Lawyer Profile
Micah V. Wood
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Micah has practiced for over 20 years and is a senior partner in the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group, widely regarded as the largest and top-ranked competition law and foreign investment review practice in Canada. Clients consider Micah to be "...consistently ranked as a leading competition lawyer for his excellent client service and advice on critically important and complex matters."
Micah advises Canadian and multinational clients on all aspects of competition law, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, unilateral conduct and commercial practices, criminal and civil investigations, and ongoing compliance. He also advises clients on all aspects of Canada’s foreign direct investment regime, including in respect of acquisitions of control of Canadian businesses and Canada’s national security review regime.
Micah has also been an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, where he taught regulation of competition for seven years.
Micah has secured regulatory clearance in a number of Canada's most complex and high-profile transactions including:
FLSmidth & Co A/S on its acquisition of the mining business of thyssenkrupp AG for an enterprise value of €280-million
Worley Parsons Limited on its US$3.3-billion acquisition of the Energy, Chemicals and Resource business of Jacobs Engineering Group
LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services on its C$1.22-billion acquisition of CML HealthCare Inc.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV in connection with its approximately £71-billion acquisition of SABMiller plc and in connection with the US$12-billion on-sale of the Miller Brands business to Molson Coors
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2003 (ON)