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Stephen L Drymer heads Woods LLP’s International Arbitration practice. A litigator and advocate by background and experience, he now works almost exclusively in domestic and international arbitration and dispute resolution. He acts as counsel, and serves as arbitrator and mediator, in commercial, investment treaty and sport cases, and he advises parties on a broad range of issues associated with the design, negotiation, drafting and implementation of dispute resolution agreements and strategies. Educated and trained in both the civil law and the common law, fluent in French and English (and with an excellent working knowledge of Spanish), Stephen has pleaded cases and served as party-appointed arbitrator and tribunal president in matters involving the laws of many jurisdictions, both in ad hoc proceedings and under the rules of many international arbitral institutions. He has acted in commercial and investment cases in the manufacturing, infrastructure, construction, petrochemical, oil & gas (exploration, production, transportation, pricing), mining, energy (including renewables such as wind, solar, hydroelectric), environmental, financial services, securities, outsourcing, hospitality, entertainment, transportation, aviation, IT, telecommunication, aerospace, health science, crop science, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals industries, among others. Stephen is as well very active in the resolution of sport-related disputes in Canada and internationally, in cases before the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne and the World Rugby Anti-Doping Judicial Panel. In addition to extensive work as counsel, he has served as arbitrator and mediator in numerous cases involving a wide range of issues and sports. Among the several professional associations of which he is an active member, Stephen is the immediate past Chair of the Arbitration Committee of ICC Canada, the Canadian National Committee of the ICC.