Gordon Kaiser

Gordon Kaiser, FCIArb, is an independent arbitrator in domestic and international energy, infrastructure and commercial contract disputes. He served as Vice Chairman of the Ontario Energy Board for six years and has advised the Alberta Utilities Commission on settlements with the Market Surveillance Administrator.
He was a visiting Professor in the University of Toronto Law and Economics Program for one year and served as an Adjunct Professor at both Queens University and the University of Toronto for ten years. He is the author of Competition Law in Canada and Canadian Energy Law and Policy.
Mr. Kaiser has appeared in the Courts of Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland as well as the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada. He has appeared in regulatory proceedings in six provinces as well as a number of Federal Tribunals. Mr. Kaiser has acted for the Commissioner of Competition and the Attorney General of Canada in criminal and civil competi¬tion law matters, as well as acting as defence counsel in a number of competition cases.
In energy matters Mr. Kaiser acted as counsel to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario for a number of years in proceedings before the Ontario Energy Board and the National Energy Board. He also acted as counsel to the Ontario Energy Board for five years.

He has served on the boards of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Association, the California Alliance for Advanced Transportation Systems, and the Ontario Telephone Service Commission, and is currently on the Board of Directors of the Saint Elizabeth Foundation. 

Mr. Kaiser is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Advocates Society, the International Bar Association, the Energy Bar Association, the International Chamber of Commerce Canadian Arbitration Committee, the London Court of International Arbitration, and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators. In 2011 he was named Energy Lawyer of the Year by the Energy Law Forum.