H. Scott Fairley

Practice Profile

Scott Fairley is a partner at Theall Group LLP. Scott has a broadly based counsel and advisory practice in the fields of public and private international law, international business and trade law, constitutional and administrative law, and transnational arbitration and litigation. He has appeared before both Ontario and Federal courts, and has had extensive experience as counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada. Scott has received an "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell, their highest rating, identifying him as a lawyer with "very high to preeminent legal ability."

Education

Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (F.C.I. Arb.), 1999
Harvard University, Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.), 1987
New York University, LL.M. (International Legal Studies), 1979
Queen's University, LL.B., 1977
Universitè de Sherbrooke, 1975; Universitè d'Ottawa, 1976, Department of Justice Civil Law /
Common Law Exchange Programme Diplomas
Queen's University, B.A. (1st class), 1974

Professional Involvement

Mr. Fairley is a current member of the Commercial Arbitration Panels of the Arbitration and Mediation Institutes of Canada and Ontario and ADR Chambers International (Toronto), the International Law Association, and the American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice. Scott is a member and past President of the Canadian Council on International Law (1992-1994), former National Section Chair for Constitutional Law (1991-1993) and National Section Chair for International Law (1998-2000) of the Canadian Bar Association, and a founding editor of the Canadian International Lawyer.

Scott has spoken and published widely in Canada and abroad on both international and constitutional law issues and taught as a sessional lecturer at the University of Windsor and University of Ottawa law schools and at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.