A destination practice for international trade law, Cassidy Levy Kent LLP is synonymous with trade litigation, where it routinely acts in high-stakes cases before the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT). The thriving Ottawa-based boutique also advises on trade policy, customs law and economic sanctions. The firm benefits from a long-established Washington DC arm — a particular asset in US-Canada trade matters — and recently expanded into Europe with the November 2024 launch of a Brussels office. The Canadian group is co-led by experienced specialists Christopher Kent, Christopher Cochlin and Andrew Lanouette, who recently teamed up with Michael Milne to successfully represent Ivaco Rolling Mills 2004 in the first-ever Canadian trade remedy investigation concerning imports of wire rod. A strong band of emerging talent includes up-and-coming trade specialist Hugh Seong Seok Lee and Ece Melisa Celebican, who was promoted to partner in July 2025. In April 2025, Marc McLaren-Caux departed for McMillan LLP.
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Key clients
- Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation
- The Heico Companies (including Ivaco Rolling Mills 2004, Infasco, and Sivaco Ontario and Sivaco Quebec)
- Hitachi Energy Canada
- PTI Transformers Inc / PTI Transformers LP
- Northern Transformer Corporation
- Franke Kindred Canada
- Evraz Inc NA Canada
- Nutri-Pea GP
- Roquette Canada
- Barilla Canada, Barilla America NY, Catelli Montreal
- Government of Nova Scotia
- Dairy Farmers of Canada
Work highlights
Represented Ivaco Rolling Mills 2004 in its successful prosecution of the first trade remedies investigation into wire rod from China, Egypt and Vietnam.
Represented Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation in the fifth antidumping case against concrete reinforcing bar from Bulgaria, the UAE and Thailand.
Represented Nutri-Pea GP and Roquette Canada in the first trade remedies investigation into pea protein from China.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Christopher Kent; Christopher Cochlin; Andrew Lanouette
Other key lawyers
Michael Milne; Gerry Stobo; Hugh Seong Seok Lee; Ece Melisa Celebican; Jordan Lebold