Recognized internationally as one of Canada’s leading competition law practices, our Competition Group advises domestic and international clients on all aspects of Canadian competition law. Our closely developed relationships with leading antitrust law firms around the world enhance our ability to meet client needs for sophisticated international competition services. For more than 30 years, we have also played a leading role in shaping the development of competition law and policy in Canada.

What Others Say About our Competition Practice:

“...three Who’s Who nominees lead the way for McMillan LLP. Group leaders J. William Rowly QC and A. Neil Campbell, along with the highly regarded D. Martin Low QC, headline an 18 member team that has been one of the busiest in Canada over the past year.”
– Global Competition Review GCR 100, 2009

“McMillan is a longstanding GCR 100 firm, thanks to its experienced team of competition specialists.”
– Global Competition Review GCR 100, 2008

“very visible with well-known and fine lawyers’”
– Chambers and Partners 2008

“McMillan […] tops the GCR 100 in terms of referral votes. The firm is well known for its competition policy work, particularly with the antitrust sections of the International, American and Canadian Bar Associations, and for its intellectual capabilities.”
– Global Competition Review GCR 100, 2007

“McMillan […] can boast the most popular [Canadian competition practice]. This year, [it] got more votes from corporate counsel than any of its local rivals and was also the sixth-highest practice [globally] in terms of the number of case referrals by other GCR 100 firms.”
– Global Competition Review: 2006 Guide to The World’s Leading Competition Law Practices

Our competition lawyers are in high demand as writers and speakers at professional conferences in their field. In addition to the many articles we have published, group members have also authored leading competition law texts on the following subjects:

		International Mergers. J. William Rowley QC, Rowley & Baker - The Antitrust Process, 3rd ed., looseleaf (London: Sweet & Maxwell)
		Canadian Merger Law. A. Neil Campbell, Merger Law and Practice: The Regulation of Mergers Under the Competition Act (Toronto: Carswell)
		Canadian Antitrust Law. John F. Clifford (ed.) and others authors of the "Canada" chapter in Antitrust Laws and Trade Regulation, looseleaf (New York: Matthew Bender)

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	Publications / Presentations
	March 2010 A New Cartel Regime in Canada Competition Law Bulletin Sorcha O'Carroll, Mark Opashinov
	March 2010 Competition and Antitrust in Canada America's Canadian Law Firm
	March 2010 A Bullet-Proof Vest for the Commission? Assessing the CFI’s Judgment in MyTravel Group v. Commission 16:1 Columbia Journal of European Law (2010) Casey W. Halladay
	March 2010 Redesigning a Criminal Cartel Regime: The Canadian Conversion Chapter 12 in Criminalising Cartels: Critical Studies of an International Regulatory Movement, Caron Beaton-Wells and Ariel Ezrachi, eds. Casey W. Halladay
	February 2010 Immunity and Leniency Under Canada’s New Cartel Regime Paper for the ABA/IBA International Cartel Workshop, Paris Casey W. Halladay
	January 2010 Is Your Business Ready for the Latest Changes to Canada's Competition Act? Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Seminar, Montreal Bill Hearn, D. Martin Low QC, Éric Vallières
	2010 Canada: Private Antitrust Litigation An extract from the 2010 Antitrust Review of the Americas - a www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com special report. Jonathan Hood, David W. Kent, D. Martin Low QC
	October 2009 "Canada" Chapter in Getting the Deal Through - Private Antitrust Litigation 2010 Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through - Private Antitrust Litigation 2010 (published in October 2009). Jonathan Hood, David W. Kent, D. Martin Low QC, Éric Vallières
	October 2009 Canada chapter in Getting the Deal Through - Merger Control 2010 Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through - Merger Control 2010 (October 2009). A. Neil Campbell, Sorcha O'Carroll, Mark Opashinov
	Fall 2009 Paradigm Shift for Competition Laws and Foreign Investment Review in Canada Partners Magazine, Autumn 2009 issue Casey W. Halladay
	September 2009 Tribunal Decision Affirms Market Power Required in Order to Succeed in ‘Refusal to Deal’ Cases Competition Bulletin A. Neil Campbell, Jonathan Hood
	September 2009 Canada Modernizes Its Resale Price Maintenance Rules The Antitrust Counselor, Vol. 4.1, The Newsletter of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law Corporate Counseling Committee A. Neil Campbell, Larry Markowitz
	July 2009 Canada chapter in Getting the Deal Through - Mining 2009 Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through - Mining 2009 (published in July 2009; contributing editors Sean Farrell, Robert McDermott, Jeffery Snow - McMillan LLP). Sean Farrell, Michael Friedman, Carl Irvine, Robert K. McDermott
	July 2009 Competition Act changes too broad Neil Campbell quoted in this article reprinted with permission from the July 2009 issue of Canadian Lawyer. A. Neil Campbell
	March 2009 Foreign Investment Review: Canada raises Investment Canada Act review thresholds but introduces a national security override Competition Law Bulletin Larry Markowitz, Mark Opashinov
	February 2009 Competition Act Amendments: Advertising & Marketing Rules Change and Penalties Increase Competition Law Bulletin
	February 2009 Competition Act Amendments: Increased Flexibility on Pricing and Distribution Practices; But Large Fines for Abuse by Dominant Firms Competition Law Bulletin
	February 2009 Competition Act Amendments: Merger Review will take Longer and Cost More Competition Law Bulletin
	February 2009 Competition Act Amendments: New Cartel Provisions Cast a Wide, Uncertain Net Competition Law Bulletin
	Fall 2008 A Primer on Italian Commercial Agency Law 21:2 International Law Practicum (2008) Casey W. Halladay
	October 2008 Proposed Amendments to the Competition Act Competition Law Bulletin John F. Clifford, Sorcha O'Carroll
	August 2008 Understanding Italy’s New Class Actions Regime LexisNexis Expert Commentary (republished by Bocconi University Press, 2009) Casey W. Halladay
	July 2008 New Canadian Predatory Pricing Guidelines Embrace Aggressive Pricing Competition Law Bulletin A. Neil Campbell, Jonathan Hood, Larry Markowitz
	Summer 2008 A Brief Guide to Doing Business in Italy Partners Magazine, Summer 2008 issue Casey W. Halladay
	June 2008 Competition Policy Review Panel Recommends Removing Restrictions on Financial Services Mergers Competition Law Bulletin
	June 2008 Decision Challenges Nature of Competition Tribunal’s Screening Function of Private Applications Competition Law Bulletin Jonathan Hood
	April 2008 Too Good to be True? Health Claims in Advertising Advertising and Marketing Bulletin Les Chaiet, Jonathan Hood, Andrew Warman
	March 2008 Canada Chapter in Getting the Deal Through - Cartel Regulation 2008 Global Competition Review A. Neil Campbell, D. Martin Low QC, J. William Rowley QC
	February 2008 Canada's New Immunity Bulletin: Key Issues for Counsel 2008 International Cartel Workshop, San Francisco, CA D. Martin Low QC, Sorcha O'Carroll
	February 2008 Price Maintenance Remains Illegal in Canada Competition Law International, Journal of the Antitrust Committee of The International Bar Association, Vol 4 No 1 A. Neil Campbell, Larry Markowitz

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