Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Brian Facey

Brian is one of the world's most highly regarded lawyers and a trusted advisor to senior counsel, management and CEOs. He is sought after for his judgment, experience, connections and ability to execute on complex matters. Recognized at the top of all the major ranking services, including as one of Canada‘s 25 most influential lawyers and as Competition Lawyer of the Year, Canada. Competition and Antitrust Laws in Canada: Mergers, Joint Ventures and Competition Collaborations; Competition and Antitrust Law: Canada and the United States; Investment Canada Act: Commentary and Annotation; Competition Act: Commentary and Annotation. Repeatedly cited by the Supreme Court of Canada and other leading Courts.

Cassandra Brown

Cassandra is a Partner in the Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group at Blakes. She advises on all aspects of competition law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, distribution practices, criminal and civil investigations, compliance, as well as foreign investment transactions under the Investment Canada Act. Her clients span a variety of industries, including energy, mining, technology, pharmaceutical, consumer products, agricultural, telecommunications, transportation, aviation, financial services, manufacturing, automotive and real estate. She has completed secondments to Coca-Cola Limited, a major international law firm based in London and the Blakes New York office. Cassandra is co-author of leading treatises including Competition Act: Commentary and Annotation; Competition and Antitrust Laws in Canada: Mergers, Joint Ventures and Competitor Collaborations, and The Foreign Investment Regulation Review (Canada Chapter), Third Edition. Cassandra is recognized as a leading lawyer in Chambers Canada: Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business 2022; Who’s Who Legal: Competition 2021 (Future Leaders – Partners) and The Legal 500 Canada 2021 (Next Generation Partner).

Randall Hofley

Partner

Robert Kwinter

Robert advises clients on the Competition Act including conspiracy, bid-rigging, trade association activities, misleading advertising, mergers and other reviewable trade practices, as well as on regulatory approval under the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act. Litigation counsel in cases under various provisions of the Competition Act, including lead counsel to Visa Canada in a successful proceeding before the Competition Tribunal. Extensive class action experience includes: DRAM, air cargo, hydrogen peroxide, EPDM, chocolate, LCD and credit cards. Complex mergers include: Suncor/Petro-Canada, Merck/Schering-Plough, GE/Alstom.  

Kevin MacDonald

Partner

Julie Soloway

Practice Area: Julie is Co-Chair of the Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Julie provides advice on all aspects of competition law with a particular emphasis on cross-border merger transactions. She is also a leading expert on securing approvals under the Investment Canada Act for foreign investors in Canada’s key industries. Julie is ranked in all leading directories as one of the top competition lawyers in Canada, and Global Competition Review consistently recognizes her as one of the world’s top 100 Women in Antitrust. Clients value her concise and pragmatic approach, praising her “truly international practice” and “fantastic legal mind,” and further commenting that “she is a real star – commercial, clever and knows her way around the authority”. Julie is co-author of the ground-breaking book: Leading the Way: Canadian Women in the Law (LexisNexis), which documents the inspiring journey of 50 Canadian women who, like Julie, have lead the way for women in the legal profession and shaped Canadian society while promoting greater diversity.