Navin Joneja > Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
199 BAY STREET
SUITE 4000, COMMERCE COURT WEST
TORONTO, ONTARIO M5L 1A9
Canada

Work Department

Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment; International Trade & Investment

Position

Navin is a Partner and Co-Chairs the Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. He provides 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. Over the past nearly twenty 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: Secure/Tervita, Superior Plus/Certarus, Praxair Inc./Linde AG; Elanco/Bayer; GSK/Novartis; Penguin/Random House; and Visa.

Career

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.

Memberships

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.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Competition and antitrust

The practice at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP is well-equipped to handle advisory and contentious competition law matters, and is routinely retained by domestic and international companies seeking assistance with merger reviews, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance cases and competition law class actions. Toronto-based practice co-heads Navin Joneja and Julie Soloway demonstrate across-the-board experience in competition matters; Joneja previously chaired the Canadian Bar Association’s national competition law section, while Soloway has held a leadership position in the American Bar Association’s antitrust section for over a decade. Additional key partner-level figures include Brian FaceyRandall HofleyRobert Kwinter, Kevin MacDonald and Cassandra Brown for their expertise in mergers, litigation and foreign investment matters. The group was strengthened with the arrival of partner Jonathan Bitran, previously at McCarthy Tétrault, in August 2023.