Stephen Nattrass
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Related services and key industries
Related services
- Antitrust and competition
- Business ethics and anti-corruption
- Cartels and antitrust investigations
- Regulation and investigations
- Risk advisory
- Sanctions and export controls
- White-collar crime
- Crisis management
- WTO and international trade
- Food and agribusiness
- Litigation and disputes
- Cybersecurity and data privacy
Biography
Stephen Nattrass' practice focuses on a variety of regulatory issues, primarily related to business ethics and anti-corruption, anti-trust and competition, economic sanctions and international trade, privacy, and procurement.
Stephen conducts internal investigations, performs due diligence on transactions and counterparties, designs and audits codes of ethics and compliance programs, and provides training on compliance with the CFPOA, the Criminal Code, and similar anti-corruption legislation. He conducts internal investigations that span multiple jurisdictions and involve working with local legal counsel to ensure a coordinated approach with authorities and stakeholders.
Stephen also regularly advises on economic sanctions and trade issues, including coordinating such advice with colleagues in other jurisdictions so that clients benefit from a coordinated approach.
His competition law experience includes reviews of mergers and acquisitions, and he works on reviewable practices such as refusal to deal and abuse of dominant position, as well as criminal and civil conspiracy, bid-rigging and restraint of trade issues. He has attended at client offices during dawn raids by the Competition Bureau.
His privacy and anti-spam practice includes reviewing and updating privacy policies, employee handbooks, and procedures to ensure compliance with various federal and provincial privacy statues, with both private sector clients and crown corporations. His access to information work includes both making and defending against requests at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels.
Chambers Canada has recognized Stephen Nattrass in its "Up and Coming" category for White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations. He is also an integral member of our white-collar crime, and regulatory, and investigations team, which is also ranked Band 1 by Chambers Canada.
Professional experience
Collapse allLL.B., University of Ottawa, 2010
B.Sc., University of the Fraser Valley, 2006
- Ontario 2011
Stephen has acted in the following matters:
- Representing companies and their senior management in negotiations with INT and appearing before the World Bank Sanctions Board, which ultimately significantly reduced the proposed period of debarment.
- Interacting with the RCMP, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, and other global regulators.
- Engaging with a variety of federal regulators, including the government’s procurement Integrity Regime, the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, and the Competition Bureau.
- Conducted compliance due diligence exercises (anti-corruption, economic sanctions, export control, etc.) during M&A processes and as part of regularly scheduled compliance audits.
- Advised Canadian affiliates of major European infrastructure development and construction company in the design, development, and implementation of an anti-crime and anti-corruption compliance program, including a compliance risk assessment review and report.
- Regularly advising multinational companies on anti-corruption, sanctions, and trade compliance issues, including due diligence reviews and drafting policies and procedures.
- Chambers Canada, Nationwide: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Chambers and Partners, 2025
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Law Society of Ontario
Insights
Canada tables Bill C-70 creating Foreign Influence Transparency Registry
Publication | May 28, 2024
Waiving privilege in regulatory investigations
Publication | October 02, 2023
Sanctions Regime: Overview (Canada)
Publication | May 01, 2023