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Richard W. Pound O.C., O.Q., Q.C., FCA
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Law Practice
Richard Pound is a partner in the Montréal office of Stikeman Elliott and member of the firm's Tax Group. His main areas of practice include tax litigation and negotiations with tax authorities on behalf of clients, in addition to general tax advisory work and commercial arbitration.
Mr. Pound is recognized by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010, as a leading practitioner "repeatedly recommended" in the area of international commercial arbitration. He is included in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada and in the Lexpert/American Lawyer Media publication, A Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, 2009 edition. Mr. Pound has also been recognized as a prominent practitioner in the tax field in PLC's Cross-border Tax on Corporate Transactions Handbook 2009. He is recognized as having the highest rating ("AV") under the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings.
Mr. Pound has been named to Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world for his relentless efforts to rid sport of performance- enhancing drugs.
In July 2009, he was awarded the Ernest T. Stewart Award, CASE's highest honour for a graduate who has gone above and beyond the call of duty for his alma mater. He is only the second Canadian in the 56 year history of the award to receive the prize.
In February 2008, he was awarded the Laureus "Spirit of Sport" Prize for his work as head of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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Professional Activities
- Mr. Pound is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation, l'Association de planification fiscale et financière, the Canadian Bar Association, the International Fiscal Association and the International Association of Practising Lawyers. He has lectured in taxation matters at McGill University in the Faculty of Law and in the McGill Centre for Continuing Education in the Chartered Accountancy program.
- He is a member of the Quebec and Ontario Bars and is a Chartered Accountant in both jurisdictions. He was awarded the designation of Q.C. by the federal government in 1992 and of F.C.A. by Quebec in 2001.
- He was Chancellor of McGill University (1999-2009) and Chancellor Emeritus effective July 1, 2009 and was Chair of the Board of Governors (1994-1999). In recognition of his distinguished engagement McGill University has established a scholarship in his honor for incoming undergraduates showing "promise of future success and responsible citizenship" and conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws on him November 2009.
- He is a member of the International Olympic Committee. He was Chairman of the Olympic Games Study Commission. He was Chairman of the IOC's Coordination Commission for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and, from 1984 to 2001, directed, inter alia, all Olympic television negotiations, marketing and sponsorships.
- He was the founding Chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (1999-2007) and remains a member of its Foundation board.
- He was Chairman of the panel reviewing the governance of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).
- He is the Honorary Consul General of Norway in Montréal.
- He is a member of the Advisory Committee to the Chairperson of the Canadian Judicial Council.
- He has served as a member of the Federal Court Bench and Bar Liaison Committee from 1999-2002 and from 2003 2007.
- He is a director of the Canada's National History Society and of the RCMP Heritage Centre.
- He is a director of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
- He is a member (2007-) of the International Council Arbitration for Sport.
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Education
He graduated from McGill University (B.C.L. 1967); McGill University (Licentiate in Accounting 1964); Sir George Williams University - now Concordia University (B.A. 1963); and from McGill University (B.Comm. 1962).
Mr. Pound received an honorary degree as Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from the Université du Québec in January 2010, was appointed as Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the Canadian Grenadier Guards in 2008, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Beijing Sport University in 2006, received a Doctor of Sports Administration (honoris causa) from the Laurentian University in 2005, a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from the University of Western Ontario in June 2004, a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) by the University of Windsor in 1997 and an Honorary Ph.D. by the United States Sports Academy in 1989. In September 2004, he was appointed a Chubb Fellow of Timothy Dwight College: Yale University.
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Bar Admission
Québec, 1968
Ontario, 1980
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