Melanie Aitken
Bennett Jones LLPBennett Jones LLP possesses a diverse US platform, which is distinguished by its strong regulatory dimension. Former Competition Commissioner Melanie Aitken leads the firm’s US arm from Washington DC and specializes in competition and foreign investment work. Dual-qualified (Canada/New York) Gordon Cameron heads the New York office and focuses on cross-border corporate and securities matters. The team also leads international work from Canada, with its recent experience spanning corporate and M&A, corporate restructuring, capital markets and dispute resolution, among other areas.
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Key clients
- Alberta Forest Products Association/Alberta Softwood Lumber Trade Council
- Alere
- American Airlines
- Apollo Global Management
- ATCO Group, including subsidiaries: ATCO Electric, ATCO Gas, ATCO Pipelines, ATCO Australia, ATCO Energy Solutions, ATCO Power, ATCO Mexico, ATCO Structures & Logistics and ATCO Sustainable communities
- Avenue Capital Group
- BMO Financial Group
- Brookfield Properties Corp
- Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services
- Cenovus Energy
- Chorus Aviation
- Canadian Natural Resources
- Coca-Cola
- Columbia Pipeline Group
- Denham Capital Management
- DirectCash Payments
- EFG Bank (Switzerland)
- Ferrero
- Gateway Casinos & Entertainment
- G&K Services
- Goldman Sachs
- Government of Canada
- Grant Thornton BVI
- Guccio Gucci
- Honeywell International
- Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems
- Katanga Mining
- Klondex Mines
- Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co
- Luxtona
- Novatex / M/s Gatron Industries Limited (Gatranova) / M/s G-Pac Corporation
- Osisko Gold Royalties
- Osisko Mining
- Oxford Properties Group
- Patterson-UTI Energy
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Quality Cheese
- Repsol
- Rio Tinto Alcan
- Riverstone Investment Group
- Schlumberger
- Sino-Forest Corporation
- Steve Madden Canada
- SunEdison Canada
- Teva Canada
- Time Warner
- Total Energy Services
- TriWest Capital Partners
- TRW Automotive Holdings
- Volkswagen, Volkswagen Group of America, Volkswagen Group Canada, Audi, Audi Canada
- Walton Group of Companies
- Wells Fargo Capital Finance Corporation Canada and Wells|Fargo Bank
- Woodfibre LNG
- World Trade Organization
- Alberta Forest Products Association/Alberta Softwood Lumber Trade Council
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Preet Gill, Pat Maguire, Kwang Lim, Pascale Dionne-Bourassa, Gordon Cameron, Melanie Aitken, Barbara Stratton