Jesse Goldman

Jesse Goldman

Partner, Competition, Trade and Foreign Investment

Toronto

(416) 862-5656 

[email protected]

Bar Admission: Ontario, 1996

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Areas of Expertise

Defence, Security and Aerospace
E-mobility
Competition/Antitrust
International Trade and Investment

Jesse is a partner in the Competition, International Trade and Foreign Investment Group of our Toronto office. His practice focuses on international trade disputes and investment related matters, cross-border regulatory matters, and customs and commodity taxation matters.

Jesse provides advice to both Canadian and global clients on a wide array of international trade law subjects, including trade remedies, free trade agreements, trade policy, and trade negotiations, World Trade Organization (WTO) disputes, customs compliance, customs/commodity tax planning, cross-border commodity taxation, trade and border security, and cross-border product and digital regulatory compliance.

As counsel of record for over 180 trade remedy matters, Jesse has acted as lead counsel in high-profile international trade and customs cases litigated before Canadian courts and tribunals including the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Federal Court of Appeal.

Jesse is particularly well known for being at the forefront of international trade issues affecting businesses and governments in Asia for more than 25 years, Jesse advises global clients on trade policy, market access, supply chains, and trade compliance.

Areas of Expertise

Competition/AntitrustDefence, Security and AerospaceE-mobilityInternational Trade and Investment

Representative Work

  • Purolator

    Purolator in its acquisition of Livingston International

*Prior to joining Osler:

  • Ashley Furniture  Inc as lead counsel in its CBSA and CITT furniture antidumping and subsidy investigation Novatex/Gastron Industries, as lead counsel, in its CBSA and CITT polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin anti-dumping and subsidy investigations
  • Fluor Canada Ltd., as lead counsel in its CITT and Federal Court of Appeal judicial review of CITT decision respecting fabricated industrial steel components
  • CIE Manufacturing as lead counsel in its CBSA and CITT trailer chassis anti-dumping and subsidy investigation
  • Zinus Inc. as lead counsel in its CBSA and CITT mattresses antidumping and subsidy investigation
  • Imperial Oil/Exxon in numerous antidumping and subsidy matters before the CITT
  • LNG Canada as lead counsel in the landmark 2020 Canadian Safeguards investigations
  • POSCO as lead counsel in CBSA and CITT steel plate antidumping investigations
  • Duferco as lead counsel in CBSA and CITT steel products antidumping investigations
  • Hunter Douglas in CBSA and CITT the aluminum extrusions antidumping and subsidy investigations
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Awards and Recognition

  • Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in International Trade/WTO – Nationwide (Band 1)
  • Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in International Trade/WTO
  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Recognized in International Trade and Finance Law
  • Legal 500: Recognized as a Leading Individual, International Trade
  • Lexpert’s Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canada: Recognized in International Trade Regulation
  • Who’s Who Legal: Recognized Trade & Customs (Canada)
  • The Canadian Lexpert Legal Directory: Recognized in International Trade Regulation and Commodity Tax/Customs
  • Business Today: Recognized as one of Canada’s Top 10 Influential International Trade Lawyers of 2023

Credentials

Education

  • University of Manitoba, LL.B.
  • Carleton University, B.A.

Languages

  • English

Professional Affiliations

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • Inter-Pacific Bar Association
  • American Association of Importers and Exporters, Member
  • Canadian Society of Custom Brokers, Member
  • Trade and Investment Task Force B20 Indonesia 2022, Member
  • Canadian Delegate to the B20

Osler is a leading business law firm practising internationally from offices across Canada and in New York. Our clients include industry and business leaders in all segments of the market and at various stages in the growth of their businesses. We have built our reputation on our commitment to our clients' success and the experience, expertise and collaborative approach for which we are recognized. We believe that our success is a reflection of our clients' success.