Subrata Bhattacharjee

Partner and National Chair, Competition and Foreign Investment Review Group

Toronto
SBhattacharjee@blg.com
416.367.6371

Subrata is national chair of the firm’s Competition and Foreign Investment Review group and national business leader of the firm's Corporate Commercial group. He is recognized for providing strategic competition, foreign investment and regulatory advice to global corporations on complex matters of high reputational and commercial significance.

He has been described by Who's Who Legal as "among the very best lawyers in Canada".

Subrata focuses his practice on all aspects of Canadian competition/antitrust law, foreign investment law, regulatory litigation and public policy advice. He is particularly focused on the data, media and technology sectors, including major global digital platforms, and has been called a "go-to" lawyer for work in this area (Who's Who Legal).

Subrata has consistently been named as one of Canada’s leading competition/antitrust lawyers in the most prominent international and domestic peer review surveys.

He has led the defence of clients in major international and domestic cartel investigations and related litigation, including class actions, cleared major multi-jurisdictional and domestic mergers in virtually all industry sectors, and provided advice on other contentious and compliance matters under the Canadian Competition Act.

Subrata carries on an extensive foreign investment practice, and has advised non-Canadian investors (including state-owned enterprises) on Canadian foreign investment issues under the Investment Canada Act and other federal policies/legislation, including complex cultural investment and national security reviews. He is recognized for providing high-level advice on government relations, regulatory strategy and policy issues to global and domestic clients, particularly in the media and technology sectors.

Testimonials

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Experience - Regulatory & Strategic Advice

  • Netflix, Inc. on the application of the federal Online Streaming Act and subsequent proceedings before the Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
  • A major global digital platform on the application of federal Online News Act to its Canadian service.
  • Netflix, Inc. on the regulatory aspects of the establishment of its Canadian service, its subsequent C$500 million Canadian production investment and establishment of Netflix Canada.

Experience - Mergers and Joint Ventures

  • Skydance Media on the Canadian aspects of its US$ 8 billion merger with Paramount Global (entertainment).
  • A global liner shipping company on the formation of a global operation collaboration (transportation.)
  • Global Fuels in its C$640 million acquisition of the Canadian retail fuel business of Greenergy International Ltd. (energy).

Experience - Competition Class Actions, Agency Investigations and Cartel Defence

  • Amazon in the Competition Bureau “online reviews” inquiry under the deceptive marketing provisions of the Competition Act.
  • Amazon in multiple Canadian class action proceedings related to third party seller pricing policies (including DiFederico v. Amazon et al – Federal Court of Canada).
  • Samsung Electronics Corporation, Samsung Electronics America and Samsung Electronics Canada in multiple Canadian class action proceedings related to the sale and supply of DRAM (DRAM II).

Beyond Our Walls

Professional Involvement

  • Director, Netflix Canada
  • Director, Scanline VFX Canada
  • Appointed Non-Governmental Advisor (NGA) to International Competition Network – ICN Cartel Working Group (SG1 and SG2)
  • Appointed, Presidential Transition Task Force, American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section, 2024-2025
  • Past Member, Long Range Planning Committee, American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section, 2023-2024
  • Co-chair, Section Influence Task Force, American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section, 2021-2023
  • Officer, American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section, 2018-2021
  • Council, American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section, 2015-2018
  • Past Co-Chair, Committee Operations, American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section, 2012-2015
  • Past Member, Long Range Planning Committee, American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section, 2011-2012
  • Past Chair, Distribution & Franchising Committee, American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section, 2009-2011
  • Chair, Canadian Chamber of Commerce Competition Law & Policy Committee
  • Past Chair, Criminal Matters Committee, Canadian Bar Association, Competition Law Section, 2008-2009

Community Involvement

  • Part-time Faculty (Competition Law), Dalhousie Law School, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2001-2011
  • Special Lecturer, Trial Advocacy, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, 1999-2001

Awards & Recognitions

  • Recognized in the 2025 and previous editions of Chambers GlobalThe World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Competition/Antitrust).
  • Recognized in the 2025 and previous editions of Chambers CanadaCanada's Leading Lawyers for Business (Competition/Antitrust - Nationwide).
  • Recognized in the 2025 and previous editions of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Competition Law, Class Actions, Corporate Commercial Law).
  • Recognized in the 2025 and previous editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Competition/Antitrust Law and Class Action Litigation).
  • Recognized in the 2024 and previous editions of Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Competition Law).
  • Recognized in the 2024 edition (and since 2023) of Lexpert Special Edition: Technology and Health Sciences.

Bar Admission & Education

  • Ontario, 1995
  • Post Graduate Diploma in EU Law, King's College London, 1996
  • Fox Scholar, Middle Temple, London, U.K., 1995
  • LLB, Dalhousie University, 1993
  • BA, Dalhousie University, 1990
  • BSc, Dalhousie University, 1989