International Trade & Investment

Navigating international trade demands more than legal expertise—it requires strategic foresight and a team who understands the complexity of doing business across borders.
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International Trade and Investment

Overview

At Bennett Jones, we can help you navigate global trade challenges with clarity and confidence. More than ever, amid the recent US tariff policy disruptions and evolving risk landscape, you need experienced advisors with a track record across the full lifecycle of trade issues.

That’s where we come in. We can support you from advisory and compliance at the outset of a venture, to internal investigations involving sanctions, export controls and corruption exposure, through to defending your interests in Canada Border Services Agency compliance verifications and enforcement actions, anti-dumping and subsidizing investigations and inquiries, appeals, judicial reviews, and treaty arbitrations. We also advise on emerging trade risks tied to supply chain integrity and global human rights standards, helping you meet your legal requirements while maintaining stakeholder trust.

,,Bennett Jones demonstrates exceptional expertise in handling complex and sophisticated matters while understanding the reality of the client.,,

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Providing Trade Law Bench Strength That Few Firms Can Match

Serving a Broad Client Base with Deep Sector Expertise

Taking a Seamless, Integrated Approach

Making Sense of Customs and Import Regulations

Navigating Trade Remedies

Supporting Treaty Law and Disputes

Anticipating Challenges with Export Controls and Economic Sanctions

Helping with Anti-Corruption, Investigations and Compliance

Guiding Government Procurement, Controlled Goods and Contract Security Processes

Delivering Strategies to Address Supply Chain, Human Rights and Sustainability

Client Work

Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems
in Canada's most complex anti-dumping case concerning special tariffs imposed on imports of power transformers from the Republic of Korea
Hyundai Steel Company
in its successful, precedent-setting defence of a Federal Court of Appeal application challenging the termination of anti-dumping duties, flowing from a WTO panel report that raised ...
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Amalgamated Dairies
in an application for judicial review of a Canada Border Services Agency decision denying duty relief for imported butter
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
in successfully obtaining a rare regional exclusion from the duty finding in an anti-dumping and countervailing injury inquiry before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal concerning steel wind towers originating in China
A Canadian defence contractor and manufacturer of military and dual-use goods
Hancock Prospecting and Riversdale Resources
representing claimants who allege that the Government of Canada's actions led to the destruction of the value of their entire investment in their Canadian enterprise, Northback Holdings Corporation
Scintrex
in criminal investigation advice related to potential violations of Canada's sanctions against Russia
Zekelman Industries
in connection with trade law and policy matters, including recourse for Canadian domestic producers under Canadian trade remedy laws (anti-dumping and countervailing duties) and other trade policy matters
Volkswagen PowerCo
in its location selection process for the $8.7 billion development of its first EV battery cell manufacturing plant in North America
Fine Home, Jiashan Foamtech Furniture and Dongguan Advantech Polyurethane Foam Products
in an expedited review of exporter-specific normal values, export prices and subsidy amounts related to applicable anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Upholstered Domestic Seating
Chateau d'Ax USA, Eterno and Zhe Jiang Shengli Furniture
in an expedited review of exporter-specific normal values, export prices and subsidy amounts related to applicable anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Upholstered Domestic Seating
G-III Apparel
in its successful appeal to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal concerning a precedent-setting Canada Border Services Agency decision regarding the requirements of Canadian subsidiaries ...
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Luxtona
in response to an application by Russia to set aside an interim arbitral award under the international Energy Charter Treaty
Retail Council of Canada
in its defence against an inquiry by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal alleging injurious dumping of upholstered domestic seating
Scentsy Canada Enterprises
in its successful appeal to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal of a decision by the Canada Border Services Agency concerning the appraisal methodology to calculate the value of duty of imported goods
Stone Canyon Industries Holdings and Kissner Group Holdings
in their US$3.2 billion acquisition of K+S Aktiengesellschaft's North and South American salt business, including Morton Salt and Windsor Salt
Lone Pine
in a US$120-million investor-state arbitration against the Government of Canada arising from the revocation of permits for Lone Pine to undertake shale gas exploration in the St. Lawrence River by the Province of Quebec

Recognitions

Chambers Canada
Band 1, White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Band 1, Litigation: Securities - Ontario
Ranked, International Trade/WTO
Chambers Global
Band 1, International Trade/WTO

Global Investigations Review: GIR 100
Ranked as a leading firm globally in Investigations
The Legal 500: Canada
Ranked, International Expertise
Ranked, International Trade

At the centre of market-shaping deals and high-stakes disputes, Bennett Jones delivers clarity, strategy and results. Our cross-border teams turn complexity into progress, always focused on what drives your success.

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The Bennett Jones Story

At Bennett Jones, legal solutions are our starting point. What drives us forward is knowing our clients inside and out—their ambitions, obstacles and success metrics.

For more than a century, we have shaped outcomes that matter in business, in law and in the broader Canadian landscape. And our commitment extends beyond legal matters: we invest deeply in the communities in which we live and work.