Sandy Walker

First Year of Call
Ontario, 1988

Areas of Practice
Competition Law

Description
Sandy Walker is co-Chair of Dentons’ Competition and Foreign Investment Review group. She is recognized as one of Canada’s leading competition and Investment Canada Act lawyers. Sandy’s practice focuses on securing government approvals for mergers and acquisitions from the Competition Bureau, Investment Canada and other regulatory agencies, including navigating complex “net benefit to Canada” reviews and the national security review process on behalf of foreign investors, both state-owned and private sector. Sandy also provides strategic advice to clients on compliance issues arising from pricing, distribution and trade practices. She represents clients in a wide array of industries, including financial services, technology, mining, oil and gas, power, automotive, media and entertainment, food and beverage, manufacturing, transportation and retail.

Sandy is Past Chair and current member of the Executive Committee of the National Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section of the Canadian Bar Association. As Chair, Sandy led the Section’s participation in the Canadian government’s consultation on proposed changes to the Competition Act and appeared before the Parliamentary committee reviewing proposed amendments to the Investment Canada Act. Sandy is a former Chair of the Mergers Committee and of the Foreign Investment Review Committee. She has been a Vice-Chair of the International Antitrust Committee of the American Bar Association’s International Law Section, and is regularly a speaker on competition law and foreign investment topics at ABA, CBA, China Institute, Canada China Business Council and other conferences in North America, China and Europe.

Sandy is recognized as a leading lawyer by publications and rankings directories, including Chambers Canada, Who’s Who Legal – Canada, The Legal 500 Canada and Best Lawyers in Canada.