Heather Clark
Heather Clark
Biography
Heather Clark is a member of the firm's litigation and disputes team and is based in Quebec City. Her experience covers a wide range of legal systems and industry sectors, including construction, engineering, defence, electricity (nuclear and renewable energy), and pharmaceuticals. She has served as counsel and tribunal secretary in a number of international commercial and investor-state arbitrations.
Prior to joining us, Heather served as legal adviser to Judge Herbert Kronke at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague. She previously practiced international arbitration and litigation in the London, Paris, and New York offices of a leading international law firm, and served as assistant legal counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, also in The Hague. Heather has a background in engineering physics and began her career as a patent agent with an intellectual property boutique in Ottawa. She is an active member of the international arbitration community in Canada and abroad.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
Heather has acted in the following matters:
- Counsel to an operator in an international arbitration under the ICC rules concerning cost recovery dispute with host state
- Counsel to a contractor in a domestic ad hoc arbitration concerning marine infrastructure projects
- Counsel to an energy company in an international arbitration under the ICC rules concerning the construction of a nuclear power plant
- Counsel to a consortium of contractors in an international arbitration under the ICC rules concerning an infrastructure project in Central America
- Counsel to a consortium of contractors in an international arbitration under the ICC rules concerning an infrastructure project in North Africa
- Counsel to an engineering company in an international arbitration under the SIAC rules concerning the design and supply of equipment for a mining project in Southeast Asia
- Assistant to the tribunal in an investment treaty arbitration under the ICSID rules concerning a renewable energy investment in Western Europe
- Tribunal secretary in an international arbitration under the ICC rules concerning the acquisition of a power plant in Eastern Europe
- Tribunal secretary in an international arbitration under the ICC rules concerning an investment in a Southern European engineering company
Education
Education
JD, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2009
MSc (Physics), The University of Auckland, 2003
BSc (Engineering Physics), Queen's University, 2002
Admissions
Admissions
- Quebec 2024
- England and Wales (solicitor, not currently holding a practising certificate) 2016
- Ontario 2010
- New York 2010
Speaking engagements
Speaking engagements
- "The Influence of The Iran-US Claims Tribunal on Public International Law and Investment Law" (moderator), World Arbitration Update, September 2022.
- "Le règlement pacifique des différends en droit international : l'exemple du Tribunal irano-américain des réclamations," Société québécoise de droit international - Conférence Maximilien-Bibaud, December 2021.
Memberships and activities
Memberships and activities
- ICC Canada Arbitration Committee
- Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners, Policy and Advisory Committee – member, advisory board
- Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Mentor Program
Languages
Languages
- English
- French
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