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Representative Work

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Editorial board of Competition Law of Canada (Juris Publishing)

Canadian Bar Association
Vice-Chair, Canadian Bar Association, Competition Law Section, Legislation & Policy
American Bar Association

Section 11 orders unfair

Article - Canada: IP and competition

Article - Abuse of Dominance in Canada: A Possible Model for the EU

Article - Putting The New Tribunal Rules To The Test – Lessons From The Canada Pipe Proceedings

Article - Abuse of Dominance - The New Frontier - Lessons Learned from Canada Pipe and The Road Ahead

Ontario Bar, 2000

Queen’s University, LL.B.
Queen's University, B.A.H. (Honours)

Anita Banicevic is a partner in the Competition & Foreign Investment Review practice. Anita advises domestic and international clients on many aspects of Canadian competition and foreign investment review law, including mergers, criminal and civil investigations and other pricing, distribution and general compliance matters.

Anita has experience advising clients in a wide variety of industries, including airlines, building materials, consumer products, financial institutions, natural resources, pharmaceuticals, real estate, retail and transportation. She has obtained Competition Act and Investment Canada Act clearance for numerous transactions involving domestic and international businesses.

Anita has also represented clients in a number of abuse of dominance and criminal price-fixing investigations by the Competition Bureau. She has experience with contested proceedings, negotiated resolutions, and where available, immunity or leniency agreements.

Anita is currently the Vice-Chair of the Legislation and Policy Committee of the Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. She is also a non-governmental adviser to the International Competition Network, an organization of international competition law authorities devoted to improving worldwide co-operation and convergence.

Representative Work

Acted for the purchaser in the acquisition of Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust, a deal valued at approximately $2.5 billion
Acted in the acquisition of Shirmax Fashions Ltd. by Reitmans (Canada) Limited.
Acted in the OMERS acquisition of Oxford Properties.
Acted for Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc., one of Canada's pre-eminent property owners and developers, in its interests of The Mills Corporation in three shopping centres located in Vaughan Mills, Ontario, Glasgow, Scotland and Madrid, Spain for US$988 million.
Involved in complex competition litigation matters heard by the Competition Tribunal and Federal Court of Appeal, including the Canada Pipe case.

Articles and Publications

A member of the editorial board of Competition Law of Canada (Juris Publishing), Anita has published several papers on competition law and international business law, as well as articles in the Globe and Mail, the American Bar Association's International Antitrust Bulletin, the American Bar Association's Antitrust Magazine, Advocates Quarterly, Canadian Competition Record, Competition Law Insight and Canadian International Lawyer.

Teaching Engagements

Anita has been a guest lecturer in competition law at Queen's University Law School.

Speaking Engagements

Anita has spoken at the Canadian Bar Association’s National Competition Law Conference and events organized by the British Institute for International and Comparative Law.

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