Conlin Bedard LLP
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Ottawa-based international trade boutique Conlin Bedard LLP earns praise from clients for its ‘phenomenal institutional memory of the laws, regulations and policies that regulate our industry’. A go-to team for trade remedies work, the firm has notably represented lead parties in approximately 50% of all new trade proceedings since its establishment in 2012. The full-service group also advises on customs compliance and remission requests, economic sanctions, export controls, WTO dispute settlement proceedings and trade policy matters. Firm co-founders Benjamin Bedard and Paul Conlin co-head the practice and are widely recognized as market leaders; they recently teamed up with international trade and procurement specialist Anne-Marie Oatway to successfully represent ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada and AltaSteel in an antidumping case concerning concrete reinforcing bar from Bulgaria, Thailand and the UAE. The department also includes Drew Tyler, who is recommended for trade remedies and sanctions; next-generation partner Linden Dales; and counsel Jean Bédard, who is a former chair of the CITT.
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Testimonials
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‘The team is very well versed in trade matters. Lawyers have a phenomenal institutional memory of the laws, regulations and policies that regulate our industry sector.’
‘The full team is incredible, shoutouts to Paul Conlin, Linden Dales and Anne-Marie Oatway.’
Key clients
- ArcelorMittal
- Algoma Steel
Work highlights
Represented the Coalition of Canadian Unitized Wall Module Producers (representing nine Canadian producers) in successfully obtaining a renewal of an antidumping and countervailing duty finding concerning unitized wall modules from China.


