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HOWARD MANN

15 Chemin de la Station, Chelsea, Quebec, Canada, J9B1P6
(613) 286-5383; howardlmann@gmail.com; hmann@iisd.ca

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL:     

Citizenship:    Canadian

Languages:    English, French

LEGAL PRACTICE

RELATED APPOINTMENTS AND EXPERIENCE

PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS

• Senior advisor to Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable
  Development in transition process for IISD to become the IGF Secretariat, and on strategy and policy direction; major project manager.

• Development of direct legal advisory service to 3 of the BRICS countries on international investment treaties and domestic investment law.

• Provides legal and policy advice to developing country governments on investment treaty negotiations, now numbering over 80 governments, 2005–present.

• Lead consulting lawyer, Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), preparation of SADC Model Bilateral Investment Treaty Template and Commentary, 2010-2012.

• Lead, SADC/IISD Training Programme, Negotiating International Investment Treaties, Pretoria, 30 July-3 August 2012.

• Provides legal advice to several developing country governments on domestic laws relating to foreign investment, in particular in Africa, 2010-present.

• Member of advisory team to Government of Ecuador, Ministerio de Recursos Naturales no Renovables, Proyecto de Diseño de Contrato Minero (Model National Mine Development Contract project), June-October 2010.

• Member of the Drafting Committee and the Administrative Committee for the development of the International Bar Association’s Model Mining Development Agreement for use in developing countries, 2009-2011.

• Prepared a briefing paper for Prof. John Ruggie, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General for Business and Human Rights, entitled International Investment Agreements, Business and Human Rights: Key Issues and Opportunities; ongoing participation in related expert advisory meetings on the resulting “Responsible Contracting” project, 2007–2011.

EDUCATION

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• “Mining a Mirage: Reassessing the shared-value Paradigm in light of the technological advances in the mining sector", co-author with Aaron Cosbey, Nicholas Maennling, Perrine Toledano, Jeff Geipel and Martin Dietrich Brauch, IISD/Columbia Centre for Sustainable Investment, October 2016, at http://www.iisd.org/library/mining-mirage-reassessing-shared-valueparadigm-light-technological-advances-mining-sector
• “The New Frontier: Economic Rights of Foreign Investors versus Government Policy Space” in Alternative Views of the International Law on Foreign Investment: Essays in Honour or M. Sornorajah, Oxford University Press, 2016, forthcoming.
• “The Gold-Plated CETA: Whose gold and at what cost?”, IISD Commentary, March 2016, at http://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/gold-plated-ceta-at-what-cost-commentary.pdf
• “The TPP: A Deal too Far”, IISD Commentary, January 2016, at https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/tpp-part-i-deal-too-far-commentary_1.pdf
• “IISD Handbook on Mining Contract Negotiations for Developing Countries VOLUME I: PREPARING FOR SUCCESS”, April 2015, at https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/iisd-handbook-mining-contract-negotiationsfor- developing-countries-volume-1.pdf
• “Investment Law and the 1%: On which side of the divide?” Investment Treaty News, Vol. 6, Issue 2, p. 12, May 2015, at https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/iisd-itn-may-2015-en.pdf
• “Bilateral Investment Treaties, Mining and National Champions: Making it Work”, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Background paper for the Ad Hoc Experts Group Meeting: Bilateral Investment Treaties and National Champions 18th Meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts (ICE) “National Champions, Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Transformation in Eastern Africa” Kinshasa, February 17–20, 2014; with Aaron Cosbey, at https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/bilateral_investment_treaties_mining_national_uneca.pdf
• “Reconceptualizing International Investment Law: It’s Role in Sustainable Development”, Lewis & Clark Law Review, Volume 17, 2013, pp. 521-544.

• “Foreign Investment in Agriculture: Some Critical Contract Issues”, Uniform Law Review/Revue de Droit Uniforme, Volume XVII, 2012-1/2.

• “Stabilization in Investment Contracts: Rethinking the Context, Reformulating the Result”, Investment Treaty News, Volume 2, October 2011. (http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?id=1494)

• “Civil Society Perspectives: What Do Key Stakeholders Expect From The International Investment Regime?”, in Jose Alvarez and Karl Sauvant, eds., The Evolving International Investment Regime, Expectations, Realities, Options, Oxford University Press, 2011.

• “Foreign Investment Contracts and Sustainable Development: The New Foundations Begin to Emerge”, Investment Treaty News, Volume 1, July 2011. (http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?id=1470)

• “The Realities of Sustainability”, featured interview, International Financial Law Review, 4 October, 2010, prepared for International Bar Association. (http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?id=1352)

SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS

• "Closing panel, debate on Legitimacy Deficit in Arbitrations Involving States", Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage, Annual Conference, Zurich, January 2016

• “Salient Legal Issues in the Substantive Standards of Protection in CETA”, McGill University Faculty of Law, Conference on the Canada – EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, November 1, 2014

• “Community Engagement – Frameworks and Approaches”, Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development, , 20 October 2014

• “The MMDA and International Best Practices for the Mining Industry”, Mining in Africa: Opportunities and Legal Challenges, International Bar Association, Dar es Salaam, 8 September 2014

• “Bilateral Investment Treaties, Mining and National Champions: Making it Work”, Ad Hoc Experts Group Meeting: Bilateral Investment Treaties and National Champions, 18 February, 2014

• Workshop on International Investment Treaties & China 2013, Shanghai Consultative Centre on the World Trade Organization,, 11 November, 2013

• “Preparing for Mining Contract Negotiations”, Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development, 28 October 2013

• “Do We Need Investment Treaties?”, International Law Student’s Association, International Law Weekend, October 2013, Fordham University, New York.

• “Where Public Meets Private: International Law and the Dynamic Interpretation of Treaties in the Context of the Draft UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency”, VALE Columbia Centre on Sustainable International Investment, February 2013, New York.

• “Is There a Need to Rebalance the Investor-State Relationship?, Seventh Columbia International Investment Conference, VALE Columbia Centre on Sustainable International Investment, November 2012, New York.

• “Whether to Protect Investment from Tax Increases? Stabilization and Fiscal Arrangements in a Sustainable Development Context”, Dundee University Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, Annual Mining Seminar (“Minerals Taxation and Sustainable Development”), June 2012, London.

• “Integrating Corporate Standards Into International Investment Treaties”, Kings College, University of London, Conference on Embedding Human Rights into Investment Treaties, May 2011, London.

• “The International Bar Association’s Model Mining Development Agreement (MMDA)”, Dundee University Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, Annual Mining Seminar (“Minerals and Mining: What Role in a Sustainable Future?”), May 2011, Dundee, Scotland.

• “The New Gold Rush: Foreign Investment in Developing Country Natural Resources”, American Bar Association Section on International Law, April 2011, Washington D.C.

A full list of publications and conference papers is available on request.