Daniel G. Edmondstone Partner Toronto Tel : 416.307.4121 Fax : 416.865.7048 Email : dan.edmondstone@mcmillan.ca VCard :

Professional Activities

• Partner as of 1998
• Member of the firm's Competition and Marketing Law Groups
• Practices in the area of competition law, including marketing and advertising related matters
• Also practices in the area of litigation, including commercial leasing and general commercial matters

Special Designations

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2012 as leader in Advertising and Marketing Law
• Listed in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2011 as a leading practitioner in the area of Advertising and Marketing Law
• Recognized in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Business Lawyers 2012, as a leader in the practice area of Competition/Antitrust

Memberships

• Canadian Bar Association, Civil Litigation and National Competition Sections
• Vice Chair, Reviewable Matters Committee, National Competition Law Section, CBA
• Past Chair, Marketing Practices Committee, National Competition Law Section, CBA
• American Bar Association - Antitrust Law Section
• President, Thomas More Lawyers' Guild of Toronto

• Involved in matters before the Competition Tribunal and civil and criminal matters under the Competition Act
• Represents clients in general commercial litigation matters
• Advises clients with respect to advertising and marketing law issues
• Regularly represents clients before Trade Dispute Panels of Advertising Standards Canada

Dan has acted in several recent deals including:

• Acted for AXA S.A. in respect of the sale of AXA Canada to Intact Insurance in September 2011
• Acted for Associated Proteins Limited Partnership in its C$64 million plus working capital asset purchase by Viterra Inc. in June 2009
• Acted for Teck Cominco Limited when it completed the acquisition of Global Copper Corp. by way of a plan of arrangement for aggregate proceeds of approximately C$415 million in August 2008
• Acted for Deluxe Vancouver Ltd., a division of the Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., when it acquired Rainmaker Entertainment Inc., a division of Rainmaker Income Fund, along with Visual Effects UK Limited, Rainmaker's visual effects operation in London, England, for approximately C$31 million
• Acted for Mylan Inc. when it completed its €4.9 billion (US$6.8 billion) acquisition Merck KGaA's generics business to become one of the largest quality generics and specialty pharmaceuticals companies in the world
• Acted for Teck Cominco Limited in its C$4.1 billion acquisition of Aur Resources Inc. in 2007

• Major Changes to Canadian Competition Law
• Competition Act Amendments Proclaimed in Force

March 2012 your contest may not be a winner McMillan Competition and Antitrust Bulletin/Lexology

March 2012 Updates To The Canadian Merger Review Process Toronto Law Journal

January 2012 Updates to the Canadian Merger Review Process competition/antitrust bulletin

October 2011 Canadian Competition Bureau releases revised merger enforcement guidelines competition bulletin