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Cassidy Levy Kent LLP Offices
55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 1210
Ottawa ON, K1P 6L5
Canada
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Gerry Stobo
Work Department
Public Procurement
Position
Senior Counsel
Career
Gerry Stobo is senior counsel at Cassidy Levy Kent (Canada) LLP and is consistently recognized as one of Canada’s leading public procurement and trade lawyers.
Mr. Stobo has acted for all levels of government and private sector clients throughout Canada on complex public procurement law and government contracting matters involving the design of procurement processes, drafting procurement documents, advising on issues during the bid period and assisting with legal challenges.
Mr. Stobo acts for private sector clients on complex trade cases involving dumping and subsidy claims before the Canada Border Services Agency and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal. He has represented the Canadian International Trade Tribunal and private sector clients in proceedings before the Federal Court of Appeal and Binational Panels under Chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. He also represents national and multinational corporations in customs compliance and export control matters.
Prior to joining Cassidy Levy Kent, Mr. Stobo was the leader of the public procurement practice group for a large national firm, which, under his leadership, was named the world’s leading government contracts practice in 2015 by Who’s Who Legal.
Languages
English
Memberships
- Law Society of Ontario
- Founder and Chair, Public Procurement Law Practitioners Group
- Past Co-Chair, Canadian Bar Association (CBA) Customs Sales and Commodity Tax Section Committee;
- Past Chair, CBA Public Sector Lawyers Conference; Founder, CBA Immigration Section in southern Alberta
- Past Secretary, International Bar Association Committee on Public Procurement
- American Bar Association
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Public procurement
(Leading individuals)The group at Cassidy Levy Kent LLP is well-versed in litigation, often representing government agencies, Crown corporations and private corporations in the defence and construction sectors. The team has significant experience representing clients before many levels of court, including the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal, Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal. Practice co-head Gerry Stobo has a strong track record advising clients on public procurement challenges before the Canadian Trade Tribunal. Alongside him, Marc McLaren-Caux is also noted for his litigation expertise and for his experience advising companies on contractual disputes and pre-contractual issues involving both federal and provincial governments.
Canada > International trade
With offices in Ottawa and Washington DC, Cassidy Levy Kent LLP is a leading international trade boutique that attracts rave reviews for its ‘commitment to client collaboration and custom solutions’. Among its other key attributes, the group’s ability to draw on a highly regarded US platform marks it as a top-choice for US-Canadian related issues, while it also shines in trade remedy cases before the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT). Founding partner Christopher Kent
, go-to trade expert Christopher Cochlin and trade litigator Andrew Lanouette co-head a deep and broad team that also draws on up-and-coming specialist Michael Milne and senior counsel Gerry Stobo. At the junior level, Susana Lee and Hugh Seong Seok Lee are increasing prominent counsels.
Lawyer Rankings
- International trade Canada
- Leading individuals Canada > Public procurement
- Public procurement Canada