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Alysha Pannu

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Alysha Pannu advises clients on all aspects of  competition law, including merger review, abuse of dominance and compliance matters. She has extensive experience working on complex and high-profile merger transactions and has extensive experience with e-discovery, including complying with supplementary information requests (SIRs) and section eleven orders under the Competition Act. Alysha also advises clients on foreign investment reviews under the Investment Canada Act.

Prior to joining Bennett Jones, Alysha articled at another large, national Canadian law firm and worked at the Mergers Directorate of the Competition Bureau where she reviewed high-profile mergers under the Competition Act.

Alysha is an active member of the Canadian Bar Association (Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section) and the American Bar Association (Antitrust Law Section). She is Vice-Chair of the Canadian Bar Association Competition Law Section's Young Lawyers Committee and is a member of the ABA Antitrust Law Section Young Lawyers Division's Advisory Board. She also serves as a Liaison to the ABA Young Lawyers Division on behalf of the Antitrust Law Section in her role as Young Lawyer Representative.

Education

University of Ottawa, BSs (Hons.), 2013, magna cum laude Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, MA, 2017 University of Ottawa, JD, 2017, cum laude and dean's honour list Osgoode Hall Law School, Intellectual Property Licensing Certificate, 2017

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Ontario, 2018

Recent Experience

Cresco Labs Inc. in its US$2-billion acquisition of Columbia Care Inc., making Cresco the second-largest cannabis producer and retailer in the U.S. at the time of the transaction.
MacEwen Petroleum Inc. in connection with its acquisition of the Quickie retail gas and convenience store business.
Competition counsel to Tervita Corporation in its merger with SECURE Energy Services Inc. to create a combined company with an implied total enterprise value of $2.3 billion.
Canadian counsel to Allergan plc., a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company, regarding all competition law matters and filings in its acquisition by AbbVie Inc. for US$63 billion (The Deal Awards 2020 Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech Deal of the Year)
Clover Leaf Holding Company and Connors Bros. Clover Leaf Seafoods Company, affiliates of Bumble Bee Foods, in the US$925-million sale of substantially all of their assets to FCF Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., in its acquisition of Bombardier Inc.'s Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) series aircraft program for approximately US$550 million.
Fiserv, Inc., in its acquisition of First Data in a transaction valued at approximately US$22 billion, to create a leading payments and financial technology provider.
Stone Canyon Industries Holdings LLC and Kissner Group Holdings, as Canadian counsel, in their US$3.2-billion agreement to acquire K+S Aktiengesellschaft's North and South American salt business, including Morton Salt and Windsor Salt.
Leyou Technologies Holdings (and its Canadian operating subsidiary Digital Extremes) in regard to the offer by Tencent Holdings Ltd. of China to buy HKSE-listed Leyou in an all-cash deal, valuing the company at up to HKD11.61 billion (US$1.5 billion).
Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, as competition counsel, in its $1-billion acquisition, together with a coalition of Mi'kmaq First Nations, of Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated.
Mylan N.V. in its agreement with Pfizer Inc. to combine with Upjohn, Pfizer’s off-patent branded and generic established medicines business, creating a new global pharmaceutical company, Viatris Inc.
Tiffany & Co. in its US$15.8-billion sale to LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, a global luxury jewelry company. 
Bristol-Myers Squibb, as Canadian antitrust counsel, in its US$74-billion acquisition of Celgene Corp.

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A Primer on the Amendments to Canada's Abuse of Dominance Provisions

December 02, 2022
       

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Canadian Competition Act Reform: First Round of Significant Amendments

May 05, 2022
       

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Cresco Labs Acquires Columbia Care in US$2-billion Deal

March 23, 2022
       

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