Zirjan Derwa
Global Guide 2024
Band 5 : Competition/Antitrust
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416.777.6442Share profile
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About
Provided by Zirjan Derwa
Practice Areas
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.
Career
Accepted to the Ontario bar, 2012.
Personal
Zee is an active member of the Canadian Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is a Vice 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.
Chambers Review
Global
Zirjan Derwa is held in high esteem for advising clients from the financial services and technology sectors on merger clearance and foreign direct investment mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He takes great care to understand how our business works and what our ultimate objectives are in any particular matter, and he then incorporates that understanding in practical, timely guidance."
"He is extremely knowledgeable and diligent. He can also explain complex matters in plain English."
"He takes great care to understand how our business works and what our ultimate objectives are in any particular matter, and he then incorporates that understanding in practical, timely guidance."
"He is extremely knowledgeable and diligent. He can also explain complex matters in plain English."