Category Archives: Media Recognition

Mark Warner is quoted in this Ottawa Citizen article on the timeline for passage and entry into force of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, discussing trade in dairy products, rules of origin for auto parts, investor-state dispute settlement and patent rules for “biologic” pharmaceutical products. (October 7, 2015) Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade participated in the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations, including on intellectual property and pharmaceutical patent issues, advised on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Arbitrations and led the Province’s legal team for the insolvency / restructuring of GM and Chrysler. Mr. Warner has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate.

Mark Warner is quoted in Canadian Press news reports in Sun and City News on the relationship between the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. (September 30, 2015) Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade participated in the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations. Mr. Warner has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate.

Mark Warner is quoted in this Canadian Bar Association National Magazine article about Sticking Points in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement negotiations, including pharmaceuticals and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). (August 21, 2015)

Mark Warner quoted in a Global Competition Review article about bid-rigging guilty plea in Canada in wake of a recent high-profile trial loss for the Canadian Competition Bureau in a similar case of rigging bids for the provision of information services to Canadian government agencies.

Mark Warner quoted in Toronto Star article on the apparent progress in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations

Discussing the Canadian Competition Bureau’s new enforcement policy with respect to “reverse payment” / “pay for delay settlements between brand and generic pharmaceutical companies (September 24, 2014)

“Free trade looks past South Korea”, Toronto Star (April 22, 2014)

• “ General Motors Completes US$23.1B IPO”, Lexpert (April 2011)
• “Back in Business”, Canadian Lawyer (August 2010)
• “Canadian Big Deals: GM & Chrysler Bailouts”, American Lawyer (September 2009)
• “Assembly Line”, Canadian Lawyer (August 2009)
• “GM Negotiations”, Financial Post (February 2009)
• “EU’s Monti urges international competition rules outside WTO framework”, “AFX Financial News”, October 7, 2004
• “Alcan faces rough ride in hostile Pechiney bid”, Toronto Star, July 9, 2003
• “World Unites For War – On Price Fixers”, “Dow Jones Newswires”, February 27, 2003
• James Kanter and Matthew Newman, “EU May Face Lone Fight To Get Competition On WTO Agenda”, Dow Jones Newswires, August 10, 2001
• Andrew Bounds, “Acting on OECD list ‘against law'”, Financial Times, February 14, 2001