Lawyer Profile
Dany H. Assaf
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Involved in many of Canada’s highest-profile competition and foreign investment transactions, investigations and reviews, Dany brings seasoned advice and a long history of experience advising on all aspects of competition law and its practical administration to clients in Canada and internationally, including in the developing area of competition policy in big tech and digital innovation.
Dany is co-chair of the firm’s Competition and Foreign Investment Review Practice and advises international and domestic clients on all aspects of competition law and foreign investment matters, including in the area of national security reviews.
Canadian and multinational clients rely on Dany’s advice on all aspects of competition law and foreign investment matters under the Investment Canada Act, including notably acting on the DuPont/Dow merger, the Supreme Court of Canada Tervita efficiencies case, the Interac case (Canadian bank payments system), GE/Honeywell and Rio Tinto/Alcan.
Dany is the co-author of Competition and Antitrust Law: Canada and The United States (5th edition) for LexisNexis Butterworths and a member of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section's Thought Leadership Task Force.
Dany has been recently appointed as the Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section's Thought Leadership Task Force. Dany sits on the boards of the Conference Board of Canada, Canada’s Sport Hall of Fame, Unity Health and The Toronto Club. He is also the recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Dany is extremely practical and client-focused in his responsiveness and advice. He takes an area of law that can be fairly technical and makes it digestible and easy to navigate.’
Thomson Reuters in its US$17 billion sale of a 55% interest in its Financial & Risk business (now Refinitiv) to private equity funds managed by The Blackstone Group and its US$9 billion substantial issuer bid/tender offer and return of capital transactions
Cigna, as Canadian competition counsel, in its US$67 billion acquisition of Express Scripts Holding Company
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1996 (ON)