Craig has acted as counsel in international commercial arbitrations and in investor-state arbitrations under bilateral investment treaties and other multilateral investment treaties, for both respondent States and claimant investors.

His international commercial arbitration experience (past and present) includes, representing:

• A Canadian iron-ore project in relation to power issues in an ad hoc arbitration
• A Canadian power company in relation to the sale and purchase of transformers from Chinese company under the VanIAC Rules
• An Icelandic geothermal power producer in relation to a power purchase agreement with an Icelandic smelter project owner under the SCC Rules
• A Canadian power company in relation to a site preparation for a transformer under the VanIAC Rules
• A Barbados company in a dispute with a Canadian company relating to health products in an ad hoc arbitration
• A Chinese company in a dispute with a Canadian company in relation to the manufacture and sale of raw materials for industrial building under VanIAC Rules
• A Canadian design and construction joint venture in a dispute with an owner under the UNCITRAL Rules
• A Canadian design and construction company in a dispute with a supplier relating to highway structure
• A Canadian pharmaceutical development company in an ICC arbitration
• An English marine equipment company in an ICC arbitration
• A Canadian mining company in an UNCITRAL arbitration
• A Portuguese cement company in an ICC arbitration
• A US satellite manufacturer in an ICC arbitration and ad hoc proceedings
• A Korean shipbuilding company in an ICC arbitration
• A French nuclear power plant contractor
• A major international financial institution in an ICC arbitration
• An Albanian mobile telephone company
• A Russian energy company in an ICC arbitration
• A Canadian software company in two international arbitrations under the VanIAC rules
• A Greek financial institution in a dispute relating to the purchase of a foreign financial institution

His commercial arbitration experience (past and present) as arbitrator includes:

• Sole arbitrator in an international commercial arbitration under the VanIAC Rules arising from a consultancy agreement
• Sole arbitrator in an international commercial arbitration under the VanIAC Rules arising from a royalty agreement

His investment treaty experience includes advising:

• An European State on issues arising out of an investor’s claims for breach of the Energy Charter Treaty relating to the revocation of power-generation concessions
• An African State on issues arising out of an investor’s claims for breach of a bilateral investment treaty relating mining rights
• An international energy company on issues arising out of its claims for breach of relevant bilateral investment treaties in relation to its assets in a South American State
• An international energy company on issues arising out of its claims for breach of relevant bilateral investment treaties in relation to its assets in a CIS State

Craig has also acted as tribunal secretary to Jan Paulsson in Pantechniki S.A. Contractors & Engineers v. Republic of Albania (ICSID Case No ARB/07/21) and in an ICC case to Noah Rubins relating to the dismantling, transportation and reconstruction of a steel plant.

He has appeared as counsel in ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, SCC, VanIAC and ad hoc arbitration proceedings and in the Appeal, Supreme, and Provincial Courts of British Columbia.

• Member of the Roster of Arbitrators of the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (VanIAC)
• Member of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Canada’s Arbitration Committee, including as a member of its list of arbitrators
• Advisory Board Member of the International Arbitration Law Project of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada
• Member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
• Member of the London Court of International Arbitration
• Advisory Board Member of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration
• Member of the International, Canadian and Vancouver Bar Associations
• Contributor to International Law Office on issues of international arbitration

Qualified Solicitor of England and Wales, 2011
Qualified Barrister and Solicitor of the Law Society of BC, 2002
University of Alberta, LLB, 2001
University of British Columbia, BEd, 1995
University of British Columbia, BA, 1992