Benedict S Wray

Senior Associate, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Benedict Wray is a senior associate in the international trade and arbitration group of BLG, based in Ottawa. He is dual qualified in Canada and the UK, and specialises in international investment and commercial arbitration, as well as customs and sanctions elements of trade law.

Benedict holds a doctorate in international law, which examined international law and international investment law in the context of cross-border torts and human rights violations.

Benedict has since acted in international arbitrations in the mining, infrastructure and construction, and oil and gas sectors. He is familiar with a variety of procedural rules, including the arbitration rules of the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and ISCID. Prior to joining BLG, Benedict worked at the Ottawa office of Norton Rose Fulbright, and Serjeants’ Inn Chambers in London.