Rujuta Patel
Rujuta joined Macleod Dixon in 2003 after moving to Canada from Kenya where she practised corporate/commercial law with one of the leading Kenyan law firms after being called to the English Bar. Her practice is based on corporate and commercial matters. She advises on and assists with purchases and sales of businesses, corporate reorganisations and continuances, private placement debt and equity financings, legal due diligence and energy-related matters. She is also involved in drafting, negotiating and advising on all types of commercial contracts, including purchase and sale agreements, shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, supply agreements and service agreements. Her practice also includes advising on competition law and corporate law matters and she has been involved in the preparation and filing of notifications of mergers and acquisitions under the Competition Act (Canada) and applications for review under the Investment Canada Act.
Rujuta's practice also includes advising on international commercial transactions, and she has been involved in various transactions with professionals from Macleod Dixon's offices in Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation.
Rujuta's practice in Kenya encompassed a variety of corporate and commercial matters including advising on mergers and acquisitions, shareholders' and joint venture agreements, capital markets transactions, cross-border listings, franchising and distributorships.
- Canadian National Committee on Accreditation – Certificate of Equivalence, 2003
- Kenya School of Law – Diploma in Law, 2001
- Inns of Court School of Law (UK) – Bar Vocational Course, 1998
- University of Bristol (UK) – LLB (Honours), 1997
- English Solicitor, 2006
- Alberta, 2004
- Kenya, 2001
- England and Wales, 1998
- Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Lincoln’s Inn (UK)
- Member, Law Society of Kenya
- Member, International Bar Association
