McCarthy Tétrault‘s ’extremely experienced and knowledgeable’ team is well-placed to handle a range of advisory and contentious competition law matters, namely merger, joint venture and foreign investment clearance, Competition Bureau investigations and litigation. Practice head Jason Gudofsky specializes in advising clients on the competition law aspects of mergers, strategic alliances, joint ventures and other commercial transactions, as well as dealing with cartel investigations and compliance matters. Additional key contacts include merger control specialists Oliver Borgers and Debbie Salzberger; litigator Nikiforos Iatrou; and Casey Halladay, who focuses on cartels and contentious matters. Montreal-based Dominic Thérien majors on merger review and criminal cartel and bid-rigging investigations. All named lawyers are based at the Toronto office unless otherwise stated. Since publication, Kate McNeece has departed the firm.
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‘Dominic Thérien is awesome, available and very down-to-earth. His experience makes him capable of dealing with complex files.'
‘This is one of the most responsive legal teams we have ever worked with. They are excellent at providing timely, risk-based, practical advice. McCarthys has taken the time to get to know us as an organization and has been successful at providing us with very valuable legal advice based on our risk profile.'
- ‘Very down-to-earth. Capacity to explain quickly and simply. I would also add that this team has expertise in a wide range of types of actions and is able to answer questions and look at problems from multiple perspectives. Their professionalism and track record with the Competition Bureau/Tribunal really speaks for itself.'
‘Fantastic people with great knowledge. Good responsiveness and very versed on the global stage. Absolutely reliable. Nikiforos Iatrou has been able to quickly learn about our organization and our risk profile. He is very responsive and is able to provide definitive and practical advice and guidance on a wide range of competition matters.'
‘McCarthy Tetrault's competition law team is extremely experienced and knowledgeable, which is critically important. But even more helpfully, they work hard to limit the discussion to the real issues and likely processes. This allows us to work effectively with their team and focus the most resources on the important matters. Casey Halladay and Jason Gudofsky are the best! Second-to-none with regard to international expertise.’
‘Dominic Thérien has a deep commercial mindset, directly relevant expertise and is a thought-leading, world-class competition law lawyer.'
‘The McCarthy antitrust team is the best at handling the most complex merger matters. They are tremendous advocates and provide very practical advice. Gideon Kwinter is an excellent competition law lawyer.’
‘Jason Gudofsky is the best antitrust lawyer in Canada. His entire team is tremendous. Michael Caldecott, Casey Halladay and Nikiforos Iatrou are exemplary antitrusters that can be counted on to deliver excellent results on our transactions. Responsive, highly experienced and affable.'
Key clients
- Newcrest Mining
- Blackstone and Permira
- Tapestry
- Glencore
- Masonite International
- Broadcom
- West Fraser Timber
- Rio Tinto Alcan
- Waste Connections
- TransAlta Corporation
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Practice head
Jason Gudofsky
Other key lawyers
Oliver Borgers; Debbie Salzberger; Nikiforos Iatrou; Casey Halladay; Dominic Thérien; Gideon Kwinter; Michael Caldecott