J. Cameron Mowatt has over 20 years experience in commercial litigation. Since 1995 he has focused his practice on investor-State arbitration under Chapter Eleven of the NAFTA - a developing area of international dispute settlement practice. He has acted as counsel to the Government of Mexico in connection with the following cases that have proceeded to a hearing, either on jurisdiction issues or on their merits, in addition to numerous other cases that are currently pending:

List of cases:

Azinian and others v. The United Mexican States
Metalclad Corporation v. The United Mexican States
Waste Management, Inc . v. The United Mexican States (I)
Waste Management, Inc. v. The United Mexican States (II)
Marvin Roy Feldman v. The United Mexican States
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. v . The United Mexican States
GAMI Investments, Inc. v . The United Mexican States
International Thunderbird Gaming Corp v . The United Mexican States
Ethyl Corporation v. The Government of Canada
S.D. Myers, Inc. v. The Government of Canada
Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. The Government of Canada
Methanex Corporation v. United States of America

In 1997, Mr. Mowatt served a secondment as trade counsel to the Government of Canada where he advised on the application of trade law disciplines to government privatization initiatives, Canada's dispute with the United States regarding the Helms-Burton Act, and the negotiation of a trade agreement with the European Union for mutual recognition of product testing entities.

Mr. Mowatt also advises government and private sector clients in a wide variety of emerging trade and investment law disciplines, including investment obligations, government procurement and Private-Public Partnerships (P3) under the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement and Chapter Ten of the NAFTA, cross-border trade in services under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and Chapter Twelve of the NAFTA, and temporary entry of business persons under Chapter Sixteen of the NAFTA.

Mr. Mowatt was called to the Bar in British Columbia in 1981. He is also a member of the Law Society of Hong Kong, where he worked with a London-based firm from 1992 to 1995. He has acted as counsel to the Law Society of British Columbia Professional Liability Insurance Program, the Law Society of Hong Kong Solicitors' Indemnity Scheme and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Brokers' Indemnity Scheme. In addition to acting as counsel to government and private sector clients in international trade disputes, Mr. Mowatt continues to provide advice and representation in contentious commercial matters.