Jesse Goldman

Jesse is a partner in the Competition, International Trade and Foreign Investment Group of our Toronto office. His practice focuses on international trade disputes and investment related matters, cross-border regulatory matters, and customs and commodity taxation matters.

Jesse provides advice to both Canadian and global clients on a wide array of international trade law subjects, including trade remedies, free trade agreements, trade policy, and trade negotiations, World Trade Organization (WTO) disputes, customs compliance, customs/commodity tax planning, cross-border commodity taxation, trade and border security, and cross-border product and digital regulatory compliance.

As counsel of record for over 180 trade remedy matters, Jesse has acted as lead counsel in high-profile international trade and customs cases litigated before Canadian courts and tribunals including the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Federal Court of Appeal.

Jesse is particularly well known for being at the forefront of international trade issues affecting businesses and governments in Asia for more than 25 years, Jesse advises global clients on trade policy, market access, supply chains, and trade compliance.


Awards and Recognition

  • Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in International Trade/WTO – Nationwide (Band 1)
  • Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in International Trade/WTO
  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Recognized in International Trade and Finance Law
  • Legal 500: Recognized as a Leading Individual, International Trade
  • Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada: Recognized in International Trade Regulation
  • Who’s Who Legal: Recognized Trade & Customs (Canada)
  • The Canadian Lexpert Legal Directory: Recognized in International Trade Regulation and Commodity Tax/Customs
  • Business Today: Recognized as one of Canada’s Top 10 Influential International Trade Lawyers of 2023

Credentials

Education

  • University of Manitoba, LL.B.
  • Carleton University, B.A.

Languages

  • English

Professional Affiliations

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • Inter-Pacific Bar Association
  • American Association of Importers and Exporters, Member
  • Canadian Society of Custom Brokers, Member
  • Trade and Investment Task Force B20 Indonesia 2022, Member
  • Canadian Delegate to the B20