Competition/Antitrust

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 mandates.

"Linda is the first person I contact when I have a complex antitrust matter."

Omar Wakil is highly regarded on 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 sophisticated in his analysis and pragmatic in finding workable solutions."

"Omar works quickly and is highly efficient and constantly produces excellent work and advice."

"He was sophisticated and polished and provided sound advice. With his knowledge of going through processes before, he spent a lot of time understanding what our client needs were and making sure these were represented."

"Omar is an excellent adviser with a deep knowledge of the law, great experience and the ability to give clear and concise practical advice with a focus on reaching our commercial goals."

"I have found Omar to be very insightful of industry issues and topics related to his field."

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.

"He is very client-centric and commercially minded."

"He has a good sense of business acumen, so understands our business and the application of the rules to our business, and he gives risk-adjusted advice."

"Dany is an absolute pleasure to work with and his skill set combined with pragmatism is very much appreciated by us."