• ICD.D, Institute of Corporate Directors, 2008
• LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 1982

• Has been recognized as a “Leading International Finance Lawyer” in Best Lawyers in Canada (2012).
• Holds Martindale’s highest rating, AV.

Current

• Member, Independent Governance Committee, FIFA (2011-)
• President and Chairman of the Board, Transparency International (Canada) Inc, the Canadian chapter of the global organization dedicated to the fight against corruption (2009-)
• Chair, Bar Issues Commission (BIC), International Bar Association (IBA) (2010-)
• Vice-Chair, Anti-Corruption Committee, American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law (SILP) (2011-)
• Canada Council Member to International Bar Association, Canadian Bar Association (CBA) (1995-)
• Adjunct Professor of International Law, Osgoode Hall Law School (2003-)

Past

• Past-Chair, BIC Policy Committee, IBA (2008-2010); Past Vice-Chair (2006-2008)
• Past-Chair, International Sales Committee, IBA (2002-2004)
• Past-Chair, Canada Law Committee, ABA SILP (2000-2002
• Past-Division Chair, Comparative Law, ABA SILP (2002-2004)
• Director, Toronto Children’s Aid Society; member, Audit Committee (1994-2000)
• Past-Chair, International Development Committee, CBA (1996-1999)
• Past-Chair, Anti-Corruption Task Force, CBA (1996)
• Past-Chair, International Law Section, CBA (1993-1995)
• Past-Chair, International Law Section, Ontario Bar Association (1991-1993)

