About Me
Alexander Gay is General Counsel at the Department of Justice. He maintains a broad civil litigation practice, with an emphasis on commercial and trade disputes. He is a leading expert in the field of commercial arbitration.
Mr Gay has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. He has represented clients in commercial arbitrations, mediations and in proceedings before regulatory tribunals and boards, including the Ontario Energy Board (OEB), the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC), the Environment Canada Board of Review, the Public Service Labour Relations Board (PSLRB) and the Competition Tribunal.
Mr Gay is an adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa (Faculty of Law), where he teaches civil litigation and commercial arbitration. He is the author of the Annotated Arbitration Act of Ontario, 1991, the Annotated Ontario Arbitration Legislation - Arbitration Act, 1991 and International Commercial Arbitration Act, 2017, British Columbia's International Arbitration Legislation: Commentary and Annotation and numerous chapters and articles on a wide range of topics.
Mr Gay is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the Law Society of British Columbia, the Law Society of Ontario, He is fluent in English, French and Spanish.