Competition/Antitrust: Litigators

Brian Facey remains a leading figure in the Canadian competition law market, often advising clients from the telecommunications and energy and natural resources sectors on merger clearance filings for high-value mergers and acquisitions.

"He is absolutely first-class."

"He is always responsive and helpful no matter what our needs."

"He has an astute ability to understand how businesspeople think and what their objectives are, so is as good as anybody I have ever met in that business."

Robert Kwinter is highly esteemed for his experience in contentious competition law matters, often defending clients in class actions alleging anti-competitive behaviour including possible abuses of dominance and misleading advertising. He is also active in non-contentious matters, assisting clients with obtaining competition law clearance for large corporate transactions.

"He is very intelligent, quick to adapt and presented very solid arguments."

"He is our go-to for any competition law questions."

"He is very smart and effective."

Based in Toronto, Julie Soloway has a strong reputation for assisting clients from the TMT sector with obtaining competition law approval for high-value and often multi-jurisdictional mergers.

"I really trust her advice and opinion."

"Julie is clearly very technical and knowledgeable."

Navin Joneja has considerable experience assisting clients with merger control mandates. He is a popular choice with clients from the technology sector.

"Navin is a trusted adviser with a pragmatic approach."

"He is knowledgeable, practical and responsive. He is always very calm and gives useful advice."

Randall Hofley represents clients in a number of competition law litigation matters, with a particular focus on class actions concerning allegations of price fixing. He frequently acts for defendants.

"Randall is very knowledgeable and diligent in working with us through some complex and sometimes highly charged competition and class action matters."

Cassandra Brown acts for sellers on the merger control aspects of divestments, as well as assisting with competition clearance filings for joint ventures.

"She is a great adviser who is very clear about what can be done and what cannot, and she stays firm throughout the matter."

"I think she is really great. She is incredibly hard-working, knowledgeable, strategic and thoughtful."

Micah Wood regularly assists clients with obtaining clearance for corporate transactions under the Canadian Competition Act and the Investment Canada Act. He is based in Toronto.

Kevin MacDonald enjoys a robust reputation for his strong activity in the field of merger clearance, often acting on behalf of clients in the energy and technology sectors.

"I would say he is very thoughtful, thorough and practical."