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Ron Lunau is a partner in Gowlings' Ottawa office. His primary areas of practice are constitutional and administrative law litigation and procurement. Ron is the leader of the Public Procurement Group in Ottawa.
Ron has extensive experience advising clients on the legality and validity of government actions. He has particular expertise in the areas of government contracting and international and domestic trade agreements. Ron has served as counsel for many major corporations in litigation and appeals before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, the Federal Courts and the Superior Court of Ontario. He also has experience in complex international arbitrations involving contracts between Canadian companies and foreign governments.
Before attending law school, Ron served as a Security and Intelligence Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1973 to 1978. From 1995 to 1997, he was involved in the Commission of Inquiry Into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia. In October 2009, he was appointed Lead Counsel for the Afghanistan Public Interest Hearings being conducted by the Military Police Complaints Commission.
Ronald has extensive experience as counsel before the Federal Court of Appeal, the Courts of Ontario and a number of federal boards and tribunals.
During the initial Canada-U.S Free Trade Agreement, Ronald provided advice to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative with respect to the implementation of the procurement chapter of the FTA in Canada. Subsequently, Ronald provided advice to the Government of Mexico regarding the drafting and implementation of the procurement chapter of NAFTA.
Ronald has authored a number of articles for professional and trade publications on subjects relating to constitutional, regulatory and procurement issues.
Selected Publications
R. Lunau and C. Beaudoin, Canadian Procurement Litigation Update 2008 (Lexpert, Nov. 2008)
R. Lunau and P. Pompeo, “Government Accountability in Canadian Procurement: A Matter of Trust”, International Government Contractor (Thomson/West, Vol. 3, No. 5, May 2006).
“Contesting Contract Awards: Strategic Use of Review Processes,” Canadian Institute (2004).
“Evidence in Administrative Proceedings: New Issues and Persistent Problems,” Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice (2003).
“Bid Challenges: A Practitioner’s Perspective,” Proceedings of the Canadian Bar Association – Section on International Law (2003).
“When Bad Things Happen to Good Proposals: Seeking Justice at the CITT,” Proceedings of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (2003).
R. Lunau and Sean Moore, Playing in Bounds: Rules for the Procurement Game, Summit (2001).
The Age of Reasons, Canadian Institute (2001).
Corel vs. Microsoft - When the RFP Process Goes Wrong, Federated Press (1999).
"Does the Charter Prevent Refoulement in Cases Where the Immigration Act Does Not?," Regulatory Boards and Administrative Law Litigation (1997).
"Ethical Issues in Government Contracting," Proceedings of the Annual Spring Meeting, American Bar Association, Section of International Law and Practice (1996).
"Limits on the Jurisdiction of Provincial Superior Courts to Grant Remedies Under Subsection 24(1) of the Charter," Regulatory Boards and Administrative Law Litigation (1994).
"The Business Immigration Program for Investors and Entrepreneurs," Proceedings of the CBAO/LSUC Conference on Immigration Law (1993).
"Military Tribunals Under the Charter," 2 National Journal of Constitutional Law 197 (1992).
"Free Trade: What has it Done for Engineers?," Engineering Dimensions (Jan/Feb 92), at 34.
"New Complaints Tribunal Levels the Playing Field," GSH Communiqué (1991).
"Government Procurement," Free Trade Law Reporter (CCH International), at 17001 (1988).
"Abuse of Rights of Ownership of Land: A New Tort?," 13 Ottawa Law Review 417 (1981). |
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