Shawn C. D. Neylan

Shawn Neylan is a partner who advises businesses in relation to business crime laws. He concentrates his practice on Canadian federal regulatory and criminal laws with regard to anti-corruption, national security, economic sanctions, commercial bribery, anti-money laundering and proceeds of crime prohibitions and merger control laws. Shawn’s unusually wide range of experience spans over 30 years conducting internal investigations, litigating competition matters including a merger challenge, a civil conspiracy case as well as a range of other matters, providing advice on triaging and investigating potential criminal violations, competition and national security issues in relation to M&A transactions and financings, and counseling clients on business crime compliance issues.

Shawn is member of the Competition & Foreign Investment Group. Highly esteemed for his expertise in substantive competition and antitrust matters, Shawn has received numerous accolades for his work and was named a leading lawyer by The Best Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.

Shawn is known for his creative, practical and no-nonsense approach.