Erin Brown

Practice Areas

Erin Brown is a litigation and regulatory lawyer based in Ottawa with a focus on international trade, public procurement, and competition.

Erin regularly advises clients on complex international trade issues, including economic sanctions, export controls, and customs issues and frequently represents clients before the Canada Border Services Agency, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), and the Federal Court of Canada on issues relating to anti-dumping, customs classifications, duty relief, and the import/export of goods.

Erin also advises both public and private sector organizations on a range of public procurement mandates, including the applicability of trade agreement procurement provisions, and represents government contractors in bid challenge disputes before the CITT.

Erin has in-depth knowledge of competition issues. She regularly assists clients across a range of industries in obtaining Competition Bureau merger clearance, including completion of supplementary information requests. She also advises and represents clients on issues relating to deceptive marketing, bid rigging, and competitor collaborations and was featured as a guest on Disputed, NRFC's podcast, for an episode on influencers, advertising, and social media.

Erin is also the co-chair of a local ski-themed charity event that raises money for the Ronald McDonald House of Ottawa and will be co-host of the Disputed podcast for the upcoming fourth season.