Ankita is an associate in the Disputes Group of our Toronto office.
She completed her J.D. at Osgoode Hall Law School, where she graduated in the top 2% of her class with several academic honours, and her LL.M. at Harvard Law School, where she was awarded multiple Dean’s Scholar Prizes and the Dean’s Award for Community Leadership.
Prior to joining Osler, Ankita served as a law clerk at the Court of Appeal for Ontario for Justice Sarah E. Pepall, Justice David M. Brown and Justice Benjamin Zarnett, and at the Supreme Court of Canada for Chief Justice Richard Wagner.
Areas of Expertise
Representative Work
- First Quality Enterprises LLC
First Quality Enterprises in its acquisition of Domtar’s Pulp and Paper Mill in Dryden, Ontario
First Quality Enterprises in its acquisition of Domtar’s Pulp and Paper Mill in Dryden, Ontario
Media Mentions
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Osler News April 4, 2025
Osler lawyers recognized by Pro Bono Ontario in 2024 ‘Honour Roll’
Osler is proud to announce that 15 of the firm’s lawyers have made Pro Bono Ontario’s third annual Honour Roll, which recognizes the...
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Osler News August 1, 2024
Ankita Gupta appointed to Young Advocates Standing Committee
Ankita Gupta, an associate in the Disputes Group in our Toronto office, has been appointed to the Young Advocates Standing Committee (YASC) of The...
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Osler News March 6, 2024
Pro Bono Ontario’s 2023 ‘Honour Roll’ includes 13 Osler lawyers
Pro Bono Ontario named 13 Osler lawyers to its second annual Honour Roll.
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Community Involvement
- Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights (CLAIHR), Director
- Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, National Rapporteur
Speaking and Writing
Published Work
“The Impact of Private Climate Change Litigation and Recent Competition Act Amendments on the Canadian Energy Sector: Regulatory and Legal Developments Shaping the Path Forward”, Alberta Law Review, Volume 63, Issue 2, November 2025 (Co-authored).
“Bursting the Privacy Bubble: The Right to be Forgotten and the Google Reference” (2022) The Advocates Quarterly 52:3 at 368 (co-authored).
“Shareholder Engagement and Voting in Canada” in Chao Xi, Harpreet Kaur, Christoph Van der Elst & Anne Lafarre, Handbook of Comparative Shareholder Engaging and Voting (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2022) (co-authored).
“Walkovszky v. Carlton” in Anne Choike, Usha R. Rodrigues & Kelli Alces Williams, Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Corporate Law (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2023) (co-authored).
Credentials
Education
- Harvard Law School, LL.M.
- Osgoode Hall Law School, J.D.
- University of Toronto, BBA (Finance)
Languages
- English
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Ontario
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- The Advocates' Society
