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LAW SCHOOL
University of Toronto
Bond University
BAR ADMISSION
Alberta, 2011
New York, USA, 2009
New South Wales, Australia, 2007
Biography
Paul Blyschak is an associate in our Business Law Group in Calgary and is a member of the firm’s Energy Department. His practice encompasses a broad range of both domestic and international transactions in the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry as well as in the resources sector. He also regularly advises on mergers and acquisitions and corporate financings as well as risk mitigation strategies in international transactions, including compliance with anti-corruption laws.Prior to joining McCarthy Tétrault, Mr. Blyschak worked in commercial litigation and international commercial arbitration. He has experience in, and has published widely on, foreign investment disputes between private entities and sovereign states, including international energy disputes. Mr. Blyschak is called to the bar in Alberta, New York State and New South Wales. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
Mr. Blyschak received his BA from McGill University (Great Distinction), his JD from Bond University (First Class Honours) and his LLM from the University of Toronto, and is the recipient of numerous academic awards and scholarships. Mr. Blyschak has lived and worked in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Japan and Australia, among others.
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- "Understanding and Mitigating Your Third Party Corruption Risk Under Canada's Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act" (2013) 22 (4) Canadian Corporate Counsel 57
- "State-Owned Enterprises and International Investment Treaties: When are State-Owned Enterprises and their Investments Protected?" (2011) 6(2) Journal of International Law and International Relations 1
- "Yukos v. Russia: Shell Companies and Treaty Shopping in International Energy Disputes" (2011) 10(2) Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business 179
- "Access and Advantage Expanded: Mobil Corporation v. Venezuela and other Recent Arbitration Awards on Treaty Shopping" (2011) 4(1) Journal of World Energy Law & Business 32
- "International Projects, Political Risk and Investment Treaty Shopping" (Summer 2011) 16(1) New York State Bar Association - International Chapter News 42
- "Arbitrating Overseas Oil and Gas Disputes: Breaches of Contract Versus Breaches of Treaty" (2010) 27(6) Journal of International Arbitration 579
- "Understanding Sole-Sourcing in Canadian Public Procurement" Paper presented at the CBA National Construction Conference, October 22-23, 2010, Quebec City (written with Brenda Swick)
- "State Consent, Investor Interests and the Future of Investment Arbitration: Reanalyzing the Jurisdiction of Investor-State Tribunals in Hard Cases" (2009) 9 Asper Review of International Business and Trade Law 98
- "Guarding the Open Door: Non-party Participation Before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes" (2007) 22 Banking and Finance Law Review 353 (written with Ross Buckley)
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