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Zirjan (Zee) J. Derwa

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Zirjan (Zee) Derwa's practice focuses on Canadian competition law and foreign investment matters, including national security.

Zee regularly advises clients on all aspects of Canadian competition law in connection with complex mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic alliances. Zee also has extensive experience advising clients on potentially anti-competitive business practices, as well as compliance under the Competition Act. He regularly provides advice to clients on the misleading advertising provisions of the Competition Act. 

In his foreign investment review practice, Zee advises clients across a broad range of industries on net benefit, national security and cultural sector reviews under the Investment Canada Act. 

Zee is recognized by Chambers Canada, Who's Who Legal and Best Lawyers in Canada publications for Competition and Antitrust Law. Chambers Canada and Who's Who Legal have each described him as a "rising star" of the Canadian bar. 

Zee is an active member of the Canadian Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is the Chair of the Mergers Committee, and former Chair of the Economics and Law Committee of the National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. He is also a Vice Chair of the International Comments and Policy Committee of the Antitrust Law Section of the American Bar Association.

Education

Queen’s University, BSc (Mathematics and Engineering), 2007 University of Toronto, MA, (Economics), 2008 Queen’s University, JD, 2011

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2012

Recent Experience

Cresco Labs Inc. in its US$2-billion acquisition of Columbia Care Inc., making Cresco the second-largest cannabis producer and retailer in the U.S. at the time of the transaction.
Datasite LLC, a portfolio company of CapVest Partners LLP, in its acquisition of Firmex Inc., a leading virtual data room and subscription file-sharing provider.
OMERS Infrastructure, in the US$312-million sale of its interest in Detroit River Tunnel Partnership and its related assets to Canadian Pacific Railway Limited.
Mitsubishi, in its acquisition of the olefins business of ARLANXEO Canada Inc.
TMX Group, in its proposed $165-million acquisition of AST Investor Services Inc. (Canada) and its subsidiary AST Trust Company (Canada).
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, in its sale of BluEarth Renewables Inc. to DIF Infrastructure V.
Onex, in its $445 million acquisition of Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc.
Parkland Fuel, in its US$1.21-billion transformational business combination with SOL Limited.
Takeda Pharmaceutical, as Canadian counsel in its US$62-billion acquisition of Shire plc.
Linde, as Canadian counsel in its US$70-billion all-stock merger of equals with Praxair, Inc.
Scotiabank, in its $2.58-billion acquisition of MD Financial Management Inc. from the Canadian Medical Association.
Thomson Reuters, in its US$17-billion sale of a 55% interest in its Financial & Risk business (now Refinitiv) to private equity funds managed by The Blackstone Group and its US$9-billion substantial issuer bid/tender offer and return of capital transactions.
Bombardier, in its partnership with Airbus SE and Investissement Québec on the C Series aircraft programmes.
Choice Properties REIT, in its transformational $6-billion combination with Canadian REIT to form Canada's largest real estate investment trust.
Scotiabank, in its $950-million acquisition of Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited.
Husky Injection Molding Systems, Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity, in the US$3.85-billion sale of Husky to Platinum Equity LLC.
Kinectrics, in its acquisition of the North American nuclear businesses of Amec Foster Wheeler plc, a division of the Wood Group PLC.
Cabela's Incorporated, as Canadian counsel in its US$4.5-billion sale to Bass Pro Shops.
Parkland Fuel, as Canadian competition counsel in its $965-million acquisition of CST Brands, Inc.’s Canadian business and assets from Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., in connection with Couche-Tard’s US$3.67-billion acquisition of CST Brands Inc.
Sumitomo, as Canadian counsel in its acquisition of a 26.08% stake in Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd from Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation.
Loblaw, in a concluded Competition Bureau investigation into its supplier practices and related court proceedings.
Sumitomo, as Canadian counsel in its €751-million acquisition of Fyffes plc.
Loblaw, as competition counsel in its $12.4-billion acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation.

Recent Recognition

Chambers Global
Ranked Up & Coming, Competition/Antitrust
Chambers Canada
Ranked Up & Coming, Competition/Antitrust
Best Lawyers in Canada
Ones to Watch, Competition/Antitrust Law
Who's Who Legal
Recognized globally as a Competition Future Leader in Canada

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Chambers Global Ranks Bennett Jones Lawyers in 2023 Edition

March 06, 2023
       

Client Work

Nippon Steel Commits to $1.15 Billion Investment in Elk Valley Resources in Teck Spin Off

February 22, 2023
       

Client Work

Hut 8 and US Bitcoin Announce Merger of Equals

February 09, 2023
       

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