• Program Co-Chair, "Professionalism in Practice for Business Lawyers: Conflicts of Interest, Law Society of Upper Canada, December, 2011
• Speaker, "Innocent Dupes or Willing Participants", Ethics and Practice Management for the Cross-Border Law Practitioner, OBA, December, 2011
• “Drafting Issues in International Joint Ventures:  A Look at Some of the Recent Drafting Issues in the Case Law”, Canadian International Lawyer, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2011
• “The Lonely Lawyer and the Unifying Force of Bar Associations”, Newsplash, April, 2011
• Panel Chair, Lawyer Liability, IBA Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October, 2010
• Panel Co-Chair, Canadian Investment in Latin America, IBA Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October, 2010
• Panel Chair, Crisis Management for In-House Counsel, Canadian Corporate Counsel World Summit, Toronto, Canada, September, 2010
• Speaker, Report on Canada, IBA 8th International Anti-Corruption Conference, Prague, September, 2010
• Program Chair and Speaker, No Longer All Quiet on the Anti-Corruption Front, International Law Section, Ontario Bar Association, September, 2010
• Panel Co-Chair,  Code of Ethics, IBA Bar Leaders Conference, Santiago, Chile, April, 2010
• Panel Chair and Speaker, CISG Drafting Issues for Commercial Lawyers and Litigators, American Bar Association, International Law Section, Miami, October, 2009
• Program Chair, International Bar Association Annual Meeting, Madrid, October, 2009
• Program Chair, Lawyers and the Financial Crisis, Bar Leaders Conference, Paris, May, 2009
• Conference Chair and Speaker, 2nd Mitigating Risks in Doing Business with BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India & China), Federated Press, Toronto, May, 2009
• Conference Chair and Speaker, 2nd Canadian Forum on Bribery and Foreign Corruption, American Conference Institute, Toronto, April, 2009
• Program Chair and Speaker:  CISG Drafting Issues Concerning the Parol Evidence Rule, Ontario Bar Association, March, 2009
• Program Chair:  Trading with the Enemy, International Bar Association, Buenos Aires, October, 2008
• Guest Lecturer, Rotman School of Business, International MBA Program:  International Corruption, October, 2008
• Radio Interview:  International Business Law, TorontoTalks, August, 2008
• Speaker:  Transparency International Annual Symposium: “The Anatomy of Greed”, Toronto, June, 2008
• Program Chair and Speaker:  Mitigating Risk in the BRIC, Federated Press, Toronto, May, 2008
• Television Interview:  Business News Network, After Hours, Toronto, May, 2008
• Chair:  Skills Transfer in Developing Jurisdictions, Bar Leaders Conference, Amsterdam, May, 2008
• Program Chair and Speaker, Canadian Forum on Bribery and Foreign Corruption: Compliance and Enforcement”, American Conference Institute - Toronto; March, 2008
• Panel Chair, Voluntary vs. Mandatory Bar Membership” , Bar Leaders Conference, International Bar Association - Mexico City; February, 2008
• Author and Speaker, Managing Corruption Risk - A Commercial Lawyer's Primer” - OBA 2008 Institute Program, “International Legal Issues for Today's Business Lawyer: Challenges and Solutions” - Toronto; January, 2008
• Speaker, “Report on Canada, Global Anti-Corruption Survey”, International Bar Association - Singapore; October, 2007
• Panel Chair, Complaints Procedures:  “Model Guidelines for Bar Associations”, Bar Leaders Conference, International Bar Association - Zagreb, Croatia; May, 2007
• Co-Chair, International Law Section Spring Conference, American Bar Association - Washington, D.C.; May, 2007
• Speaker, “Anti-Bribery Threat Assessment”, TRACE International Workshop; 2005
• Speaker, “A Preliminary Checklist for Lawyers Who Advise Exporters”, Conference on Advising the Small Business Exporter, Ontario Bar Association - Toronto; May, 2005
• Speaker, “Finding Your Way Through Government Agencies - What You Need to Know”, Conference on Legal and Strategic Guide to Doing Business in China. The Canadian Institute - Toronto; April, 2005
• Speaker, “Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating Agreements for the Sale of Goods to Customers - Directly and Through Distributors”, Conference on Negotiating and Drafting Major Commercial Transactions - Vancouver, April, 2005
• Speaker, “Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating Agreements for the Sale of Goods to Customers - Directly and Through Distributors”, Conference on Negotiating and Drafting Major Commercial Transactions - Vancouver, April, 2005
• Speaker, “Navigating Government Agencies, Conference on Legal and Strategic Guide to Doing Business in China” - The Canadian Institute, Toronto; April, 2004
• Speaker, “Basics of International Agreements”, IBA Section on Business Law Training Course on The Fundamentals of International Legal Business Practice - Lagos, Nigeria; April, 2004
• Speaker, “Chile-US Free Trade - A Primer on the Canadian Experience with Free Trade with The United States”, Conference on Chile-US Free Trade Agreement - Santiago, Chile; November, 2003
• Speaker, “How to Hire and Fire Agents and Distributors in Canada”, American Corporate Counsel Association, San Francisco Chapter International Section Meeting; September, 2003
• Speaker, “Multicultural Business Negotiations”, IBA World Women Lawyers Conference - London, England; July, 2003
• Speaker, “Distributing Goods into the European Union”, York Technology Association, Peer-to-Peer Legal Counsel; January, 2003
• “Internationalizing Standard Agency and Distribution Agreements, Drafting Essentials: How to Internationalize Your Commercial Contracts”, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario), Annual Institute; January, 2002
• Corporate Obligations to Road Warriors, Insight Conference "Emergency Preparedness in the Workplace", Toronto; January, 2002
• “Internationalizing Standard Agency and Distribution Agreements, Drafting Essentials: How to Internationalize Your Commercial Contracts”, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario), Annual Institute; January, 2002
• “E-Commerce and Emerging Markets: Practical Approaches to Certain Pesky Contracting Issues”, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario), Annual Institute; January, 2001
• “Typical Traps Lawyers Need to be Aware of When Acting on International-Related Matters: How to Safeguard Your Reputation and Remain in Good Standing with the Law Society”, Canadian Bar Association - Toronto; December, 2000
• “Practical Issues in Pre-Delivery and Post-Delivery Inspections in the International Sale of Goods”, American Bar Association, Section on International Law and Practice - New Orleans; November, 1999
• “Kaboom!! How to Blow All Your Profits Using Crummy Contracts on the Internet (and Some Ways To Avoid Doing So!)”, E-Commerce in the New Millennium, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University - Toronto; October, 1999
• “Tips and Traps - How to Avoid the Asset Deal from Hell in Canada”, International Bar Association - Barcelona, Spain; September, 1999
• “Shrinkwraps, Clickwraps, Webwraps - Current Contract Issues in Canada”, Electronic Commerce Symposium, Osgoode Hall Law School; May, 1999
• “Few Key International Contract Issues Which Arise Out of the Internet, Commerce on the Internet”, Osgoode Hall Law School; November, 1998
• “How to Spot Current Frauds in International Business”, Hong Kong-Canada Business Association; October, 1998
• “How to Locate and Validate Good Foreign Legal Counsel”, Canadian Institute, Toronto, 1997
• "Compliance with Laws Clauses in International Contracts”, Canadian International Lawyer 1997 - Pre- and Post-Delivery Inspection Clauses in the International Sale of Goods, International Bar Association - New Delhi, India, 1997
• International Sales Agreements Training Seminar, Canadian Bar Association/All China Lawyers Association - Beijing, 1996
• “Sellers' Remedies for Non-Payment of Perishable Goods in Canada”, International Bar Association - Melbourne, 1994
• “Legal Developments” - Canada, International Sales Quarterly (1994)
• “Drafting an Export Sales Agreement”, Canadian Corporate Counsel (1994)
• “Negotiating Key Issues in International Licensing Agreements”, Conference on Technology, Economy and Law -  Beijing, China, 1994

