Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Partner and National Leader, White Collar Criminal Defence & Corporate Investigations Group

Graeme leads BLG’s White Collar Criminal Defence and Corporate Investigations and International Trade and Investment practices. He is a very experienced trial and appellate advocate in the areas of white collar criminal defence, international trade and investment law, public law, and complex civil litigation.

Graeme is widely recognized as one of Canada's leading white collar criminal defence practitioners. He has been counsel in several of the most notable white collar and regulatory investigations and prosecutions in recent Canadian history, defending corporations and individuals in landmark bribery, competition, tax evasion, anti-money laundering and securities cases. In addition, Graeme is frequently retained by companies to conduct internal investigations and instructed in related civil litigation.

Graeme additionally specializes in international trade law, where his practice encompasses litigation and investigations relating to economic sanctions, export controls, customs laws, and anti-corruption laws. Graeme regularly acts for Canadian and multinational companies in litigation before the Federal Court and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, and in audits and administrative proceedings conducted by the Canada Border Services Agency.

Graeme also has substantial and varied public law experience. He represents and advises public sector organizations, professional regulatory bodies and private sector clients on a range of administrative and constitutional law issues, and has appeared before numerous administrative tribunals and on judicial reviews before the provincial superior courts and the Federal Court.

Graeme taught Trial Advocacy at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law for several years. He also previously taught Evidence at Osgoode Hall Law School as an adjunct professor. In addition, Graeme has testified as an expert witness on criminal and constitutional law issues before the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on multiple occasions.

Professional Involvement Member, Advocates' Society Member, Criminal Lawyers' Association Member, American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section Member, International Bar Association Teaching Advisor, Trial Advocacy, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, 2018-2021

Education

LLM, Harvard Law School, 2010 JD, University of Toronto, 2008 MA in Economics, University of Toronto, 2008 BSc in Mathematics and Engineering, Queen's University, 2003

Bar Admission

Ontario, 2009