Ryan Pistorius, MCIArb
Associate
Bar Admissions
2022 (Ontario)Education
Queen Mary University of London, LL.M., International Dispute Resolution (exp: 2026) Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society, Gold Standard Course in Commercial Arbitration (2022) University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, J.D., Specialization in International Law (2021) Queen’s University, B.A.H., Classics (2018)
Profile
Ryan Pistorius is an Associate at Weintraub Huang LLP, where he specializes in international arbitration (commercial and investor-state) and commercial litigation.
Ryan has represented businesses, foreign investors, and sovereign states across the Americas, Europe, and Africa. As both an advocate and tribunal secretary, he has experience with all major arbitration rules (including those of the ICC, ICSID, LCIA, AAA-ICDR, ADRIC, SIAC, and UNCITRAL).
As a substantive generalist within the umbrella of international dispute resolution, Ryan has experience with foreign direct investment, cross-border business, public international law, securities and shareholder disputes, mining and energy, maritime and space law, trade law, intellectual property, technology, entertainment, transportation, agribusiness, franchising, administrative tribunals, and a wide variety of contractual claims.
Prior to joining Weintraub Huang LLP, Ryan practiced at an investment arbitration boutique in Paris (Savoie Arbitration) and at Canada's largest law firm (Gowling WLG). During law school, he competed in the Vis Moot (amongst others); prior to that, he won the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championship. Ryan remains active in the moot/debate communities as a coach and judge.
Ryan is the Vice-Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s International Law Section, and serves as Branch Secretary of the Canada Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). Ryan is a full Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) and is currently completing his graduate thesis at Queen Mary University of London’s School of International Arbitration.
Cases
Pildegovics & SIA North Star v Kingdom of Norway, ICSID Case No. ARB/20/11.
Vento Motorcycles Inc v United Mexican States, 2023 ONSC 5964.
Sukyas v Romania, PCA Case No. 2020-54.
UAB Arctic Fishing v Kingdom of Norway, ICSID Case No. ARB/22/31.
SIA Baltjura-Serviss v Kingdom of Norway, ICSID Case No. ARB/23/7.
Goetz & Aldabra Ltd v Republic of Rwanda, ICSID Case No. ARB/24/48.
Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada, NAFTA Art. 1904 Binational Panel Review, USA-CDA-2017-1904-02 (panel assistant).
Publications
"A Changing Climate for Investment Arbitration: Why ISDS Remains Equipped for Climate Change Related Disputes" (JURIS, forthcoming).
Case comment on Tidan Inc c Trria Design Inc, 2023 QCCS 1746 (January 2024).
“Justice Denied: Why Treaty Claims Involving Judicial Action Are Not Limited to the CIL Theory of Denial of Justice” (JURIS, 2023) 16 Investment Treaty Arbitration & International Law (co-authored).
“Intellectual Property in Canada’s Federal Courts: An Empirical Review of Proceedings” in Valois et al (eds), The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court: 50 Years of History (Irwin Law, 2021) (co-authored).