Sean Stephenson

Sean Stephenson is a partner in the Regulatory group of Dentons’ Toronto office. Sean focuses his practice on international trade and sanctions, government contracts, investment arbitration, and public international law. He is a frequent advisor to C-suites, boards, private parties and governments. In global trade matters, Sean is engaged and has led some of the most complex and “once in a generation” matters. His practice includes WTO law, free trade agreements, antidumping and countervailing duties, tariffs, import and export controls, sanctions, and customs. He regularly advises and acts for private parties and governments on the full panoply of international and domestic trade law and policy. He has served as counsel in trade, sanctions and investment matters before arbitral tribunals, federal boards, departments, ministries, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, the Federal Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal. In all matters, he is known to use the full range of legal tools to create leverage for clients in discussions with regulators, as well as in disputes, investigations, and in enforcement proceedings.