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Provided by Sunny Handa
Practice Areas
Sunny is a Partner and National Practice Group Leader of the Firm's Technology and Communications Law groups. He has a substantial practice in mergers & acquisitions of technology companies and advises clients on transactional and regulatory matters relating to information technology and electronic commerce, intellectual property, communications (telecommunications and broadcasting) and defence.
Sunny is a senior partner and breach coach in Blakes cybersecurity practice which is the largest in the country. He leads organizations through three stages of cybersecurity: cyber preparedness, incident response and post breach resolution work. He works closely with boards and leadership teams across various Canadian companies and organizations in guiding them through the complex challenges of cybersecurity which represents enterprise, and not simply technological, risk.
Career
Sunny is a professor of law (adj.) at McGill University, where he has been teaching since 1994/95.
Publications
Sunny is widely published in legal literature and has authored and co-authored many books on information technology, communications law, copyright law and business
Chambers Review
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Sunny Handa advises his client base of technology companies on a broad range of matters, involving procurement, IP and privacy concerns. His expertise and counsel extend to both transactional and regulatory matters. Based in Montréal, Handa is the national head of both the firm's technology and communications law groups.
Sunny Handa is an experienced lawyer in the Montréal office of Blake, Cassels & Graydon. He serves clients engaged in a broad range of activities across the satellite and telecommunications sectors, frequently advising on regulatory, corporate and commercial matters.
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"Sunny is an immense asset for us - he is very well versed in his field and a true expert. He can talk legal or business interchangeably with no issue and he did a beyond outstanding job."
"He is the most brilliant, commercially savvy and personable lawyer I have ever worked with. He makes doing business with him and his team a great pleasure."
"He has my complete trust and confidence in all legal matters and he has been an invaluable resource for me for both business and legal issues."
"Sunny supports our team with a stellar level of accompaniment. He is always professional, flexible and business-sensitive."
"He is very prompt and a terrific advocate for us. We are really pleased and impressed."
"He is highly pragmatic and understands the legal basis as well as the clients that he is working with, and he approaches the guidance from an extremely commercial perspective to understand what the drivers are and to provide the appropriate results."
"Sunny has extensive knowledge, is practical and has the expertise and the business acumen to provide practical advice."
"He has a very measured approach combining legal and commercial knowledge with a real-world perspective."
"Sunny Handa is among a very small handful of attorneys I would entrust with a complex telecommunication question involving Canada. His guidance has invariably been perfect in my experience."
"Sunny is an immense asset for us - he is very well versed in his field and a true expert. He can talk legal or business interchangeably with no issue and he did a beyond outstanding job."
"He is the most brilliant, commercially savvy and personable lawyer I have ever worked with. He makes doing business with him and his team a great pleasure."
"He has my complete trust and confidence in all legal matters and he has been an invaluable resource for me for both business and legal issues."
"Sunny supports our team with a stellar level of accompaniment. He is always professional, flexible and business-sensitive."
"He is very prompt and a terrific advocate for us. We are really pleased and impressed."
"He is highly pragmatic and understands the legal basis as well as the clients that he is working with, and he approaches the guidance from an extremely commercial perspective to understand what the drivers are and to provide the appropriate results."
"Sunny has extensive knowledge, is practical and has the expertise and the business acumen to provide practical advice."
"He has a very measured approach combining legal and commercial knowledge with a real-world perspective."
"Sunny Handa is among a very small handful of attorneys I would entrust with a complex telecommunication question involving Canada. His guidance has invariably been perfect in my experience."
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