Jason Gudofsky

Jason is the Head of McCarthy Tétrault’s Competition/Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group. He has over 25 years of experience advising on all aspects of competition law, including mergers, joint ventures and alliances, and both civil and criminal investigations. Significant transactions in which he was involved before the Competition Bureau include: Novo Holdings/Catalent, Tapestry/Capri Holdings, Amcor/Berry Global, Quest Diagnostics/LifeLabs, Parkland/Husky, Discovery/WarnerMedia, Quikrete/Summit Materials, AstraZeneca/Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Aon/Willis Towers Watson, AbbVie/Allergan, and Harris Corporation/L3 Technologies. Jason also advises on foreign investment/national security reviews under the Investment Canada Act, including the following significant transactions: Glencore/Teck (Elk Valley Resources), LS Power/Algonquin Power (large scale energy power), Cleveland-Cliffs/Stelco, Cineworld/Cineplex, Zijin Mining/Continental Gold, CCCI/Aecon and CNOOC/Nexen. Jason is regularly relied upon to provide risk assessments, internal audits and navigate sensitive matters through the relevant Canadian governmental authorities. Jason previously worked for three years at a leading international law firm in Brussels.

Ontario, 1998

Past Chair and Vice-Chair of CBA committees, and active member of the ABA.

Authored numerous articles and regularly speaks at major international conferences. Global Competition Review editorial board and Co-Chair, Annual GCR Antitrust Law Leaders Forum

BA, LLB, MES and Postgraduate Diploma in EC Competition Law