Background
Greg Tereposky is a partner at our Ottawa office. Mr. Tereposky was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 1992 and the Ontario Bar in 1996. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia in 1991.
Prior to that, he majored in finance and received a Bachelor of Commerce (with honours) from the University of British Columbia in 1987. Before beginning his law practice, he was employed as a trade policy officer with the Subsidies and Trade Remedies Division of the Department of External Affairs and International Trade Canada (1989-1990).
Areas of Practice
- Mr. Tereposky has been practising international trade and investment law since 1992.
Professional Experience
State-to-State Dispute Settlement
- With respect to state-to-state dispute settlement, Mr. Tereposky has acted as counsel, advisor, as liaison counsel between private sector clients and government officials, has drafted pleadings, prepared evidence and has appeared as a member of government delegations before dispute settlement bodies in the WTO and the NAFTA.
- He has appeared as a member of government delegations in the following disputes:
United States – Final Anti-dumping Measures on Stainless Steel from Mexico, WT/DS344/R and WT/DS344/AB/R (WTO-Panel, Appellate Body); United States – Investigation of the International Trade Commission in Softwood Lumber from Canada , WT/DS277/R (WTO – Panel); Mexico – Measures Affecting Telecommunications Services , WT/DS204/R (WTO – Panel); United States – Continued Dumping and Subsidy Act , WT/DS217/R and WT/DS234/R (WTO – Panel); In the Matter of Tariffs Applied by Canada to Certain U.S.-Origin Agricultural Products , CDA-94-2008-01 (NAFTA Chapter Twenty Panel)
- He has drafted submissions and prepared evidence in numerous disputes including the following:
United States – Final Anti-dumping Measures on Stainless Steel from Mexico , WT/DS344/R and WT/DS344/AB/R (WTO-Panel, Appellate Body); United States – Investigation of the International Trade Commission in Softwood Lumber from Canada, WT/DS277/R (WTO – Panel); Mexico – Measures Affecting Telecommunications Services , WT/DS204/R (WTO – Panel); United States – Continued Dumping and Subsidy Act, WT/DS217/R, WT/DS234/R, WTDS217/AB/R and WT/DS234/AB/R (WTO – Panel, Appellate Body) ; United States – Measures Treating Export Restraints as Subsidies , WT/DS294/R (WTO – Panel); Canada – Measures Affecting the Export of Civilian Aircraft , WT/DS70/R, WT/DS70/AB/R, WT/DS70/RW, WT/DS70/AB/RW (WTO – Panel, Appellate Body, Ar ticle 21.5 Panel); Canada – Export Credits and Loan Guarantees for Regional Aircraft , WT/DS222/R, WT/DS222/ARB (WTO – Panel, Article 22.6 Arbitration); Brazil – Export Financing Programme for Aircraft , WT/DS46/R, WT/DS46/AB/R, WT/DS46/RW, WT/DS46/AB/RW, WT/DS46/RW2, WT/DS46/ARB (WTO – Panel, Appellate Body, Article 21.5 Panel, Article 22.6 Arbitration); Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry , WT/DS139/R, WT/DS142/R, WT/DS139/AB/R, WT/DS142/AB/R, WT/DS139/12, WT/DS142/12, (WTO – Panel, Appellate Body, Article 21.3(c) Arbitration) ; In the Matter of Tariffs Applied by Canada to Certain U.S.-Origin Agricultural Products , CDA-94-2008-01 (NAFTA Chapter Twenty); United States - Measures Affecting Imports of Softwood Lumber from Canada , SCM/162 (GATT Subsidies Committee Panel)
- He has advised on many other disputes.
Canadian Domestic Trade Law & Regulation
Mr. Tereposky provides advice and representation with respect to the full range of Canadian domestic trade laws including customs regulation, import and export restrictions, and technical standards and regulations. He has acted for domestic industry and exporter/importer clients in numerous Canadian anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations including the following:
Copper Rod from Brazil and Russia; Laminate Flooring from China and Certain European Countries; Certain Dishwashers and Dryers from the U.S.A.; Machine Tufted Carpet from the U.S.A; Flat Hot-Rolled Carbon and Alloy Steel Sheet and Strip from Brazil, Bulgaria, The Peoples Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, India, The Republic of Korea, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Ukraine, and The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Certain Carbon Steel Welded Pipe From Argentina, India, Romania, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Venezuela and Brazil; Grain Corn from the U.S.A.; Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Plate from Brazil, Finland, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Ukraine; Certain Bicycles from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan; Refined Sugar from the U.S.A., Denmark, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Republic of Korea; Certain Beer from the U.S.A.; Delicious Apples from the U.S.A.; Gypsum Board from the U.S.A.
Investor-State Dispute Settlement
- Mr. Tereposky has assisted in the preparation of cases in various arbitrations under the ICSID Arbitration (Additional Facility) Arbitration Rules and has appeared before tribunals in GAMI Investments, Inc. v. United Mexican States, Archer Daniels Midland Company. & Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas , Inc. v. United Mexican States, and Corn Products International Inc. v . United Mexican States .
Other Dispute Settlement
- With respect to other forms of international dispute settlement, Mr. Tereposky has acted as counsel or advisor in Binational Panel reviews of anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases under Chapter Nineteen of the Canada-U.S. FTA and the NAFTA. Disputes in which he has appeared as counsel or as a member of a government delegation are Canada - Certain Refined Sugar from the United States CDA-94-1904-4 , Mexico - Cut-to-Length Steel Plate from the United States , MEX-94-1904-02 , and Mexico - Coated Steel Plate from the United States , MEX-94-1904-01 .
Professional Activities
- Member of the Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario).
- Member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Council on International Law and the Society of International and Economic Law.
