333 Bay St, Suite 2400, Bay Adelaide Ctr, Box 20, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1980 (ON)
Anthony (Tony) Baldanza practices general corporate/commercial law including negotiated transactions, competition law and foreign investment law. Tony previously served as chair and co-chair of Fasken’s Competition, Marketing & Foreign Investment Group. In his competition law practice, Tony provides advice and representation in relation to mergers, cartels, abuse of dominance and other restrictive trade practices. In his foreign investment controls practice, Tony advises foreign-controlled enterprises on the application of the Investment Canada Act – including its national security provisions – when establishing a new business or acquiring an existing business in Canada, and assists clients in clearing transactions through the relevant agencies. Tony is also experienced in clearing transactions through Transport Canada pursuant to the Canada Transportation Act. Tony also assists clients in relation to a wide range of negotiated transactions and other corporate/commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, and supply and distribution arrangements.
On December 20, 2019, Canada Development Investment Corporation (“CDEV”), on behalf of the Government of Canada, completed the sale of 90 per cent of Canada’s shares in Ridley Terminals Inc.
In separate closings on August 1 and August 16, 2018, Bayer AG, a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of health care and agriculture, completed one of the largest antitrust enforcement divestitures in history by selling their agricultural businesses and assets for US$9 billion to German chemical company BASF SE.
