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CurrentSandy Walker has extensive experience in competition and antitrust law matters and is recognized as one of the country’s leading Investment Canada Act specialists. Her practice focuses on securing regulatory approvals for mergers from the Competition Bureau, Investment Canada and other regulatory agencies and on counselling businesses on competition compliance relating to pricing, distribution and trade practices.Sandy represents clients in an array of diverse industries such as mining, technology, financial services, oil and gas, automotive, media, food and beverage, manufacturing, transportation and retail.An active member of the Canadian Bar Association, Sandy is currently on the Executive Committee of the CBA's Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section as Past Chair and formerly chaired the Section's Mergers Committee and the Foreign Investment Review Committee. She was previously a Vice-Chair of the International Antitrust Committee of the American Bar Association’s International Law Section and is a regular speaker at ABA, CBA and other conferences on competition law and foreign investment.Sandy is recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers as a leading competition and foreign investment review (Investment Canada) lawyer in Canada, Expert Guides to Women in Business Law and Who's Who Legal for Competition. She has authored numerous articles on competition law and foreign investment review (including state-owned investors), as well as a book on trade law. For several years, Sandy was also an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, lecturing on European Union competition and trade law.
