Iris Antonios

Recent representative matters include:

• Advising Canadian companies in international arbitrations

• Advising the Canadian subsidiaries of multinational companies in connection with potential investor claims under international treaties

• Co-counsel to a technology and power transmission company in a large arbitration arising from a dispute relating to the construction of converter stations

• Advising companies in the oil and gas sector on investment treaty considerations in relation to provincial government measures

• Co-counsel to a client in defence of a third-party claim relating to contaminated lands

• Co-counsel to a client in defence of a third-party claim relating to an environmental impact assessment study

• Co-counsel to clients in various industries undertaking workplace investigations, both internal and in response to regulatory investigations

• Co-counsel to the owner of an energy plant in a complex multi-party construction litigation involving several interrelated court actions

• Co-counsel to a supplier of industrial gases in a contract dispute with a distributor

• Co-counsel to a mining and natural resources company in an appeal of a decision of the Ontario Mining and Lands Commissioner relating to an easement over unpatented mining claims

• Co-counsel in an arbitration of disputes under right-of-way agreements between governmental corporations and energy pipeline companies

• Co-counsel in an arbitration of disputes between two air carriers over payments to be made under a capacity purchase agreement

• Co-counsel to a mining and natural resources company in a judicial review application related to a federal environmental assessment

Iris has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the following publication:

• Benchmark 40 & Under Hot List – Canada 2020

Iris is a member of the Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations and The Advocates' Society.

• Co-author: Enter CUSMA: Protecting Cross-Border Investment in North America Post-NAFTA
  Blakes Bulletin on Arbitration, June 24, 2020.
• Co-author: Canada Chapter
  International Comparative Legal Guide to Investor-State Arbitration Laws and Regulations, Global Legal Group, 2020.
• Co-author: Increase in Arbitration
  Blakes Business Class Trends Insights, July 2019.
• Co-author: USMCA Eliminates Investor-State Arbitration for Canada – What It Means for Investors
  Blakes Bulletin on Arbitration, October 3, 2018.
• Co-author: A Primer on the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
  Blakes Business Class Publication, September 2017.
• Co-author: Ontario Court Upholds Ruling Reducing Exaggerated Lien
  Blakes Bulletin on Construction Dispute Resolution, August 17, 2017.

• Co-speaker: Navigating CUSMA: Webcast Series - Protecting Cross-Border Investment in North America Under CUSMA
  Blakes Business Class Webcast, Toronto, Ontario, July 23, 2020.
• Panellist: Virtual Reality: Experiences of Remote Arbitration
  Blakes Business Class Webinar, June 25, 2020.
• Panellist: Virtual Arbitrations - Experience to Date & What the Future Holds
  Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society webcast, June 9, 2020.
• Co-speaker: Mandatory Injunctions and Norwich Orders
  Ontario Bar Association, Toronto, Ontario, December 11, 2019.
• Speaker: Perils of Permitting and Update on Recent Developments in Environmental Law
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, December 5, 2019.
• Speaker: Managing Environmental Enterprise Risk
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, November 14, 2018.
• Speaker: Managing Litigation Risk in Foreign Acquisitions: What Every Buyer Should Know
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, March 7, 2018.
• Co-speaker: Recent Cases and Key Issues in Environmental Law: What You May Not Have Noticed (or Expected)
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, November 22, 2017.
• Co-speaker: CETA and Investor-State Dispute Settlement: What It Means for Your International Business Strategy
  Blakes Business Class Webinar, September 21, 2017.
• Co-speaker: Litigation and Arbitration Across Borders
  Benchmark Women in Litigation Forum, Benchmark Litigation, New York, NY, September 19, 2017.

• Quoted: Proposed rule changes could speed up investor-state dispute arbitration
  Law Times, May 31, 2019.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar - 2009
I.B.B.A., York University, Schulich School of Business - 2005
J.D., University of Toronto - 2008