Dominic Thérien > McCarthy Tétrault > Montreal, Canada > Lawyer Profile

McCarthy Tétrault
Suite MZ400
1000 De La Gauchetière Street West
Montréal QC
H3B 0A2
Canada

Work Department

Competition/Antitrust

Position

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.

Languages

Speaks English and French.

Memberships

He currently serves on 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.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Competition and antitrust

(Leading partners)

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McCarthy Tétrault‘s ‘extremely experienced and knowledgeable’ team is well-placed to handle a range of advisory and contentious competition law matters, namely merger, joint venture and foreign investment clearance, Competition Bureau investigations and litigation. Practice head Jason Gudofsky specializes in advising clients on the competition law aspects of mergers, strategic alliances, joint ventures and other commercial transactions, as well as dealing with cartel investigations and compliance matters. Additional key contacts include merger control specialists Oliver Borgers and Debbie Salzberger; litigator Nikiforos Iatrou; and Casey Halladay, who focuses on cartels and contentious matters. Montreal-based Dominic Thérien majors on merger review and criminal cartel and bid-rigging investigations. All named lawyers are based at the Toronto office unless otherwise stated. Since publication, Kate McNeece has departed the firm.