• Author, Charitable Work in Difficult Countries - A Few Pointers on Corruption Law, Miller Thomson Charities and Not-For-Profit Newsletter (October, 2009)
• Author, Charitable Work in Difficult Countries - A Few Pointers Regarding Export Control Laws, Charities and Not-For-Profit Newsletter (September, 2009)
• Author, Exporters Take Note - Anti-Corruption Law Gets Teeth , Recent Developments - Business Law in Canada (Winter 2009)
• Case Comment: All Quiet on the CISG Front - Giuliani v. Invar Manufacturing, the Battle of the Forms, and the Elusive Concept of  Terminus Fixus, Canadian Business Law Journal, Fall 2008 (James M. Klotz, Antonin Pribetic, Peter Mazzacano)
• Author, Canada's New Lobbying Act - Part 2: The End of Commission Sales?, TRACE International Bulletin, Fall, 2008
• Author, Canada's New Lobbying Act - Part 1: The End of Commission Sales?, TRACE International Bulletin, Summer, 2008
• Author, Canadian Companies Do Pay Bribes, The Lawyers Weekly, May, 2008
• Author, Confronting Corruption: The Business Case for an Effective Anti-Corruption Program”, Price Waterhouse Coopers International; March, 2008
• Author, Facing Corruption in Overseas Procurement; “Compliance, Due Diligence, or Consequences” Canadian Institute Conference on Procurement; - Ottawa and Vancouver; January, 2007
• Author, “Specialized Commercial Due Diligence on Canadian Companies that Export”, Lawyers Weekly; October, 2006
• Author, Not Seeing is No Defence”, CA Magazine; October, 2006
• Author, “Drafting Dispute Resolution Clauses in International Sales Agreements”, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine; August, 2006
• Author, “Taking on New Foreign Clients” - Caution Required. The Lawyer's Weekly; April, 2005
• Author, “Taking on New Foreign Clients” - Caution Required. The Lawyer's Weekly; April, 2005
• Author, “The China Factor and the Inevitable Reduction in our Standard of Living” - National Post; October, 2004
• Contributing Author: “ABA Guide to International Business Negotiations”, 2nd Ed. (Chapter 4 - Current Issues in Negotiating International Sales over the Internet), ABA Publishing, Chicago; 2000
• “Confidentiality Agreements - Some Finer Points”, Canadian International Lawyer, Vol. 4, No. 3
• “When is an International Distribution Agreement in Danger of Being a Franchise Agreement?” Canadian International Lawyer, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2001)
• “Some Common International Contracting Issues on the Net”, Canadian International Lawyer; 1999
• “Crafting the Limitation of Liability Clause”,  Canadian International Lawyer; 1999
• “The Sweatshop Predicament for Canadians”; Globe and Mail; June, 1998
• “Addressing the Sweatshop Predicament”, Canadian International Lawyer; 1998
• “Critical Review of the ICC Model International Sale Contract”, International Contract Adviser; 1998
• “Control, Management, and Division of Responsibilities in International Joint Ventures” - Basic Nuts and Bolts,  Canadian International Lawyer; 1997
• “The CISG - Application and Contract Drafting in Light of its Contract Formation Rules”, Canadian International Lawyer (1997)
• “How to Be a Whiz with the CISG”, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario), Annual Institute, January, 1997
• “How to Be a Whiz with Trade Terms”, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario), Annual Institute, January, 1997
• “Bribery in International Business - A Necessary Evil or Good Business?”, Canadian Corporate Counsel, 1996
• “Dispute Resolution in International Sales Agreements”, Canadian International Lawyer (1995)
• “Pitfalls of Doing Business in China”, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario), November, 1995
• “Payment By Letter of Credit in International Sales Agreements”, Canadian International Lawyer (1995)
• “Bribery of Foreign Officials - A Call for Change in the Law in Canada”, Canadian Bar Review (1994)
• “Delivery Clauses in International Sales Agreements”, Canadian International Lawyer (1994)
• “Negotiating an Export Transaction”, Continuing Legal Education, Canadian Bar Association, 1994
• “Legal Aspects of International Business”, World Trade Centre, Export Certificate Program (April, 1994)

• Contributing Author:  “ABA Guide to International Business Negotiations” (3rd Ed. ABA Publishing, Chicago, 2009)
• Contributing Author:  “International Public Procurement- A Guide to Best Practices” (Globe Business Publishing, London, 2009)
• Author, Power Tools for Negotiating International Business Deals - 2nd edition, (Kluwer Law International, New York, 2008)
• Author, International Sales Agreements: A Drafting and Negotiation Guide - 2nd edition, (Kluwer Law International, New York, 2008)
• Contributor, Investing Across Borders 2010, The World Bank Group, New York, 2010