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Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Mr. Onyschuk is a partner of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP in Toronto. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto, receiving an Honours Art Degree in Political Science and Economics in 1963 and his LL.B. from the University of Toronto Law School in 1966. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in December, 1979.
Mr. Onyschuk's practice is in the field of administrative and trade law and he frequently appears before Provincial and Federal Boards and Legislative Committees.
One of Mr. Onyschuk's life-long interests has been international law, international trade, and Canada's role in the world at large. Mr. Onyschuk studied International Law at the University of Toronto; and he has been a member of the International Commission of Jurists since 1966. He is a member of the Trade Law Group of Gowlings whose clients include many Pacific Rim, American and European international corporations.
Since 1989 Mr. Onyschuk has been involved in the emergence of the new states and new markets in Eastern Europe, particularly in the former Soviet Union. In October 1989, Mr. Onyschuk led a 70-man delegation to Ukraine on a two week trade mission, which included the Federal, Ontario and Alberta governments and covered 11 sectors of that country's economy. One month later, he attended the Inaugural Meeting of the Canada-USSR Business Council in Moscow as part of Prime Minister Mulroney's delegation, and he served as Vice Chairman of the Legislative Committee and a member of the Government Relations Committee of the Canada-USSR Business Council for two years.
In September 1991 he was one of three Canadians involved in the planning and execution of President Kravchuk's working state visit to Canada.
Mr. Onyschuk has represented the Government of Ukraine in Canada on a number of trade and government matters. He acted for the Government of Ukraine in negotiating the printing of Ukraine's currency in Canada by the Canadian Bank Note Company and the subsequent establishment of printing operations in Kyiv, Ukraine. He and the firm acted as counsel to the National Bank of Ukraine, as well as the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Kyiv, which Chamber represents 1,200 of the major state industries in Ukraine. He and the firm have also acted for the first major privatization in Ukraine in early 1993 involving the investment by a major British tobacco company in the leading cigarette company in Ukraine.
Mr. Onyschuk is a founding director and the Past President of the Canada Ukraine Chamber of Commerce, a Canadian organization whose membership includes most of the major Canadian companies doing business in Ukraine.
Mr. Onyschuk's practice is in the field of administrative and trade law and he frequently appears before Provincial and Federal Boards and Legislative Committees.
One of Mr. Onyschuk's life-long interests has been international law, international trade, and Canada's role in the world at large. Mr. Onyschuk studied International Law at the University of Toronto; and he has been a member of the International Commission of Jurists since 1966. He is a member of the Trade Law Group of Gowlings whose clients include many Pacific Rim, American and European international corporations.
Since 1989 Mr. Onyschuk has been involved in the emergence of the new states and new markets in Eastern Europe, particularly in the former Soviet Union. In October 1989, Mr. Onyschuk led a 70-man delegation to Ukraine on a two week trade mission, which included the Federal, Ontario and Alberta governments and covered 11 sectors of that country's economy. One month later, he attended the Inaugural Meeting of the Canada-USSR Business Council in Moscow as part of Prime Minister Mulroney's delegation, and he served as Vice Chairman of the Legislative Committee and a member of the Government Relations Committee of the Canada-USSR Business Council for two years.
In September 1991 he was one of three Canadians involved in the planning and execution of President Kravchuk's working state visit to Canada.
Mr. Onyschuk has represented the Government of Ukraine in Canada on a number of trade and government matters. He acted for the Government of Ukraine in negotiating the printing of Ukraine's currency in Canada by the Canadian Bank Note Company and the subsequent establishment of printing operations in Kyiv, Ukraine. He and the firm acted as counsel to the National Bank of Ukraine, as well as the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Kyiv, which Chamber represents 1,200 of the major state industries in Ukraine. He and the firm have also acted for the first major privatization in Ukraine in early 1993 involving the investment by a major British tobacco company in the leading cigarette company in Ukraine.
Mr. Onyschuk is a founding director and the Past President of the Canada Ukraine Chamber of Commerce, a Canadian organization whose membership includes most of the major Canadian companies doing business in Ukraine.
