 Legal Practice
Based in Ottawa, Canada, Howard Mann is a leading international lawyer and consultant specializing in international investment and sustainable development. His work covers investment treaties and contracts, environmental issues, resource development, the enhancement of social and economic development, and respect for human rights. He has been in private practice since 1993.
His practice is anchored by his role as Senior International Law Advisor to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). Through his work at IISD, Dr. Mann has pioneered new thinking on international investment agreements and advised more than 70 governments on  matters of investment law and policy.
Among other accomplishments, Howard Mann's work has influenced negotiations around the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as well as the North American Free Trade Agreement and its environmental side agreement; led to citizen participation in multiple investor-state arbitrations; and altered the structure and content of several international investment treaties.
Among other career highlights, Dr. Mann has inspired students, appeared before Parliamentary committees and published groundbreaking analyses of international law
Legal Practice Experience
| 1999-present | Senior International Law Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada (founding manager of Investment and Sustainable Development program , 2003 to 2009).. |
| 1993-present | Private practice specializing in international law consulting to governments, international organizations and the private sector. |
| 1988-1993 | Counsel, Department of Justice, Government of Canada, Ottawa (Counsel, International and Constitutional Law Section; Counsel, Legal Services, Environment Canada; led international environmental negotiations for Environment Canada). |
| 1983-1988 | Assistant to Prof. Roslyn Higgins, Professor of International Law, London School of Economics, London, U.K. |
Related Legal Experience
| 2009-present | International Bar Association, Mining Law Committee, member of the Administrative Committee for the development of the Model Mining Development Agreement for use in developing countries. |
| 2006-2008 | International Commission of Jurists, member of the ICJ Expert Panel on Corporate Complicity in International Crimes. |
| 2003-2004 | Member, Government of Canada Ad-Hoc Expert Advisory Group on international investment law, leading to the preparation of the 2004 Model Canadian Bilateral Investment Treaty. |
| 2000-2002 | Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. |
| 1997-1999 | Member, Government of Canada Special Advisory Committee on international trade law and the environment. |
Education
| 1988 | London School of Economics, London, U.K., Ph.D., joint
degree in international relations and international law. |
| 1984 | London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom, Master of International Law. |
| 1983 | Call to the Bar, Province of Quebec. |
| 1982 | McGill University, Faculty of Law, Montreal, Canada, Bachelor of Civil Law. |
| 1978 | Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Bachelor of Arts, Cum laude. |
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