About

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Competition and Foreign Investment Review

We bring practical and business-minded counsel to complex competition matters and foreign investment reviews for domestic and international businesses across all major industries. 

Whether on business-critical transactions, discrete competition mandates or regulatory investigations, clients look to us for guidance on their sensitive and strategic matters. Our team’s years of experience allows us to distill complex regulatory frameworks into practical advice.

Our technical ability has played an important role in the development of Canadian competition law and policy. We have authored leading publications and been involved in the consultation process preceding each round of amendments to the Competition Act since the 1980s.

Competition Litigation

Our team has a sophisticated, strategic perspective on competition law, with deep, precedent-setting experience representing Canadian and international clients on large and complex contentious competition matters.

We have an integrated approach that allows us to bring the strengths of our sophisticated advisory and advocacy skills to all aspects of competition law: we regularly advise on disputes arising from complex merger transactions, cartel investigations and class actions, and abuse-of-dominance investigations. Our involvement in ground-breaking matters gives us deep insight and understanding to handle the challenges of an increasingly complex regulatory environment, domestically and globally.

Chambers Review

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Competition/Antitrust - Nationwide - Canada

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What the Team is Known For

Torys' competition department leverages the market-leading strength of the firm's Toronto and Calgary-based corporate group to advise on major merger clearance issues, particularly in the energy and financial services sectors. The firm also has experience in behavioural matters, defending clients in class action disputes over possible cartels, as well as representing them before the Competition Bureau in sector inquiries. The team also assists clients with competition compliance issues regarding pricing strategies.

Work Highlights

  • Torys acted for Cineplex in a variety of competition matters, including its appeal of the Competition Tribunal's decision to impose a CAD38.9 million fine for deceptive marketing practices.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Linda M Plumpton
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Linda M Plumpton
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Linda Plumpton is an outstanding antitrust litigator who represents clients in class action proceedings arising from potential breaches of the Competition Act, with notable experience in price-fixing allegations.

Omar K Wakil
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Omar K Wakil
Head of Competition/Antitrust
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Band 1

Omar Wakil is highly regarded in the Canadian market for assisting clients with obtaining competition law clearance for a range of high-value corporate transactions. He is particularly popular with clients from the energy and financial services sectors.

He is smart, savvy and gets to the heart of matters.

It was an easy, efficient experience working with Omar and he brought an understanding of us and his industry expertise to the deal.

You don't come away scratching your head with him.

Dany H Assaf
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Dany H Assaf
Head of Competition/Antitrust
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Dany Assaf assists clients with merger clearance filings for proposed joint ventures and other transactions. In addition, he advises on the competition aspects of collaboration agreements and pricing strategies, as well as representing clients in market studies.

Dany is an exceptional strategic partner. He takes time to understand our needs and executes flawlessly.

Ian Li
Ian Li
Associates to watch
Ian Li offers experience assisting clients with obtaining competition law clearance for proposed corporate transactions.

He consistently delivers and is available at a moment's notice.

Ian is a very effective advocate and advisor on all matters related to Canadian antitrust.

Ranked Lawyers at
Torys LLP

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Nationwide - Canada

Competition/Antitrust

Omar K Wakil
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Omar K Wakil
Head of Competition/Antitrust
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Band 1
Dany H Assaf
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Dany H Assaf
Head of Competition/Antitrust
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Band 3
Ian Li
Ian Li
Associates to watch
Competition/Antitrust: Litigators

Linda M Plumpton
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Linda M Plumpton
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Band 1

Members

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Dany H Assaf

Dany H Assaf

Head of Department

Linda M Plumpton

Linda M Plumpton

Head of Department

Omar K Wakil

Omar K Wakil

Head of Department