The practice group at Torys is well-versed in providing financial, retail, energy and healthcare-sector clients with strategic competition advice for M&A transactions, as well as representing them in competition law disputes. Dany Assaf, Omar Wakil and Linda Plumpton co-lead the practice from Toronto. Assaf and Wakil take care of the range of competition law and foreign investment matters; Plumpton majors on class action defence and competition and securities litigation. Litigator James Gotowiec and senior associate Rebecca Wagner, who handles Competition Act compliance, including complex merger transactions, are additional key contacts. All lawyers mentioned are based at the Toronto office.
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Key clients
- Viterra Limited
- Home Capital Group
- Hachette Book Group
- Champion Petfoods
- TotalEnergies
- Loblaw Companies Limited and George Weston
- Bank of Montreal
- BroadStreet Partners
- Exchange Income Corporation
- Mithaq Capital
- Sun Life Financial
- Zijin Mining Group
- Credit Suisse Secur. (USA)
- Air Canada
- Upsher-Smith Laboratories
- Anywhere Real Estate
Work highlights
- Advised Viterra and its shareholders on its proposed $8.2bn merger with Bunge Limited to create a global agribusiness solutions company.
- Advised Loblaw on its most significant competition matters, including its ongoing response to allegations of price fixing in the market for commercial bread.
- Advised Mithaq on its C$308m unsolicited takeover bid to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Aimia.
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Dany Assaf, Omar Wakil, Linda Plumpton