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Julie Soloway

Julie Soloway

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canada

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Competition and antitrust

Preeminent in competition matters, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP is regularly sought out for advice on mergers, litigation, cartels and deceptive marketing. The team is led by Navin Joneja and Julie Soloway ; Joneja is a key contact for clients in the manufacturing, energy and tech industries, whilst Soloway is active in many high-profile Canadian and cross-border merger transactions. Kevin MacDonald is adept in handling marketing and distribution practices, abuse of dominance matters, and criminal and civil investigations. Randall Hofley in Toronto and Ottawa (private and public sectors), Cassandra Brown (foreign investment transactions) and Micah Wood (strategic alliances and mergers) are other key members of the team. At an associate level, Joe McGrade is a name to note. David Dueck left the firm in July 2024, and Fraser Malcolm was promoted to partner in January 2025. Unless noted, all lawyers mentioned work in the Toronto office.
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Phone
416-863-3327
Email
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Profile
blakes.com

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Work Department
Competition, Antitrust ＆ Foreign Investment; International Trade ＆ Investment
Position

Julie is Co-Chair of Blakes’ award winning Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Ranked as one of Canada’s Most Influential lawyers, she is on the cutting edge of guiding businesses and investors under the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act, with an emphasis on cross-border transactions.

Julie is ranked in all leading directories as one of the top competition lawyers in Canada, and as one of the world’s top 100 Women in her field. Canadian Lawyer Magazine previously named Julie as one of Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers, and in 2023, she was shortlisted for Dealmaker of the Year at the Global Competition Review Awards. Clients value her concise and pragmatic approach, noting she is “very bright, experienced and makes the trickiest regulatory filings easy to understand with her practical and commercially-minded advice.”

Memberships
Julie is a recognized thought leader. She has been active in the ABA’s Section of Antitrust Law for more than a decade and currently co-chairs the Foreign Investment and National Security Committee. Julie is co-founder of Canadian Women in Competition Law, a group devoted to competition law and mentoring young lawyers. Julie is co-author of the ground-breaking book: Leading the Way: Canadian Women in the Law (LexisNexis) about the inspiring journey of 50 Canadian women who, like Julie, have lead the way for women in the legal profession.

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Key clients

  • Advent International L.P. BCE Inc./ Bell Canada Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Dow Chemical Canada Inc. Enerplus Corporation Labatt Brewing Company Limited / Anheuser-Busch InBev Novo Nordisk OMERS Pembina Pipeline Corporation Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

Work highlights

Advising Novo Holdings and Novo Nordisk in connection with Novo Holdings’ $16.5bn acquisition of Catalent, Inc., a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company.
Acting for Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. on its acquisition of Stelco Holdings Inc., a transaction representing an enterprise value of approximately C$3.4bn.
Acting for BCE Inc. on the C$4.7bn sale of its ownership stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment to Rogers Communications Inc.