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COMPETITION LAW
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. Represents parties in signifi cant merger trans-
actions, international and domestic criminal investigations, abuse of dominance and mis-
leading advertising cases. Acted in a number of proceedings before the Competition Tri-
bunal and complex, litigated proceedings before various Canadian courts, including the
Federal Court of Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of
Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Consistently recognized as one of Canada's
leading competition lawyers, including in e Legal 500: Canada, Who's Who Legal: Can-
ada, Chambers Global, PLC Which Lawyer? and the Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/
Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada, and as a leader in Corporate & Com-
mercial Litigation by e Best Lawyers in Canada.
Chair of Blakes' Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group, past-chair of
Canadian Bar Association, National Competition Law Section. Advised clients in hun-
dreds of regulatory matters, including cross-border and domestic merger transactions,
criminal cartel cases, and class actions, under the Competition Act. Advises on all aspects of
competition law and foreign investment law. Represents leading corporations from Cana-
da and around the world before governmental bodies, including the Competition Bureau,
Competition Tribunal, Federal and Provincial courts and other regulatory agencies. High-
ly ranked and described as "one of Canada's most prominent competition lawyers" and as
"one of the absolute best in the country right now." Co-author of two treatises on competi-
tion law: Competition and Antitrust Laws in Canada: Mergers, Joint Ventures and Com-
petitor Collaborations (2013), and Competition and Antitrust Law: Canada and the United
States (2014). Co-author of the Annotated Investment Canada Act: 2015. BA (U of T);
LLB (UBC); LLM (Georgetown).
Litigation partner. Broad commercial litigation practice, including class-actions defence,
securities and competition litigation. Appeared before all levels of court in various Cana-
dian provinces, the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Canada and various tribunals,
including Competition Tribunal, Ontario Securities Commission and Patented Medi-
cines Prices Review Board. Defense counsel in various class actions (including Vitamins,
Air Cargo, LCD Panels, Chocolate, Optical Disk Drives); counsel in various competition
proceedings (including United Grain Growers' acquisition of Agricore Cooperative, the
criminal prosecution relating to the chocolate confectionary industry, and Commission-
er's application against Toronto Real Estate Board). Fellow, American College of Trial
Lawyers. Past President, e Advocates' Society. Member, Editorial Board, Ontario Re-
ports. Adjunct Faculty, University of Toronto Law School in Advanced Advocacy. LLB,
Osgoode Hall Law School. Law clerk to Justice Cory of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Admitted to Ontario Bar (1992).
Peter Glossop has been practicing competition and foreign investment law for over 25
years. His practice focus is advising clients in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and
strategic alliances. He has extensive experience with multi-jurisdictional transactions, and
with clients in the energy, oil & gas, chemicals, natural resources, entertainment and phar-
maceutical sectors. He also represents respondents in civil cases before the Competition
Tribunal and foreign-controlled investors in obtaining approvals under the Investment
Canada Act. He is active in the competition law section of the Canadian Bar Association,
and was formerly the chair of the Mergers Committee. He is acknowledged as a leading
practitioner by Chambers Global, e Best Lawyers in Canada, International Who's Who of
Competition Lawyers and other professional surveys, and is listed in the Canadian edition
of Who's Who. He was named a BTI Client Service All-Star for 2012 by e BTI Con-
sulting Group, one of eleven competition lawyers named globally.
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
Peter L.
Glossop
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (416) 862-6554
Fax: (416) 862-6666
Toronto
afanaki@dwpv.com
brian.facey@blakes.com
sforbes@dwpv.com
pglossop@osler.com
