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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Competition/Antitrust: Litigators

Canada Guide 2026 : Nationwide - Canada


Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

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Whether you're navigating a significant merger, defending against cartels, or addressing complex disputes and investigations, you require a legal partner capable of guiding you through these high-stakes challenges, both locally and globally.

Our Canadian-centered practice offers a global perspective. With over 10 dedicated competition and antitrust professionals, we possess the strength to address your most substantial requirements across our firm's offices.

Recognized in the Global Competition Review GCR 100 as a top Canadian practice, our team consistently earns accolades in major peer and industry surveys like Chambers Global, Who's Who Legal, Lexpert, and others.

Our extensive expertise encompasses:

  • Cartel investigations and litigation
  • Competition-related disputes
  • Merger clearance
  • Foreign investment guidance and reviews under the Investment Canada Act
  • Distribution, pricing, marketing, and advertising matters

Our lawyers actively engage with domestic and international competition and antitrust policy communities, holding leadership roles in organizations such as the International Bar Association, Canadian Bar Association Competition Law Section, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, International Competition Network, and Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

We have cultivated robust relationships with prominent clients and counsel in East Asia, notably South Korea and Japan, where our attorneys are highly regarded for their quality client service and expertise.

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What the Team is Known For

Borden Ladner Gervais possesses a solid competition practice group that assists blue-chip clients with the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act aspects of proposed corporate transactions. The law firm is also active in contentious competition law matters, representing clients in class actions involving allegations of participation in cartels and abuses of dominant position, as well as advising clients on contested merger processes. The team has a number of clients from the e-commerce and technology industries.

Work Highlights

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  • Borden Ladner Gervais acted for Amazon in a Competition Bureau investigation into its marketing practices, including the use of reviews, ratings and related features which may influence product rankings and consumer trust.

Strengths

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  • BLG is an experienced and responsive team with the ability to rapidly identify key issues and provide strategic solutions.

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  • The team provides client-oriented service.

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  • BLG has excellent breadth and depth of knowledge and experience overall and in antitrust in particular.

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  • The team's communication skills make them great to work with.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 4Subrata Bhattacharjee
    Band 4Subrata Bhattacharjee

    Subrata Bhattacharjee

    Subrata Bhattacharjee assists high-profile international clients with Competition Bureau reviews and FDI aspects of multi-jurisdictional mergers. He also advises technology companies and e-commerce companies on competition law compliance.
    • Subrata understands our business and the specificities of the Canadian market.

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    • We have found him to be eminently practical and very conscious about the support he provides to us.

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    • The level of customer service Subrata Bhattacharjee provides is unparalleled.

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    • He tells clients how to accomplish their goals.

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    • He has excellent insight and client skills.

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  • Band 3Caitlin Sainsbury
    Band 3Caitlin Sainsbury

    Caitlin Sainsbury

    Caitlin Sainsbury defends clients accused of price fixing and other anti-competitive conduct in class action proceedings. She currently serves as the firm's Toronto head of the class actions practice group.

    • Caitlin Sainsbury is one of the most knowledgeable attorneys I have worked with.

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  • Band 4Denes Rothschild
    Band 4Denes Rothschild

    Denes Rothschild

    Denes Rothschild provides support and guidance to clients seeking regulatory approval for proposed mergers. His recent mandates include files in the real estate, construction and energy sectors.

    • He's a pleasure to work with and is an expert in his field.

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    • I especially appreciate his high level of engagement and pragmatic approach.

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