Overview

Davit D. Akman is a partner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP in Toronto and chairs the firm's Competition and Foreign Investment Group. He advises on Canadian and cross-border mergers, cartels and criminal investigations, private competition actions and class actions, abuse of dominance, advertising and marketing, Investment Canada Act matters, critical minerals, and competition litigation. His work has included matters before the Supreme Court of Canada and the Competition Tribunal, as well as transactions and investigations involving aerospace, defence, mining, technology, and other regulated sectors. Akman clerked for Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour, earned an LLB from the University of Toronto and a BA from Queen's University, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2001. Cassels lists him at 416-869-5475 and dakman@cassels.com. He joined Cassels as a partner in late 2021 after practising at BLG, resolving the former Toronto listing.

Practice Areas

• Competition and Foreign Investment
• Class Actions
• Intellectual Property
• Litigation
• Mining
• U.S. Cross-Border
• Aerospace and Defence

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2001 (ON)