Evidence of meeting #74 for Industry, Science and Technology in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was investors.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Subrata Bhattacharjee  Partner and National Chair, Competition and Foreign Investment Review Group, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, As an Individual
Chris Hersh  Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, As an Individual
Navin Joneja  Partner and Co-Chair, Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group, Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP, As an Individual
Joshua Krane  Partner, Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment, McMillan LLP

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Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, As an Individual

Chris Hersh

It's the same as Mr. Bhattacharjee.

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NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Mr. Joneja.

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Partner and Co-Chair, Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group, Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP, As an Individual

Navin Joneja

Yes, it's a wide range.

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NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Mr. Krane.

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Partner, Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment, McMillan LLP

Joshua Krane

It's the same with me, yes.

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NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Okay. These are all big fish.

Have you represented foreign state-owned companies acquiring Canadian corporations? If so, from which country?

Go ahead, Mr. Bhattacharjee.

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Partner and National Chair, Competition and Foreign Investment Review Group, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, As an Individual

Subrata Bhattacharjee

I have. I advised the Abu Dhabi Energy Corporation in I think the mid-2000s.

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NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Mr. Hersh.

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Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, As an Individual

Chris Hersh

I have. Due to client confidentiality, that's all I can get into right now.

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NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

You can't tell me the country.

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Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, As an Individual

Chris Hersh

It's a range of countries—Asia, China, the Middle East.

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NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Mr. Joneja.

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Partner and Co-Chair, Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group, Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP, As an Individual

Navin Joneja

Yes. It's the same for me as well.

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NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Which countries are they specifically, sir?

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Partner and Co-Chair, Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group, Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP, As an Individual

Navin Joneja

The Middle East—

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NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Which countries in the Middle East?

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Partner and Co-Chair, Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group, Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP, As an Individual

Navin Joneja

One was Kuwait, in the Middle East.

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NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Were there any other ones?

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Partner and Co-Chair, Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group, Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP, As an Individual

Navin Joneja

I don't recall any other state-owned foreign government ones.

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NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

You don't recall.

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Partner and Co-Chair, Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group, Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP, As an Individual

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NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Mr. Krane.

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Partner, Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment, McMillan LLP

Joshua Krane

The major transactions that I've worked on are available in my bio on my website, Mr. Green. You're welcome to—

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NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

I'm asking you right now in committee, sir, for the purpose of your testimony, thanks. I don't feel like googling.

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Partner, Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment, McMillan LLP

Joshua Krane

Sure. That's no problem.

I've acted for state-owned companies from Asia, from Europe and from the Middle East as well.