Chris has experience in a wide variety of industries, including the entertainment, telecommunications, information technology, agricultural, manufacturing, plastics and consumer products sectors.  In the last few years, Chris has acted in connection with a number of significant mergers and acquisitions.  For example, Chris acted for Agricore United with respect to Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc.'s acquisition of Agricore United, which resulted in the formation of Western Canada's largest grain handling and merchandising company.  Similarly, Chris acted for Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund with respect to its acquisition of the Famous Players movie exhibition business from Viacom Inc.

Chris also acted for Trilogy Retail Enterprises, Chapters and Indigo with respect to Trilogy's acquisition of Chapters and the subsequent merger of Indigo and Chapters, the leading bookstores in Canada.  In addition, Chris acted for Diageo and General Mills in connection with General Mills' purchase of Pillsbury's worldwide businesses from Diageo, and for Shell Petroleum and BASF in connection with the proposed merger of their polyolefins businesses.  Similarly, Chris acted for SDL with respect to the Canadian competition aspects of its merger with JDS Uniphase, EMI Group with respect to its proposed merger with Time Warner, and Black & Decker in connection with its acquisition of the Baldwin and Weiser lock business from Masco as well as its acquisition of the Pentair Tools Group from Pentair.

Chris has co-authored several articles on competition laws, including articles published in Antitrust Magazine and Canadian Competition Record. In addition, Chris is the contributing author for the competition law section of Legal Alert and the Canadian Developments section of Sherman Act Section 1 Newsletter, as well as a regular contributor to FTC Watch.

Chris graduated at the top of the English Common Law Program at the University of Ottawa in 1998. While at law school, he spent two summers at the Competition Bureau, working in what is now known as the Fair Business Practices Branch. Prior to attending law school, Chris graduated from the Business Administration Program at the University College of the Fraser Valley.  He became a partner in 2003.

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