Profile
Deepti joined the firm as a summer student in 2009 and her practice is focused on tax law, including both corporate and income tax, and corporate and securities law.Background
While at Western Law, Deepti completed a paper titled “Gender Politics: Refugee Definition & the Safe Third Country Agreement” which addressed the procedural barriers encountered by refugee women in applying for asylum in Canada. This paper was later published in the 2010-2011 general issue of The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law.Deepti was raised in New Delhi, India and is fluent in Hindi.
Education
J.D. (with Distinction), University of Western Ontario (2010)- Winner of the Michael C. McInerney Award for highest standing in Property Law
- Winner of the Goodmans Award for highest average in courses in the area of Tax Law
- Winner of the Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Award for highest standing in Income Tax and Corporate Taxation
- Winner of the Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Award for best written paper in Corporate Law
- Winner of the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) Student Award for Academic Excellence and Participation in SABA
- Winner of the Diana Majury-Cheryl Waldrum Award for significant contribution in the area of Sex Discrimination and the Legal Process
- Winner of the Law Society of Upper Canada Prize for Academic Excellence
- Winner of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Prize for Academic Excellence
Professional Affiliations
- South Asian Bar Association
- Canadian Tax Foundation
- Ontario Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- Law Society of Upper Canada
Bar Admission
Called to the Ontario Bar 2011