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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

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Ontario, 2012

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SECURE Waste Infrastructure Corp. (TSX: SES), a leading waste management and energy infrastructure company, in its $157-million acquisition of a metals recycling business
Blue Ant Media in its go-public transaction by way of reverse takeover of Boat Rocker Media
Employment Hero Holdings, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of Humi Holdings, valued at over C$100 million
Piedmont Lithium, one of only two U.S.-domiciled lithium companies actively supplying in the market today, in its merger with Sayona Mining, creating a combined entity with enterprise value of approximately US$623 million, and in Piedmont's concurrent US$27-million private placement of shares
LSI Industries (Nasdaq; LYTS), a manufacturer of commercial lighting and display solutions, in its acquisition of Canada’s Best Store Fixtures, a provider of retail fixtures and custom store design solutions for grocery, quick service restaurant, c-store, banking and specialty retail environments
O3 Mining Inc. in its $204 million-acquisition by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited by way of a negotiated take-over bid 
Dore Copper Mining in its sale to Cygnus Metals by way of plan of arrangement
NOVA Infrastructure, an infrastructure investment firm, as Canadian counsel, in connection with its take-private acquisition of UGE International, a Canadian publicly traded company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
Argonaut Gold in its sale to Alamos Gold representing an enterprise value of US$555 million and in its concurrent spin-out of its US and Mexico assets into a new junior gold producer, Florida Canyon Gold
Florida Canyon Gold in the sale of its Mexican business unit, including the San Agustin mine, to Heliostar Metals 
Florida Canyon Gold in its sale to Integra Resources by way of a court approved plan of arrangement for implied consideration of approximately C$95 million
Osisko Mining in its approximately C$2-billion sale to Gold Fields
Hillcore Group in its acquisition of CEDA, a leading service provider specialized in providing industrial maintenance, turnaround and environmental services in Western Canada
Hillcore Group in its acquisition of SITE Resource Group, a diverse service provider providing infrastructure, piling, foundation, environmental, and civil services in Western Canada and Puerto Rico
Hillcore Group in its acquisition of White Water Management, a leading fluid management business in Western Canada, and the business of its subsidiary, Catalyst Production Systems
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., in connection with its C$1.19-billion acquisition of an indirect minority equity interest in the Labrador-Island Link from Emera Inc. 
Roquette Frères SA, a global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients, as Canadian counsel in connection with its acquisition of Qualicaps Co., Ltd., a manufacturer and supplier of capsules and related equipment
TriWest Capital Partners in connection with the sale of its portfolio company, ZyTech Building Systems LP, to Dick's Lumber, a banner of RONA Inc., a portfolio investment of Sycamore Partners
Hillcore Group in its acquisition of Thompson Construction Group, a leading heavy civil contractor and construction company in Western Canada
Repsol Oil & Gas Canada Inc. in its US$468-million sale of all partnership interests of Repsol Canada Energy Partnership to Peyto Exploration & Development Corp
Nippon Steel Corporation in its $1.15-billion investment in Elk Valley Resources Ltd., a steelmaking coal business to be spun-out as an independent public company from Teck Resources Ltd.
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
Band 5, Competition/Antitrust
Chambers Canada
Ranked, Competition/Antitrust
Best Lawyers in Canada
Ones to Watch, Competition/Antitrust Law
Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Repeatedly Recommended, Competition Law
Who's Who Legal
Recognized globally as a Competition Future Leader in Canada

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