Gideon Kwinter Associate

Toronto

+1 416 869 5653

Gideon Kwinter is an associate in the Competition & Foreign Investment Group. His practice focuses primarily on the review of transactions under the Competition Act and the Investment Canada Act. In addition, Gideon advises clients on compliance issues related to the Competition Act as well as federal and provincial marketing and advertising laws and regulations.

Professional Activities

Gideon is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and the Canadian Bar Association.

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Expertise

Education

University of Toronto (J.D. 2016)
Queen’s University (B. Comm. 2013)

Bar Admission

Ontario, 2017

Representative Work

Empire Co. Ltd., the parent company of grocery chain Sobeys Inc., as Competition counsel, in Empire’s C$800M acquisition of Farm Boy Inc.
John Wood Group PLC, as Canadian competition counsel, in its £2.2B acquisition of AMEC Foster Wheeler.
Airbus SE, as lead counsel, in its partnership with Bombardier Inc. and Investissement Québec on the C Series aircraft programme.

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Publications

“Canadian Competition and Foreign Investment Outlook 2019”, Firm Publication, 2018 (co-author).
“Merger control in Canada: overview”, Practical Law Global Guide, Thomson Reuters, July 2018 (co-author).

Legal Posts

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News

Stikeman Elliott recognized at the 2019 Global Competition Review Awards
March 29, 2019
Stikeman Elliott acts on more than half of the 2018 Lexpert Top 10 Deals
February 26, 2019