Chetan Manjinder Phull

Chetan Phull is the Principal Lawyer at Smartblock Law. He has been practicing law since 2013, and dedicated to helping commercial parties with technology deals, high-stakes litigation, and digital regulation since 2018. His work history is published on his LinkedIn profile .

He brings broad experience to his clients, having worked as General Counsel for an international fiber optic components manufacturer, corporate and privacy counsel for a national grocer and Canada’s largest casino operator, digital-laws counsel for the largest global “Big Four” accounting firm, and litigation counsel for a variety of commercial/investment clients and “crypto whales”.

Chetan was recently engaged as General Counsel for an international fiber optic components manufacturer. His wins in that role include a complex jurisdiction motion—with $60k awarded costs—against a U.S. multinational in a litigation with $7M+ in dispute (see here and here ).

For the same client, Chetan also secured full-value settlement of a high-value machine contract against an international distributor, on confidential terms at mediation.

Chetan has worked as corporate and privacy counsel in complex data ecosystems involving foreign PE-firm shareholders, statutory Crown operators, national service subcontractors, international commercial partners, and a multitude of regulators.

His work on breach response, privacy impact assessments, and related digital infrastructure mandates has involved renegotiating MSAs, SLAs and SOWs for energy providers, financial institutions, ships at sea, a national casino chain, hospitals and technology manufacturers.