Mark Warner participated in a multi-city Virtual First Friday’s panel on the importance of the Black vote. (October 2, 2020) Mr. Warner is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer who has practiced in leading law firms in Toronto, Washington, D.C., New York and Brussels. He has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate. Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and led the Province’s legal team for the insolvency / restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler in the difficult context of the 2008-2009 Recession.

Mr. Warner has provided legal technical assistance to senior government officials in Africa under the auspices of UNCTAD, World Bank and UNDP, including Ethiopia, COMESA and South Africa. He has advised a leading global pharmaceutical company on its innovative global distribution and licensing of its AIDS drugs in Africa. His academic experience includes a tenure-track teaching position at the University of Baltimore School of Law and serving as Assistant Director of its Center of International & Comparative Law and part-time teaching positions at teaching appointments in the Howard University Summer program at the University of the Western Cape (Cape Town), the International Law Institute African Centre for Legal Excellence and Addis Ababa University Faculty of Business and Economics.