LAWYER PROFILE

Dominic Thérien

Canada 2027

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Competition/Antitrust

Nationwide - Canada

8 years ranked

About

Provided by McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canada

Practice Areas

Dominic advises clients on all aspects of competition law, including merger control, cartel defence, abuse of dominance, and advertising and marketing practices. He has solid experience with domestic and international criminal cartel and bid-rigging investigations. He also advises on foreign investment merger review and national security issues arising under the Investment Canada Act.

From 2011 to 2013, Dominic acted as Assistant Deputy Commissioner for the Quebec and Atlantic regions with the Canadian Competition Bureau. In his role, he was responsible for criminal cartel and bid-rigging investigations, as well as investigations with respect to advertising and marketing practices.

Professional Memberships

He is currently immediate past Chair of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Bar Association's Competition Law and Foreign Investment Section, and is a former member of the Editorial Board of the Canadian Competition Law Review.

Publications

Co-editor of Lexology Panoramic: Foreign Investment Review.

Personal

Speaks English and French.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Canada Guide

Competition/Antitrust - Nationwide - Canada

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Montréal-based Dominic Thérien is a respected competition law expert with expertise in merger reviews, misleading advertising and bid rigging investigations.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Dominic is very responsive and always provides clear instructions with full coverage of legal issues and other factors.
Competition/AntitrustChambers Canada Guide
He's absolutely fantastic on all levels.
Competition/AntitrustChambers Canada Guide
Dominic is an excellent communicator - he is able to communicate very complex context, strategy and background and distill it in a way that's not confusing and gets to the point. He's a wealth of knowledge, off the top of his head he is able to give us quick and time-sensitive answers
Competition/AntitrustChambers Canada Guide
He demonstrates strong commercial awareness, complemented by meaningful insight into competition law policy developments.
Competition/AntitrustChambers Canada Guide