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Cristina Birks

About Cristina Birks

Cristina Birks is a lawyer practicing litigation and arbitration, international arbitration. Cristina received a B.A. degree from Georgetown University, Washington, DC in 1998, and has been licensed for 18 years. Cristina practices at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Montreal, QC.

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Areas of Law

  • Other 2
    • Litigation and Arbitration
    • International Arbitration

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Counsel
    Firm Name
    Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Work
    Cristina represented a Latin American manufacturer in an international commercial arbitration dispute under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce. She represented a commercial l
    lord in an insurance claim in liability for approximately 5 million dollars. She represented an electronics manufacturer in a product liability claim for damages for approximately 25million dollars. She acted for a European importer in a 5-million dollarfraud file. She acted for a Latin American government against a Spanish company in an investor-state dispute before the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes. She represented a group of 73 shareholders in a claim for damages in a shareholder dispute. She represented defendant liquidators in an Estate file in a five-week trial in a claim for damages in the amount of 15million dollars. She acted for a Canadian bank before the International Chamber of Commerce's Docdex division. She acted for a Canadian manufacturer in a dispute against one of its sales agents.

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2008, Québec
    Memberships

    Professional Involvement

    •International Chamber of Commerce (Canada), Proposals Committee
    •Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners, Advisory Board (President: 2015 & 2016)
    •Member, International Chamber of Commerce Canada
    •Member, International Bar Association, Young Arbitration Practitioners
    •Member, Asociacion Latinoamericana de Arbitraje
    •Member, Arbitral Women
    •Member, London Court of International Arbitration, Young International Arbitration Group
    •Member, Quebec Bar
    •Member, Canadian Bar Association
    •Member, Young BarAssociation of Montreal

    Community Involvement

    •Member, Board of Directors, Montreal General Hospital Foundation
    •Member, Board of Directors, Elizabeth House
    •Member, Board of Directors, Hay Foundation

  • Education & Certifications
    Other Education
    Georgetown University, Washington, DC
    Class of 1998
    B.A.
    English Literature and Spanish Literature

    Georgetown University, Washington, DC
    Class of 1998
    B.A.
    with Distinction

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Lima, Lima Peru
    Class of 2003
    Certificate in Peruvian law

    McGill University
    Class of 2007
    B.C.L./LL.B.

Cristina Birks

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1000 de La Gauchetière Street West, Suite 900Montreal, QC H3B 5H4Canada

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