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COMPETITION LAW
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Advises clients on all aspects of Canadian competition and foreign investment review
law. Previously acted as Senior Deputy Commissioner of competition and head of
the Canadian Competition Bureau's Mergers Branch and, before that, as the Special
Counsel to Canada's Commissioner of Competition. Has frequently represented the
Commissioner of Competition and private parties in litigated proceedings under
the Competition Act, including in Canada's fi rst price maintenance case before the
Competition Tribunal. Consistently recognized as one of Canada's leading competition
lawyers, in this publication and others, including ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide
to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Who's Who Legal, and Chambers Global, and
as a top Competition Law litigator in the Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada
Cross-border Litigation Lawyers. Also named one of Lexpert® 's "Rising Stars: Leading
Lawyers Under 40" (2006 and 2008). Has testifi ed before parliamentary committees
on competition issues and has acted as a Canadian non-governmental adviser to the
International Competition Network (ICN).
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Brian Facey is Chair of Blakes' Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group.
Immediate past Chair/President Canadian Bar Association, National Competition
Law Section. Facey was recently named one of the top 15 Antitrust Lawyers in the
world — the only Canadian lawyer to receive this distinction. Highly ranked and
described as "one of the absolute best in the country right now." Co-author of two
treatises on competition law: Competition and Antitrust Laws in Canada: Mergers, Joint
Ventures and Competitor Collaborations (2013), and Competition and Antitrust Law:
Canada and the United States (2014); and the Investment Canada Act: Commentary
and Annotation (2014) (all published by LexisNexis). Signifi cant matters include:
Omnicom Group Inc. and Publicis Groupe SA; ermo Fisher/Life Technologies;
Anheuser-Busch InBev in its acquisition of Grupo Modelo; and Bell Canada in its
acquisitions of Astral, Q9 and MLSE (which owns e Toronto Maple Leafs). BA (U
of T); LLB (UBC); LLM (Georgetown).
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Litigation partner. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Broad commercial
litigation practice, including class actions defense, securities and competition litigation.
Appeared before all levels of court and administrative tribunals. Defense counsel
in numerous competition-related class actions (including Vitamins, Linerboard,
Air Cargo, LCD Panels, Auto Parts and Optical Disc Drives); counsel in various
competition proceedings (including the criminal investigation concerning the fi ne
papers industry, the abuse of dominance case against the Toronto Real Estate Board
before the Competition Tribunal and the criminal case involving the chocolate
confectionary industry). Recognized in Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers
for Business. Past president, e Advocates' Society. Member, Editorial Board, Ontario
Reports. Adjunct Faculty, University of Toronto Law School in Advanced Advocacy.
Speaker at recent conferences on a wide range of litigation matters. LLB, Osgoode Hall
Law School. Law clerk to Justice Cory of the Supreme Court of Canada. Admitted to
Ontario Bar (1992).
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Partner and co-head of Goodmans' Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment
Group. Practice focuses on Canadian competition law, including domestic/
international mergers, abuse of dominance, cartels, civil reviewable matters and
foreign investment reviews under the Investment Canada Act. Former Commissioner,
Canadian Competition Bureau. Co-chair of the ABA Foreign Investment and Antitrust
Interface Task Force; Co-chair of ICC's Task Force on the ICN; Special Adviser to
the Competition Committee of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to
the OECD; and Co-editor, Competition Law of Canada (Juris Publishing). Ranked
top tier by Chambers Global 2014 for both competition/antitrust law and Investment
Canada/foreign investment review. Also recognized in top tier by Lexpert®, Law
Business Research and other rankings. Clients have included Bell Canada; BHP
Billiton; General Electric; Johnson & Johnson; Maple Group Acquisition Corporation;
Merck; Microso ; Nestlé SA; Qualcomm; Sinopec International; Samsung; and Suncor
Energy. LLB from Osgoode Hall (Gold Medalist); LLM from Harvard.
Adam F.
Fanaki
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5564
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
Brian A.
Facey
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (416) 863-4262
Fax: (416) 863-2653
Toronto
Sandra A.
Forbes
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5574
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
Calvin S.
Goldman, QC
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-5914
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
afanaki@dwpv.com
brian.facey@blakes.com
sforbes@dwpv.com
cgoldman@goodmans.ca
