Executive Committee
Subrata Bhattacherjee
Subrata Bhattacharjee is Co-Chair of Heenan Blaike's National Trade and Competition Group and a partner in the Toronto Litigation Group. Subrata focuses his practice on all aspects of competition/antitrust law, foreign investment law and regulatory litigation, including quasi-criminal and constitutional matters. He regularly provides counsel on merger clearance, cartel and other contentious and compliance matters under the Canadian Competition Act. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Canada, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal and before all levels of court in the Province of Ontario. Subrata has considerable experience in the media, entertainment and pharmaceutical industries. Subrata carries on an extensive foreign investment practice, and advises non-Canadian investors on Canadian foreign investment issues under the Investment Canada Act and other federal legislation. In this regard, he has advised foreign buyers, including state-owned enterprises, on some of the most high profile foreign takeovers in recent years. He is actively involved in the firm’s International Business practice, and leads its India initiative. Subrata teaches competition law at the Dalhousie Law School, Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he has held a part-time faculty appointment since 2001. He was also appointed as a Special Lecturer in trial advocacy at the Faculty of Law, Queen's University (1999-2001). He publishes and speaks widely on competition/antitrust law issues, foreign investment regulation and related topics, both domestically and internationally. Past speaking engagements have included the Annual Antitrust Spring Meeting of the American Bar Association, the Annual Fall Conference on Competition Law organized by the Canadian Bar Association and numerous other programs. Subrata is an active member of the American Bar Association (Antitrust and Litigation Sections) and the Canadian Bar Association (Competition Law Section). Subrata is currently Chair of the Criminal Matters Committee of the CBA Competition Law Section, Vice-Chair of the Competition Law and Policy Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and a Vice-Chair of the Distribution and Franchising Committee of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association. As a 1995 recipient of a Harold G. Fox Scholarship, Subrata spent a year in London, UK at the Inns of Court (Brick Court Chambers and 4 Pump Court). Subrata has been recognized as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in his areas of expertise in the most recent editions of Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Chambers Global The World’s Leading Lawyers, Practical Law Company's Cross-Border Competition and Cross-Border Leniency Handbooks, and other peer-rated surveys. Subrata was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 in 2006 by Lexpert Magazine, and as one of the “Litigation Lawyers to Watch” (Competition Law) in the 2007 Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada. In 2008, Subrata was named by the Global Competition Review as one of the world’s top 40 competition lawyers under 40. Education
Post Graduate Diploma in EU Law, Kings College, 1996 LL.B., Dalhousie University, 1993 B.A., Dalhousie University, 1990 B.Sc., Dalhousie University, 1989 Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association Canadian Bar Association International Bar Association The Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario) | 
