Lawrence L. Herman

Lawrence L. Herman, B.A., LL.B., is a graduate of the University of Toronto Law Faculty (1969) and a member of the Saskatchewan and Ontario bars. He was in the Canadian Foreign Service in the 1970’s in a variety of posts, including at the United Nations in Geneva. Lawrence concentrates on international trade and international business transactions in his law practice with Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Toronto. He has acted for private sector clients, governments and international agencies. He sits on the Market Access Advisory Group (MAAG) of the Canadian Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department. Lawrence is currently chair of the Trade Policy Committee of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters and is on the Executive Board of the Canada-U.S. Law Institute; the International Affairs Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce; the C.D. Howe Institute; and several other business and government policy organizations. He is Vice-Chair of Jazz-FM.91, a publicly funded radio station in Toronto. He was Director of the Task Force on Energy Trade and Investment Rules of the World Energy Council in 2007-2010. He was an op-ed columnist on international trade and business for the Financial Post (Toronto) from 1993 to 1998. Lawrence has also written several legal text-books: Canadian Trade Remedy Law & Practice (1997); Canadian Trade Law (2008); Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (2010).