Alexandra Logvin

Alexandra is a commercial litigator regularly appearing before various courts and tribunals, including international and domestic commercial and sport arbitration panels, Superior Court of Ontario, the Federal Court of Canada, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), and the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC).

In addition to general commercial including judicial review, Alexandra’s practice embraces dispute resolution in the areas of procurement in the context of Canada’s domestic and international trade agreements, copyright, white-collar crime, and various commercial litigation matters involving CBSA regulatory regime. She has also advised on such matters as accession to the WTO, subsidies regimes, and Brexit issues / disintegration from the EU.

Alexandra earned a Master’s of Law degree in 2003 from the University of Ottawa focusing on investment arbitration and international trade law.

Alexandra is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Canada Arbitration Committee. She also sits on the Board of Directors of the Ottawa chapter of the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT), the Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL), the Membership Committee of the County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA), and has authored the Parliamentary section of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law since 2003.

Alexandra speaks several languages, including English, German, Belarusian, Russian, and French, and also has a working knowledge of Polish and Ukrainian.

Alexandra’s recent matters include:

• Counsel for Euro Lithium in an investor-state arbitration against Serbia.
• Counsel for Soccer Canada in an arbitration claim before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland brought against Soccer Canada by Soccer Iran for breach of a commercial agreement.
• Counsel for BitAccess Inc. in an international commercial arbitration under the Canadian Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitration Rules, initiated by a US company with respect to software services.
• Counsel for Zijin Mining, Jin Cheng Mining, and Cominiere in a series of international arbitration disputes before the International Court of Arbitration (ICC) against an Australian-based public company, AVZ, in connection with one of the largest lithium deposits in the world.
• Counsel for host state in an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) investor-state arbitration, AVZ International Pty Ltd., Dathcom Mining SA and Green Lithium Holdings Pte Ltd. v. Democratic Republic of the Congo (ICSID Case No. ARB/23/20) involving mining concession rights.
• Counsel for a subsidiary of Panthera Resources PLC in an investor-state international arbitration dispute against the Republic of India.
• Counsel for Tenke Fungurume Mining SA in an International Chamber of Commence (ICC) arbitration matter involving a commercial dispute with respect to a construction project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including enforcement of the award.
• Counsel for Chantier Davie Canada Inc. in a series of procurement challenges before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) and the Federal Court of Appeal.
• Counsel for Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton in a number of sport arbitration and third-party independent investigation matters involving athletes’ status, benefits, selection, carding and agreements, including sport arbitration panel reviews and appeals at the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada.
• Counsel for provincial and territorial ministries of education and Ontario school boards in a Federal Court proceeding (T-326-18) involving copyright royalties.
• Counsel for Honey Fashions Ltd. involving judicial reviews of Canada Boarder Services Agency (CBSA) decisions with respect to importation and remission claims.
• Counsel for Rogers Communications in a commercial arbitration dispute involving traffic pumping and a separate decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
• Counsel for Thales on various federal and Ontario government procurement dispute resolution matters.
• Counsel for Parker Johnston Industries Ltd. in procurement arbitration challenges under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and the New West Partnership Trade Agreement (NWPTA).
• Counsel for Alion Science and Technology Corporation in a challenge of an over $60 billion procurement award in relation to the replacement of Canada’s naval frigates and destroyers.
• Counsel for Agnico Eagle Mines in a series of arbitration and judicial review matters involving a socio-economic benefit agreement and taxation.
• Counsel for Ethnic Channels Group (ECG) in an international broadcasting rights and contract dispute between ECG and Moscow based CTC Media.
• Counsel for TPG Technology Consulting Ltd. in procurement and bid-rigging matters, as well as applications for judicial review involving the Access to Information Act.
• Counsel for Rogers, Bell and Quebecor with respect to the collection of ringtone royalties by SOCAN.
• Counsel for Odyssey TV regarding Internet and broadcasting piracy by Ellas TV.