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Oliver Borgers

Oliver Borgers

Work Department

Competition/Antitrust

Position

Practice focuses on all aspects of antitrust law, foreign investment and national security review. Emphasis on application of these laws to mergers, acquisitions, notifications and market conduct. Regularly provides merger advice to major global companies. Has obtained competition and foreign investment clearances for Canada’s largest transactions, among many others.

Career

Partner, McCarthy Tétrault, (Toronto); Former managing partner of UK offices of McCarthy Tétrault; Taught competition law at Western University (London) and York University; Ontario Bar; England and Wales Bar; BA (Hon.); LLB; LLM.

Languages

Speaks English, French, German, Spanish.

Memberships

Former Chair of National Competition Law Section (Canadian Bar Association); Founder, Foreign Investment Review Committee; Former Chair, Mergers Committee (CBA); ABA task force on Antitrust, Consumer Protection and Diverse Consumers; Founder, Canadian-German Lawyers’ Association; Member of Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht (German Antitrust Law Association).

Personal

Contributing editor of Foreign Investment Review (Getting the Deal Through).

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