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John Pirie, Julia Webster, Ahmed Shafey & Justine Johnstone
Acting for Canadian and international clients on competition matters, Baker McKenzie has strong expertise in large multi-jurisdictional mergers. Directing the practice from Toronto, Arlan Gates is a key advisor for merger control, competition investigations and pricing policies. Nancy Hamzo’s primary focus is on transactions, particularly in the life sciences and tech sectors. Brendan O’Grady was promoted to partner in January 2025. All lawyers mentioned work in Toronto.
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Testimonials
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‘Excellent foreign investment practice which has helped us navigate multiple transactions into and simply involving Canada. The team has stayed consistent over many years.’
‘Nancy Hamzo and Sarah Mavula are my go-to lawyers in this field. Both are proactive and strategic and have solid experience of foreign investment into Canada. Have used them both as lead and local counsel, and always as helpful.’
‘Excellent service levels and advice truly tailored to the client, advice is pragmatic, demonstrating commercial awareness levels that are most impressive.’
‘Arlan Gates and David Gadsden are extremely knowledgeable and talented lawyers, understanding the global context within which my client company operates and taking this into account when advising us on Canadian matters. Working with them has been a pleasure because they have been true partners on our journey to making critical business decisions, raising various considerations to arm us with legal and related business know-how that clearly shows there own wealth of industry knowledge and advisory experience.’
‘Arlan Gates is a highly qualified proactive lawyer who provides very practical advice. Really listens to the client.’
Key clients
- Sika
- Flowserve Corporation
- Embracer Group
- NHK Spring Co.
- Mercedes-Benz
- Avet Pharmaceuticals
- Brookfield Business Partners
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Accenture
- Puig
- Aeroplan (an Air Canada company)
- Yankuang Energy Group
Practice head
Arlan Gates
Other key lawyers
Nancy Hamzo; David Gadsden; Sarah Mavula
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