Parkland Agrees to Divest Gas Stations
Parkland Fuel Corporation has agreed to divest gas stations or exclusive gasoline supply agreements in six markets in Ontario and Manitoba, and to abstain from increasing its margins on wholesale gasoline in another two Manitoba markets, in order to resolve the Competition Bureau’s challenge to its acquisition of Pioneer Energy. The consent agreement follows the Bureau’s first successful injunction in a merger application, obtained last spring, over concerns that the Parkland-Pioneer merger would significantly lessen competition for consumers in the eight affected markets. In another first, the parties were assisted by Chief Justice Paul Crampton, who acted as a mediator. Read the ... [more] Full article
Shaw’s Acquisition of WIND Approved
Shaw Communications can complete its acquisition of Wind Mobile following the Competition Bureau’s announcement that it will not challenge the transaction. The Bureau noted that as a result of the ... [more] Full article
Pre-merger Notification Threshold Raised to $87m for 2016
The pre‑merger notification threshold relating to transaction‑size will be $87 million in 2016, up from $86 million last year, the Competition Bureau announced recently. Mergers are only notifiable if three ... [more] Full article
Jam in Office Products Acquisition
The Commissioner of Competition is challenging a proposed merger that he claims would result in the consolidation of 80% of the Canadian office products market under a single banner. In a ... [more] Full article
Mergers Contributors
Masiel A. Matus
Masiel has a broad commercial litigation practice and represents both national and international clients in a variety of complex matters. Masiel has experience litigating cases involving professional negligence, commercial leasing and real property disputes, insurance, contract disputes, shareholder disputes, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust, employment matters and defamation claims.
John Rook
John F. Rook, KC, is a senior Canadian litigation lawyer with over 50 years of experience in competition law, commercial disputes, and administrative law. He is recognized as a leading competition litigator and has appeared before Canada’s Supreme Court and key tribunals.
David N. Vaillancourt
David's practice expertise focuses on all matters of Commercial and Civil Litigation, Competition and Administrative Law. David has acted for clients in a wide range of disputes, including shareholder and partnership disputes, securities litigation, class action defence, proceedings under the Competition Act, employment law disputes, contract disputes, breach of confidence/intellectual property disputes, fidelity bond claims, and professional negligence claims. David has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario, including the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and has also appeared before the Competition Tribunal and the Federal Court of Appeal. David has appeared as lead counsel in numerous trials, hearings, and motions. David has been successful in numerous adversarial proceedings, and also has successfully negotiated the resolution of dozens of cases.
