Anjali Sandhu

Associate

Winnipeg

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Education & Qualifications

  • Manitoba Bar (2021)
  • JD (Manitoba, 2020)
  • B.Sc. (Manitoba, 2016)

Anjali is an associate lawyer practising in the areas of insolvency law, entertainment law and civil litigation.

Anjali has appeared before all levels of Court in Manitoba and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

She has experience in farm debt mediation and with proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Personal Property Security Act (Manitoba) and the Family Farm Protection Act.

Anjali has co-authored papers published in the Journal of the Insolvency Institute of Canada and the Annual Review of Insolvency Law.

Anjali also practises entertainment law and has a background in the entertainment industry as both a lawyer and a writer/performer. She played Eszter Vand on the CBC legal drama Burden of Truth. Anjali currently has a television show in development with Buffalo Gal Pictures.

  • Co-chair, Insolvency Law Section, Manitoba Bar Association (2023-present)
  • Certificate in Entertainment Law, Osgoode Hall Law School (2023)
  • BANFF Diversity of Voices Fellowship, Netflix (2021)
  • Member, Member Initiated Productions Grant Recipient, Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artists (Manitoba, 2021)
  • Canada Media Fund Pilot Program for Racialized Communities Grant Recipient (2021)
  • Committee Member, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Audience Development Committee (2020-present)
  • Valedictorian, Robson Hall (2020)
  • Committee Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artists (2020-present)
  • Participant, Negotiation Competition – 1st Place Winner, Robson Hall (2020)
  • Participant, Canadian National Negotiation Competition, Robson Hall (2020)
  • Provincial Court Clerkship (2019)
  • Participant, Solomon Greenberg Moot (2019)
  • Volunteer, Pro Bono Students Canada (Manitoba, 2018-2019)
  • Committee Member, RCMP Youth Advisory (2013-2019)
  • President, Improv Club (Manitoba, 2016-2017)
  • Founder, Acting Club (Manitoba, 2016-2017)
  • A. Montague Israels Q.C. Prize, Law Society of Manitoba (Manitoba, 2021)
  • Honorable Archibald S. Dewar Prize, Advocacy (2020)
  • Kimberly Dawn Gusto Memorial Award for highest standing, Children and the Law (2020)
  • Judge Ross A. Johnston Prize, Family Law (2020)
  • David and Myrna Bowman Prize for highest standing, Evidence (2019)
  • Duncan J. Jessiman, Q.C. Prize for highest standing, Corporations I (2019)
  • D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prize for highest standing, Income Tax (2020)
  • D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prize for highest standing, Family Law (2019)
  • D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prize for highest standing, Trademarks and Patents (2019)
  • A.J. Christie Prize for highest standing, Advocacy (2019)
  • UMSU Scholarship (2019)
  • Dean’s Honour List (Manitoba, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Pitblado Scholarship (2018, 2019)
  • Dean’s Honour List, Faculty of Science (Manitoba, 2014)
  • “Legal Technical Update,” Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals Insolvency & Restructuring Forum (2024) 
  • “The Legal Eye Presentation,” Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals Insolvency & Restructuring Forum (2023) 
  • Presenter, “Cross Country Update,” Canadian Bar Association National Insolvency Law Conference (2022)
  • Presenter, “Manitoba Technical Update,” Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals National Webinar Series (2022)
  • Author, “The Art of Marshalling: The Good, the Bad and the Potential,” Journal of the Insolvency Institute of Canada (2021)
  • Presenter, “Zombie Companies Arise!” Annual Review of Insolvency Law (2021)