Alysha Pannu

Associate, Competition/Antitrust and Foreign Investment

Toronto

(416) 862-6512 

[email protected]

Bar Admission: Ontario, 2018 |

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Alysha Pannu is an associate in Osler’s Competition/Antitrust, Foreign Investment, and International Trade Group, focusing on competition/antitrust and foreign investment matters. 

Alysha advises clients on all aspects of competition law, including merger review, abuse of dominance and compliance matters. Alysha has extensive experience working on complex and high-profile merger transactions, advising clients on potentially anti-competitive business practices, and providing strategic advice to clients regarding investigations and other compliance matters under the Competition Act. She also regularly provides advice to clients on marketing/advertising law matters. 

In her foreign investment review practice, Alysha advises clients on national security, net benefit and cultural sector reviews under the Investment Canada Act.

Prior to joining Osler, Alysha worked at another Canadian law firm. She also worked at the Mergers Directorate of the Canadian Competition Bureau where she reviewed high-profile mergers under the Competition Act.

Alysha serves in leadership roles in both the Canadian Bar Association and the American Bar Association. She is Vice-Chair of the Unilateral Conduct Committee of the Antitrust Law Section of the American Bar Association and is Vice-Chair of the Canadian Bar Association Competition Law Section's Reviewable Matters/Unilateral Conduct Committee.

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Representative Work

 

Prior to joining Osler:
  • Quebecor Inc. and Videotron Ltd., as competition counsel, in the sale of Freedom Mobile Inc. by Shaw Communications to Quebecor, in connection with the proposed acquisition of Shaw by Rogers Communications Inc.
  • Competition counsel to Tervita Corporation in its merger with SECURE Energy Services Inc. to create a combined company with an implied total enterprise value of $2.3 billion.
  • Canadian counsel to Allergan plc., a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company, regarding all competition law matters and filings in its acquisition by AbbVie Inc. for US$63 billion (The Deal Awards 2020 Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech Deal of the Year)
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb, as Canadian antitrust counsel, in its US$74-billion acquisition of Celgene Corp.
  • MacEwen Petroleum Inc. in connection with its acquisition of the Quickie retail gas and convenience store business.
  • Leyou Technologies Holdings (and its Canadian operating subsidiary Digital Extremes) in regard to the offer by Tencent Holdings Ltd. of China to buy HKSE-listed Leyou in an all-cash deal, valuing the company at up to HKD11.61 billion (US$1.5 billion).
  • Fiserv, Inc., in its acquisition of First Data in a transaction valued at approximately US$22 billion, to create a leading payments and financial technology provider.
  • Stone Canyon Industries Holdings LLC and Kissner Group Holdings, as Canadian counsel, in their US$3.2-billion agreement to acquire K+S Aktiengesellschaft’s North and South American salt business, including Morton Salt and Windsor Salt.
  • Mylan N.V. in its agreement with Pfizer Inc. to combine with Upjohn, Pfizer’s off-patent branded and generic established medicines business, creating a new global pharmaceutical company, Viatris Inc.
  • Tiffany & Co. in its US$15.8-billion sale to LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, a global luxury jewelry company.
  • Signify, as Canadian antitrust counsel in connection with its $1.4-billion acquisition of the lighting business of Eaton Corporation.
  • Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, as competition counsel, in its $1-billion acquisition, together with a coalition of Mi’kmaq First Nations, of Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated.
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Awards and Recognition

  • Recognized as “One to Watch” in Competition/Antitrust Law

    —Best Lawyers

Credentials

Education

  • University of Ottawa, J.D. (cum laude)
  • Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, MA
  • University of Ottawa, B Ss. (magna cum laude)

Languages

  • English

Professional Affiliations

  • Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Vice-Chair of the CBA Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section’s Reviewable Matters/Unilateral Conduct Committee
  • American Bar Association (ABA), Vice-Chair of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law’s Unilateral Conduct Committee

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