Competition/Antitrust
Global Guide 2024 : Canada
Band 2
Email address
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+1 416 865 7000About
Provided by McMillan LLP
McMillan boasts Canada’s only integrated national competition / antitrust practice with partners in all five major economic centres: Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver.
Our lawyers across all offices routinely work together on matters that draw on their technical, industry and practice expertise to meet client needs. Our team is recognized internationally as one of Canada’s leading competition law practices by multiple global legal directories.
We offer an all-encompassing range of services:
- Our team defends clients across industries against allegations of anti-competitive practices, such as price fixing and misleading advertising claims.
- We regularly act for both domestic and international clients in all types of merger matters. Our lawyers have extensive experience obtaining merger clearances under the Competition Act, including adept management of second requests for information and coordinating their interactions with Canadian regulators with client teams in other jurisdictions.
- Our national presence and active involvement in class actions results in a seamless and effective approach to multi-jurisdictional cases, typical of class actions. We have worked with many of Canada’s leading companies and have defended claims of varying sizes and degrees of complexity.
- We provide our clients with support on developing internal risk management programs and executing internal compliance audits.
Chambers Review
Clients benefit from the broad spread of McMillan's experts across Canada, with lawyers based in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver and Montréal. The law firm operates a well-known competition and antitrust practice that is widely recognised for its significant experience of class actions, frequently defending clients in allegations of anti-competitive behaviour and cartel involvement. The firm has a solid track record advising on merger and foreign investment review files, often acting for multinational clients on mandates in the technology and transport sectors, as well as assisting private equity houses.
Work Highlights
- McMillan defended Micron in a class certification motion concerning allegations of cartel involvement.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The antitrust bench is deep and strong and is able to handle large and sophisticated matters."
"The team is responsive, well-organised and communicative."
"The firm is very practical, it's hard to find external counsel who know our business and can give that practical advice, but McMillan really can."
"The antitrust bench is deep and strong and is able to handle large and sophisticated matters."
"The team is responsive, well-organised and communicative."
"The firm is very practical, it's hard to find external counsel who know our business and can give that practical advice, but McMillan really can."
Notable Practitioners
Co-chair of the firm's antitrust group, Neil Campbell has notable experience assisting clients with merger clearance filings, including acting on contested reviews.
"Neil is a talented and experienced antitrust lawyer who is commercially aware and has deep knowledge of a range of industries."
David Kent frequently defends clients in class actions alleging bid rigging and price fixing. He is particularly popular with clients in the technology sector.
James Musgrove advises private equity houses on obtaining competition law clearance for transactions.
"James is one of the strongest competition lawyers in Canada. His knowledge of the law is encyclopaedic, and his judgement is infallible."
Mark Opashinov assists clients with obtaining Competition Bureau clearance for corporate transactions.
Based in Alberta, Beth Riley assists clients with merger clearance mandates, often acting for private equity houses.
"She provides good advice, and doesn't get too bogged down by legal theory."
Ranked Lawyers at
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