Robert R. Amsterdam

Attorney. In 2003, he was retained by the Russian corporation YUKOS-Group MENATEP for the defence of former CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky. He co-founded the Toronto-based law firm Amsterdam & Peroff with Dean A. Peroff in 1980 and has represented well-known global corporations including PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Four Seasons Hotel Group. Mr. Amsterdam has delivered speeches at organizations such as the Carnegie Endowment, the Fraser Institute and the International Commission of Jurists and has debriefed parliamentarians and NGO leaders on a variety of political, legal, and business issues.