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McCarthy Tétrault

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The practice at McCarthy Tétrault is best known for expertise in merger, joint venture and foreign investment review. The group is well-versed in handling civil and criminal cartel investigations, as well as class actions. At the helm of the department, leading figure Jason Gudofsky focuses his practice on merger review, risk assessments and guiding corporate clients through investigations conducted by the Canadian Competition Bureau. Additional key partners at the Toronto office include Oliver Borgers and Debbie Salzberger, who focus on domestic and multinational merger review, as well as Casey Halladay, who majors on cartels and contentious matters. At the Montreal office, Dominic Thérien‘s practice encompasses merger and joint venture review, and criminal cartel and bid-rigging investigations. Donald Houston and Jonathan Bitran left the firm in January 2023.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Dominic Thérien is a real professional - very up to date in his field. He’s available and all his documents and work are perfectly done. He’s able to find solutions and to properly explain the risks associated with the decisions made.’
  • ‘Dominic Thérien is very down to earth, and his explanations are easy to understand. We can see he has dealt with similar files before, so he can easily address our concerns.’

  • ‘Jason Gudofsky and Debbie Salzberger are the go-to M&A antitrust team in Canada. They are commercially efficient, responsive and out-of-the-box thinkers.’

  • ‘The McCarthy Tetrault competition and antitrust team is the best in Canada. They work with us on the most complex and ‘bet the company’ antitrust matters. They work seamlessly with the global team on all types of antitrust matters. They are very sophisticated, business-friendly and great advocates.’

  • ‘Jason Gudofsky is the best competition lawyer in Canada. Casey Halladay is a great lawyer and very good with clients.’

Key clients

  • BlackBerry
  • Brookfield/Royal Lepage
  • Certarus
  • Cummins
  • Grieg Seafood ASA
  • Hitachi Rail
  • Hockey Canada
  • Luxottica
  • Parkland
  • Ritchie Bros.
  • Shell Canada
  • Summit Industrial Income REIT
  • Surge Energy
  • Square Enix Holdings
  • TDK
  • Transdev
  • Uber Canada
  • Viterra
  • Xylem

Lawyers

Hall of Fame

The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.

Jason Gudofsky

Jason Gudofsky

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Jason is the Chair 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 recent mandates include: Parkland/Husky, Parkland/Pétroles Crevier, Discovery/WarnerMedia, Hitachi Rail/Thales Ground Transportation Systems, NCR/Cardtronics, AstraZeneca/Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Aon/Willis Towers Watson AbbVie/Allergan, Harris Corporation/L3 Technologies, and Walt Disney/21st Century Fox. Jason also advises on foreign investment/national security reviews under the Investment Canada Act, including the following significant transactions: 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.

Rising Stars

Leading individuals

Oliver Borgers

Oliver Borgers

McCarthy Tétrault

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.

Debbie Salzberger

Debbie Salzberger

McCarthy Tétrault

Debbie acts for clients in domestic and multinational mergers and acquisitions with respect to competition/antitrust law and foreign investment review matters. She also regularly provides competition law compliance advice in respect of criminal cartel matters and reviewable practices, including joint ventures, resale pricing, advertising and distribution issues. Widely recognized in Canada and abroad for her experience working on complex domestic and multijurisdictional transactions, Debbie’s practice is marked by her pragmatic and solutions oriented approach, working with clients to achieve their objectives. Her deep knowledge of the Canadian competition/antitrust and foreign investment regimes is complemented by her understanding of a variety of industries, making her a valued business advisor.

Dominic Thérien

Dominic Thérien

McCarthy Tétrault

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.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jason Gudofsky

Other key lawyers

Oliver Borgers, Debbie Salzberger, Casey Halladay, Dominic Thérien

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