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JOINT SUBMISSIONS COMMITTEE (JSC) MEMBERSHIPDavid Johnston Mr. Johnston, a Partner in the Montreal Law firm, Pouliot Mercure, received his law degree from the University of Montreal and a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University. His practice principally involves counsel relating to the acquisition and financing of businesses with a particular focus on South America. Mr. Johnston has substantial knowledge of Chilean laws and business practice and is director and member of the founding group of the Canada-Chile Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Johnston has represented clients in water-purification, waste water management, garbage disposal and wind energy generation and has worked extensively in the mining sector. In 1997 David Johnston studied the legal system relating to financing and making recommendations for improvements in Ecuador. Mr. Johnston lectures on business law in Canada, including environmental matters. Pablo Ruiz-Tagle PABLO RUIZ TAGLE is a partner of the law firm Larrain & Associates in Santiago Chile. He obtained his certificate of Judicial and Social Sciences at the University of Chile and his professional law designation from the Supreme Court of Chile in 1984. He completed a Masters in Law (LL.M.) at the University of Yale in 1988, with a specialty in environmental matters, and in 1995 he completed his Doctorate in LAW (J.D.S.). Mr. Ruiz-Tagle is currently a Professor of Constitutional Law and Introductory Law at the Law Faculty at the University of Chile. He is author of various publications. He has developed courses in International Law and Legal Economic Analysis, at the post-graduate level, in Chile, and abroad. In his professional practice he specializes in constitutional, civil and business matters, including intellectual property and technology transfer. Mr. Ruiz-Tagle is involved in working groups and project evaluation of the Superior Council on Technological Investigation of Chile (Consejo Superior de Investigación Tecnológica de Chile (1993-1996 and 1998-to date) and has been selected as member by the faculty and the director of the Law Foundation at the University of Chile. In 1995, he was invited to participate in a negotiating group established by the Treasury Department, in the areas of trans-border trade services, telecommunications and temporary entry of business people. He had the role of negotiator and legal advisor in the first attempt for Chile’s accession to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He has also participated in the same capacity in the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Chile which were signed by both countries in 1997 as well as the parallel agreement on environmental cooperation.
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