders, as well as warehouse and logistics services providers. She also advises manufacturers, distributors and carriers on supply chain, risk management and liability issues in logistics and transportation contracts.
With an M.A. in Economics from McGill University, Catherine has advised clients extensively on Competition Act issues, particularly in relation to mergers and acquisitions, restrictive trade practices and compliance with Canada’s antitrust laws.
Catherine was the first Canadian ever to be elected as President of the U.S.-based Transportation Lawyers Association, an organization comprising over 1000 American, Canadian, Mexican and European attorneys that represent transportation interests. She is the only person to have held the position of President in both the leading U.S. and Canadian transport bar associations.
Following the implementation of NAFTA, Catherine was invited as an expert in the field to participate on a tri-national committee to harmonize liability laws and to create a uniform bill of lading for surface transportation in the three NAFTA countries.  She was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Canada-United States Law Institute.
Catherine enjoys working with clients from around the world, including China, in particular. She has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Canada China Lawyers Foundation and is active in the Canada China Business Council.  Catherine has also been appointed to the Board of Directors of The Canadian Foundation for Chinese Heritage Preservation.
Called to the Ontario Bar in 1983, Catherine received her law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Master of Arts degree in Economics from McGill University.
Professional Associations and Other Activities

• Co-Chair, International Transportation Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law.
• Member, Advisory Board of the Canada-United States Law Institute. The Institute serves as a think-tank and acts as a forum for discussion of law and economics issues in the Canada-US context.
• Past President, U.S. Transportation Lawyers Association.
• Past President, Canadian Transport Lawyers’ Association.
• Chartered member, U.K.-based Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, an honour that recognizes lifetime achievement in the transport and logistics industry.
• Past Vice President - International Affairs, International Aviation Women’s Association, an international association of executives, managers and professional advisors involved in the aviation and aerospace industries.
• Member, Canadian Bar Association (including the Competition Law Section and National Air & Space Law Forum).
• Associate Member, American Bar Association (including the Antitrust and International Law Sections, and the Forum on Air and Space Law).
• Member, Association for Transportation Law Professionals and the Conference of Freight Counsel.
• Canadian Counsel to International Warehouse Logistics Association.

Recent Papers and Conference Presentations

• Canada Seeks Open Skies Agreement with European Union in International Law Office – Aviation Newsletter, 2007.
• Canada/China Trade:  Inbound and Outbound Gateway, Transportation and Logistics.  Presented at Doing Business with China:  Opportunities and Challenges, sponsored by Chambers of Commerce of Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville and Brantford.
• Canadian Transportation Law Update in Lexpert's Guide to Top 100 Industry Specialists in Canada, 2007.
• Legal Aspects of Intermodal Transportation and Logistics in Canada/China Trade. Paper presented at the Hong Kong Canada Business Forum, 2007.
• Investment Canada Act - Proposed Amendments and Implications for Foreign Investment in Transportation M&As in The Transportation Lawyer (a joint publication of the US Transportation Lawyers Association and the Canadian Transport Lawyers’ Association), 2006.
• Co-Author with Nicole Chen, Blue Sky: Canada's New International Air Policy in International Law Office- Aviation Newsletter, 2007.
• Co-Author with Ian Richler, New Climate Change Strategy Gives Airlines a Reprieve in International Law Office- Aviation Newsletter, 2007.
• Ontario Court Clarifies Aviation Authorities' Powers to Seize Aircraft in International Law Office - Aviation Newsletter, 2007.
• What's New in Transportation Law in Lexpert American Lawyer Directory to 500 Leading Lawyers Canada, 2006.
• Canada-China: Legal Issues Affecting Transportation and Logistics Arrangements. Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Symposium on Supply Chain Management sponsored by the Purchasing Management Association of Canada and McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business, 2006.
• Canadian Regulatory Approvals in Relation to M&A’s in the Transportation Industry. Paper presented at the Canadian Transport Lawyers Association Annual Conference, 2006.
• Challenges and Opportunities in Logistics, Transportation and Business Style. Paper presented at the Hong Kong Canada Business Forum, 2006.
• Pitfalls in Transportation/ Logistics Contacts - A Case Study. Paper presented at the Toronto Chapter of the International Warehouse Logistics Association, 2006.
• Co-Author with Rish Handa, Liberalization of the Skies: New Canada-US Open Skies Agreement in International Law Office - Aviation Newsletter, 2006.
• Co-Author with Nicholas Kluge, Ontario Appeal Court Rules in Connaught v British Airways in International Law Office - Aviation Newsletter, 2006.

Publications

• Co-author with John Callaghan, The Intersection Between Antitrust Laws and Intellectual Property Laws - A Canadian Perspective in Antitrust Issues in International Intellectual Property Licensing Transactions (American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, publication pending 2007).
• Editor, Transport and Storage of Goods (Title 11) in Canadian Forms and Precedents - Commercial Transactions Volume III (LexisNexis Canada, 2005).
• Contributor, Road Transportation and Customs: New Rules for NAFTA (edited by Louis Perret and Nicole Lacasse), Centre for Trade Policy and Law at University of Ottawa and Carleton University, 1996.
• Co-author with Christine E. Hart, Canadian Annotations in Freight Claims in Plain English (Transportation Claims and Prevention Council, Huntington, N.Y., 1995.
• Contributor, Canadian Transportation and Logistics (A Southam Publication).

 

 

 

 

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