Sunny is a partner and National Practice Group Leader of both Blakes Technology Group and Communications Law Group collectively made up of over 20 lawyers. He has a substantial practice in mergers & acquisitions of technology, communications and lifesciences/biotech companies and in advising foreign technology companies on entry into Canada. In addition to corporate and commercial matters, he also advises clients on regulatory compliance matters relating to communications (telecommunications and broadcasting) matters, technology matters and data issues. Sunny has been extremely active as senior breach counsel over the past four years in assisting clients (private companies, public companies and government organizations) in responding to high profile and complex cyber attacks and data breaches and is responsible for Blakes annual Cyber Trends Study. Sunny is a professor of law (adj.) at McGill University where he has taught for the past 30 years and has authored/co-authored over 15 books on technology and communications law and business, a number of which have been cited with approval by the courts including the Supreme Court of Canada.
On February 7, 2017, Trilogy International Partners Inc. (formerly Alignvest Acquisition Corporation) (TSX:AQX.A)(TSX:AQX.WT) (“Trilogy”) completed its qualifying acquisition under which Trilogy effected a business combination with Trilogy International Partners LLC by way of a court approved plan of arrangement.
