Lawyer Profile
Kiran Patel
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Kiran has a broad commercial litigation practice with a focus on arbitration, restructuring, construction and complex corporate/commercial disputes. He has been involved in a variety of cases, including litigation relating to major construction projects, technology, shareholder disputes, public procurement processes, performance management, supply contracts, transportation, leasing, competition and securities class actions.
Kiran has represented clients before all levels of courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, administrative tribunals, and both domestic and international commercial arbitration panels.
Before joining Blakes, Kiran spent three years as a management consultant at a global consulting firm, where he provided strategic advice to clients in a variety of industries. He uses his commercial experience to deliver practical and timely advice that is aligned with clients’ overall legal and business objectives.
A major telecommunications company in several commercial arbitration proceedings involving wireless technology and infrastructure
The pension plan administrator of the Sears Canada Inc. Registered Retirement Plan in Sears Canada’s liquidation under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA)
United States Steel Corporation in successfully asserting its US$2-billion claim against U.S. Steel Canada in which the court provided a fundamentally revised test for the distinction between debt and equity in an insolvency proceeding under the CCAAA major transportation company in multiple final-offer arbitration proceedings under the Canada Transportation Act
A group of U.S. funds in successfully dismissing a C$1.3-billion action relating to the sale and acquisition of a major telecommunications company
A technology company, as its lead counsel, in a dispute relating to the design, development and construction of a solar farm
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2010 (ON)