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Overview

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

Zee is recognized by Chambers Canada, Who's Who Legal and Best Lawyers in Canada publications for Competition and Antitrust Law. Chambers Canada and Who's Who Legal have each described him as a "rising star" of the Canadian bar. 

Zee is an active member of the Canadian Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is the 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. He is also a Vice Chair of the International Comments and Policy Committee of the Antitrust Law Section of the American Bar Association.

Client Work

MidOcean Energy, an LNG company formed and managed by EIG, in its acquisition from PETRONAS of an interest in LNG Canada and the North Montney Joint Venture
TriWest Capital Partners in connection with the sale of its portfolio group of companies, Fraser River Pile & Dredge, to Bird Construction 
Plains All American Pipeline in its C$5.15-billion sale of its NGL business to Keyera
Canadian Natural Resources Limited in its US$6.5-billion acquisition of Chevron's Alberta assets, including the Athabasca Oil Sands Project and Duvernay sale assets
Heartland Generation in its C$658-million sale to TransAlta
Francisco Partners, as Canadian counsel, in its take-private restructuring of Movella

Recognitions & Awards

Chambers Canada

Competition/Antitrust

Chambers Global

Band 5, Competition/Antitrust

Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

Repeatedly Recommended, Competition Law

Best Lawyers in Canada

Ones to Watch, Competition/Antitrust Law

Who's Who Legal

Recognized globally as a Competition Future Leader in Canada

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • Queen's University, BSc (Mathematics and Engineering), 2007
  • University of Toronto, MA, (Economics), 2008
  • Queen's University, JD, 2011

Bar Admissions

  • Ontario, 2012

News, Events & Speaking Engagements

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Chambers Global Ranks Bennett Jones Lawyers in 2025 Guide

February 13, 2025
Melanie L. AitkenAbbas Ali KhanSabrina A. Bandali
& 40 more
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Bennett Jones Top Ranked in Chambers Canada 2025

September 26, 2024
Aaron E. SonshineAbbas Ali KhanAdam Kalbfleisch
& 93 more