Sanjay M. Joshi

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About

Sanjay Joshi has practiced securities law with some of the world’s largest corporate law firms for over 20 years. He regularly manages significant multi-jurisdictional M&A and corporate finance transactions, as well as Canadian and US public company listings. 

Sanjay’s practice is principally focused on technology-based corporate finance and M&A. He regularly assists clients with technology-based specializations including: AgTech; AI technologies; global biotechnology and drug development; as well as US omni-channel platforms in the health, wellness and the QoL health sciences field. He acts as lead corporate counsel for, among others, an international large-scale indoor and vertical farm, several healthcare brands and a large scale US retail skincare line. Additionally, Sanjay advises numerous global companies in all aspects of their stock exchange listings and capital raising issues. 

Sanjay is currently listed as a leading lawyer for ‎Corporate Law by both the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and Best Lawyers in Canada. Sanjay was previously named to Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers ‎Under 40 (Top 40 Under 40) and listed in the Lexpert Guide of Leading ‎US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers, among other distinctions. Additionally, he was an adjunct ‎professor at the Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Canada for several years where he ‎taught Advanced Securities Law.

Bar admissionsBritish Columbia, 2000Ontario, 2002
Languages
  • English
Education
  • LL.B., Queen's University, 1999
  • B.A., Simon Fraser University, 1995

Awards

  • Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law), 2022-2024
  • Listed as a “Lawyer to Watch” in The Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers, 2008
  • Listed as one of Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading lawyers under 40, 2007
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, (Corporate Mid-Market) 2023-2024 

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Law Society of Ontario
  • Member, Law Society of British Columbia
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association
  • Former adjunct professor teaching advanced securities law, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University 2008 to 2011

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