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McCarthy Tétrault Offices

McCarthy Tétrault
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 5300, TD Bank Tower Box 48
Toronto ON M5K 1E6
Canada
Visit website 1 416 362 1812 1 416 868 0673

Oliver Borgers

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Work Department

Competition/Antitrust

Position

Practice focuses on all aspects of antitrust law, foreign investment and national security review. Emphasis on application of these laws to mergers, acquisitions, notifications and market conduct. Regularly provides merger advice to major global companies. Has obtained competition and foreign investment clearances for Canada’s largest transactions, among many others.

Career

Partner, McCarthy Tétrault, (Toronto); Former managing partner of UK offices of McCarthy Tétrault; Taught competition law at Western University (London) and York University; Ontario Bar; England and Wales Bar; BA (Hon.); LLB; LLM.

Languages

Speaks English, French, German, Spanish.

Memberships

Former Chair of National Competition Law Section (Canadian Bar Association); Founder, Foreign Investment Review Committee; Former Chair, Mergers Committee (CBA); ABA task force on Antitrust, Consumer Protection and Diverse Consumers; Founder, Canadian-German Lawyers’ Association; Member of Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht (German Antitrust Law Association).

Personal

Contributing editor of Foreign Investment Review (Getting the Deal Through).

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Competition and antitrust

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Oliver Borgers – McCarthy Tétrault

The practice at McCarthy Tétrault is best known for expertise in merger, joint venture and foreign investment review. The group is well-versed in handling civil and criminal cartel investigations, as well as class actions. At the helm of the department, leading figure Jason Gudofsky focuses his practice on merger review, risk assessments and guiding corporate clients through investigations conducted by the Canadian Competition Bureau. Additional key partners at the Toronto office include Oliver Borgers and Debbie Salzberger, who focus on domestic and multinational merger review, as well as Casey Halladay, who majors on cartels and contentious matters. At the Montreal office, Dominic Thérien‘s practice encompasses merger and joint venture review, and criminal cartel and bid-rigging investigations. Donald Houston and Jonathan Bitran left the firm in January 2023.

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