Region Area

Lawyers

Sandy Walker

Sandy Walker

Dentons, Canada

Work Department

Competition and Antitrust; Energy

Position

Partner

Career

Sandy Walker is Co-Chair of the firm's National Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Practice Group. Sandy 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. She also advises on compliance issues relating to pricing, distribution and trade practices, as well as anticorruption matters under Canada's Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.

Sandy represents clients in an array of diverse industries such as mining, financial services, oil and gas, automotive, media, food and beverage, manufacturing, transportation and retail.

An active member of the Canadian Bar Association, Sandy is Chair of the Mergers Committee, Competition Law Section and is the former Chair of the Foreign Investment Review Committee. She is also Vice-Chair of the International Antitrust Committee of the American Bar Association's International Law Section and an active member of the Antitrust Law Section and regular speaker at ABA, CBA and other conferences.

Read Sandy’s full biography here.

Languages

English

Memberships

Vice-Chair, International Antitrust Committee, American Bar Association's International Law Section Former Chair, Mergers Committee of the National Competition Law Section, Canadian Bar Association Former Chair (2007 to 2009), Foreign Investment Review Committee of the National Competition Law Section, Canadian Bar Association Member, American Bar Association's Antitrust Law, International Law and Business Law Sections

Education

London School of Economics, LL.M. (with Merit) Queen's University, Honours B.A. (First Class) in Economics and Political Studies University of Toronto, LL.B.

Mentions

Canada

Competition and antitrust