Overview

Nils Goeteyn is an Associate with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Montréal and serves as Canada's correspondent for the Comite Maritime International and the CML CMI Database of Judicial Decisions on International Conventions. His work centers on shipping and transportation law, including maritime liability, cargo delivery, vessel operations and related insurance-claim issues. BLG publications identify him as an author of analysis on the Canadian coasting-trade regime, maritime liability, cargo delivery by PIN code, railway-carrier limits of liability and other Canadian maritime-law developments. His published work addresses the interaction of federal legislation, commercial contracts and the practical operation of marine transportation businesses. Nils has also contributed to BLG's maritime-law seminars and newsletters, including commentary on Canada's shipping regulatory framework and the effects of CETA on coasting trade. The current CMI listing identifies him as the Canadian correspondent and as an Associate at BLG, while current BLG-authored material confirms his continuing maritime-law work.

Practice Areas

• Shipping
• Insurance Claim Defence
• International Law
• Transportation Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2016 (QC)