James Musgrove is co-leader of McMillan LLP’s competition, antitrust, and foreign investment practice group, and active in its advertising/consumer protection practice. He serves in the leadership of the ABA section of antitrust law. He is a two-time GCR award winner for Behavioural Matter of the Year, 2014 for his successful defence of Mastercard, as well as for Cartel Matter of the Year, 2022 for his successful defence of Micron. He was named 2015 advertising and marketing lawyer of the year, Toronto, by Best Lawyers. He is recognized as a leading competition and advertising lawyer by various rating organizations, including Chamber Global, GCR, Lexpert/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers, Best Lawyers, and Who's Who Legal, amongst others. Leading cases include representation of Mastercard, NutraSweet, Volkswagen, Suncor, Polaroid, West Fraser, Micron, and Kraft, amongst others. He practises in the areas of competition, antitrust, foreign investment, and marketing law. He advises on cartel, merger, distribution, investment review, foreign corrupt practices, and misleading advertising amongst other issues. He makes regular representations and submissions to the Competition Bureau. He has experience in a wide variety of industries.
