About Navin
Navin is Co-Chair of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group, widely regarded as Canada’s preeminent competition law practice and recently named Competition Regional Firm of the Year – Americas by Global Competition Review. Navin is consistently ranked as one of Canada’s leading competition practitioners, including in Band 1 for Competition/Antitrust in Chambers Canada. He is described by clients and peers as “a total professional” who “sees the entire chessboard.” Client commentators also highlight that he “is proactive and gives very timely advice." Navin has previously been named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer magazine.
Navin has secured approvals for some of the most complex and high-profile transactions of the past decade. His clients rely on him for timely, practical and creative advice on domestic and multinational mergers, joint ventures, strategic alliances, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance investigations, class actions and compliance programs.
Navin is also considered one of the foremost experts on Canada's foreign investment laws and regulations, including the Investment Canada Act’s complicated set of provisions dealing with foreign investment reviews, national security issues, cultural businesses and state-owned enterprises.
He has secured approvals for foreign investment reviews in several high-stakes transactions and is generally regarded as a leader in the field by his peers. Among other relevant experiences, Navin is past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s national section dealing with foreign investment policy, has testified before Parliamentary committees on the Investment Canada Act and has written a leading textbook on the Investment Canada Act practice and policies.
Prior to joining Blakes in 2003, Navin practised for several years with a multinational law firm in Washington, D.C.
