Chetan has broad experience in legal management, contract drafting and litigation within the technology sector. His sector focus includes component manufacturing and global supply, as well as digital regulation.
Recent successes as General Counsel include winning a jurisdiction motion with costs against a multinational U.S. conglomerate, and securing settlement against an international distributor for the full value of a machinery contract. Chetan has also worked as corporate counsel in complex ecosystems involving PE firms, Crown partners and regulators. His critical infrastructure work includes incidence response for energy providers, financial institutions, and ships at sea. In addition, Chetan has represented multiple CSE-listed companies in $40M+ international disputes, and secured favorable outcomes on key issues of jurisdiction and evidence. His courtroom experience also includes matters involving debt-priority against a Schedule I bank, corporate governance malfeasance, and insurance coverage.
Chetan is an IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), with designations including CIPP/C, CIPP/US, CIPP/E and CIPM. He is admitted to the Bars of Ontario, New York State, and Massachusetts, and is a former law clerk of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal. Chetan has earned law degrees from Queen’s University (J.D. 2010) and University College London (LL.M. 2011).
Outside of paid legal engagements, Chetan enjoys volunteering for Pro Bono Ontario. He is also a guitarist, audiophile, and signal processing enthusiast (mostly analogue) interested in metaphysics and spiritual inquiry.