100 King St W, Suite 1600, 1 First Cdn Pl, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 2001
Ian Macdonald advises domestic and international businesses on all aspects of competition/antitrust law and foreign investment review. With an emphasis on merger review, Ian has successfully represented private sector and state-owned-enterprise clients in a wide range of industries in relation to dozens of pre-notifications under the Competition Act and reviews and notifications under the Investment Canada Act, including more than half a dozen full national security reviews under the ICA. Ian also advises clients in relation to the civil and criminal provisions of the Competition Act and has assisted clients in responding to investigations and information and document production orders with respect to alleged violations of the Act's civil and criminal provisions. He frequently prepares competition law compliance policies and conducts compliance seminars for clients. In addition to speaking at conferences and authoring articles, Ian is a past chair of the Foreign Investment Review Committee and the International Committee of the Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section of the Canadian Bar Association and a past member of the editorial board of the Canadian Competition Law Review.
