Chanakya Sethi
Partner @Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
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WORK HISTORY
Partner @Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Notable matters include: • successfully acting for Shaw Communications Inc. in a landmark trial before the Competition Tribunal, and subsequent appeal before the Federal Court of Appeal, challenging the company’s C$26-billion merger with Rogers Communications Inc; this was the largest case ever heard by the Tribunal and the first pre-closing merger challenge to go to trial before the Tribunal; • acting for McKesson to defend a high-profile proposed class action brought by the Province of British Columbia on behalf of all Canadian provincial governments, as well as the Federal government, against manufacturers and distributors of opioids seeking to recover health care costs related to the opioid crisis; • acting as Canadian counsel for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. in defence of an adversary proceeding under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code relating to the historic February 2021 winter storm in Texas and the resulting extraordinary demands on the state\'s power grid; • acting for FTI Consulting Canada Inc. in its capacity as court-appointed monitor of Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited in proceedings under the Companies\' Creditors Arrangement Act and Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
EDUCATION
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
J.D.
Upper Canada College
International Baccalaureate
Princeton University
A.B., Politics
Yale Law School
LL.M.
ABOUT CHANAKYA SETHI
Chan has been battle tested in numerous high-stakes trials and appeals in Canada and the…
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