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Year called to bar: 1998 (ON)
Navin is Co-Chair and a Partner in the Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. He provides highly valued strategic advice on domestic and multinational mergers, joint ventures, strategic alliances, cartels, abuse of dominance investigations, class actions and compliance programs. He is considered a leading expert on Canada's competition, antitrust and foreign investment laws and regulations. Navin is continuously recognized as a leading competition law practitioner in all major directories and publications. In 2021, Navin was named one of Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Business Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer Magazine for his work on complex regulatory matters. Navin is a past Chair of the National Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section of the Canadian Bar Association, and is regularly involved in antitrust programs in Canada and internationally. Over the past twenty-plus years, clients have valued his practical and thoughtful approach to navigating Canada’s competition and foreign investment laws, often in coordination with reviews in other jurisdictions. Notable matters include: Novo Nordisk / Catalent, Waste Management / Stericycle, Superior Plus/Certarus, Google/Fitbit, Elanco/Bayer and many others.
On July 31, 2019, Oldcastle Building Products Canada, Inc. (Oldcastle) completed its acquisition of the operating assets of Abbotsford Concrete Products Ltd. (ACP) and its affiliates.
On February 28, 2019, Tilray, Inc. (“Tilray”), a global leader in cannabis research, cultivation, production and distribution, acquired through a subsidiary all of the issued and outstanding securities of FHF Holdings Ltd. (doing business as “Manitoba Harvest”) from Compass Group Diversified Holdings, LLC (“Compass”) and other shareholders of Manitoba Harvest, by way of a plan of arrangement pursuant to the Business Corporation Act (British Columbia).
On September 5, 2018, Canopy Growth Corp. (Canopy), the largest licensed producer of regulated cannabis in the world, completed its acquisition of Hiku Brands Company Ltd. (Hiku) by way of plan of arrangement (the Arrangement).
On May 1, 2018, Scotiabank announced the completion of its $950 million acquisition of Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd. to create the third-largest Canadian active asset manager with $166 billion in assets under management (as of December 31, 2017).
On December 2, 2016, DP World Limited (DP World) entered into a joint venture with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to create an investment platform focused on investing in ports and terminals globally (excluding the UAE).
On November 21, 2016, Axium Infrastructure (“Axium”) acquired a 100 per cent equity interest in an 84 MWAC (110 MWDC) solar portfolio from Renewable Energy Trust Capital (“RET”).
On October 3, 2016, Laurentian Bank of Canada (Laurentian Bank) announced the completion of its acquisition of the Canadian equipment financing and corporate financing activities of CIT Group Inc. (CIT), a portfolio valued at approximately $1 billion (the Acquisition).
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corporation, acquired the holding company of The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada and Standard Life Investments Inc. from Standard Life plc in consideration for a payment of CAD$4 billion in cash.
