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Douglas Harrison is an independent international commercial arbitrator and mediator. He also acts as legal counsel in select arbitration matters, including designing arbitral procedures, enforcing arbitral awards and opinion work. Mr. Harrison is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, and is on the arbitration rosters of ICDR Canada, ICC Canada, the ADR Institute of Canada, the London Court of International Arbitration, the International Arbitration Institute and the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association. He is a member of the Executive of the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society. He is a Co-Chair of the University Tribunal of the University of Toronto. He is also a Vice-Chair of the International Mediation Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law. For over 30 years, Mr. Harrison was with Stikeman Elliott LLP in Toronto conducting a broad corporate-commercial litigation and arbitration practice that included environmental law, product liability, defamation, insolvency, professional liability, and directors and officers insurance. He acted for clients from around the world in a wide range of industries including aerospace, chemicals, financial services, food processing, logistics, manufacturing, media and natural resources. Mr. Harrison is the author of numerous publications on, and has spoken widely about, international arbitration and mediation. He has also been recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2021 - International Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Law, Class Action Litigation) and Acritas (independently rated Star lawyer, 2018-20). He has also been internationally recognized as an expert in global product liability law and litigation by Legal Media Group’s Expert Guides (2012, 2014 and 2016) and is the co-author of The Law of Product Warnings and Recalls in Canada, 2nd ed. (LexisNexis Canada, 2019). He has served as a Sessional Instructor in Trial Advocacy at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Harrison was a sports journalist based in Toronto and Paris.