Fahad Siddiqui

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Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Toronto
Canada
T:+1 416 216 2424
Toronto
Canada
T:+1 416 216 2424
Fahad Siddiqui

Fahad Siddiqui

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Biography

Fahad Siddiqui leads our public strategy group. He advises clients on bet-the-company litigation, regulation, and reputational problems.

Fahad has been recognized as a leader in a range of subject areas across Canada. He is a Chambers- and Lexpert-ranked commercial litigator, the Canadian Lexpert Directory lists him as a “Leading Lawyer to Watch” in regulatory and public law, and he has been named a “Leading Lawyer Under 40.” Clients describe him as a "litigation star" who "analyses all potential avenues and options" and provides "excellent leadership" on challenging files (Chambers Canada Guide, 2025).

Fahad has successfully brought and defended cases involving contested legislation and regulatory decisions, M&A transactions, shareholder claims, proxy contests, board disputes, contract claims, insolvency disputes, and defamation claims. He recently obtained a rare stay in the Federal Court of Appeal of a new regulatory scheme with an estimated impact on industry of $200 million annually. 

Fahad previously served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and the High Court of Delhi. He then practised in New York City at a leading international firm.

Fahad maintains an active pro bono practice. He has served on the boards of and represented public interest organizations, including the Innocence Network, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers and the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario.

Professional experience

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J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School, 2013
M.A., School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2009
B.A., Trinity College, University of Toronto, 2007

  • Ontario 2014
  • Advises NASDAQ-, NYSE-, FTSE- and TSX-listed companies on strategic engagement with Canadian regulators and challenges to new legislation
  • Counsel to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Music in various challenges to new regulation under the Online Streaming Act (2024 FCA 217)
  • Obtained injunction restraining significant shareholder and former CEO of technology company from breaching standstill agreement (2024 ONSC 595)
  • Obtained order striking down new federal regulations with estimated impact of several billion dollars (2022 FCA 210)
  • Counsel to various municipalities in a range of disputes, including Charter claims
  • Succeeded in oppression arbitration on behalf of minority shareholder resulting in damages and sale of private business for several hundred million dollars
  • Defended $3-billion transaction for sale of shares in Highway 407 (2019 ONSC 4423)
  • Obtained injunctions restraining former insiders from engaging in shareholder activism and mandating return of confidential information and software code
  • Part of team that obtained order prohibiting acquisition of evidence in U.S. for use in $1 billion price-fixing class action (2017 ONSC 87, aff'd 2018 ONSC 1844)
  • Obtained videotaped apology, charitable donation, and significant damages award in defamation suit (2018 ONSC 3711, 2019 ONSC 2910)
  • Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, 2024 Litigation Trends, February 4, 2024
  • The Advocates' Society, The Art of Settlement, May 26, 2023
  • Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Technology, privacy and cybersecurity summit: Legal insights for a digital age, October 26, 2022
  • Ontario Bar Association, 21st Annual Charter Conference: Constitutional, Civil Liberties and Human Rights Law, October 12, 2022
  • Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association, Annual Conference, hosted fireside discussion with the Honourable Justice Mahmud Jamal, September 26, 2021
  • Ontario Bar Association and Roundtable of Diversity Associations, 6th Annual Diversity Conference, December 7, 2020
  • Runnymede Society, Appellate Litigation in Canada and the US: Former Supreme Court Clerks' Perspectives, October 21, 2020
  • Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, COVID-19: Building business resiliency in Canada - Legal considerations for the new normal (webinar), April 22, 2020
  • Association of Corporate Counsel, 6th Annual Securities Law Symposium (Toronto), "Potential Privilege Pitfalls for In-house Counsel," November 13, 2019
  • Canadian Bar Association 
  • Ontario Bar Association 
  • Law Society of Ontario
  • The Advocates' Society
  • English
  • French
  • Hindi
  • Urdu

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