Biography: Competition

Shawn Neylan is a partner in the Toronto office of Stikeman Elliott LLP. His practice is focused on the review of transactions under the Competition Act and the Investment Canada Act, and counselling in respect of competitive conduct issues such as competitor collaboration and abuse of dominance. Recent notable mandates include having led the regulatory teams for Vector Aerospace Corporation in its acquisition by Eurocopter Holding, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board in the sale of CTVglobemedia Inc to BCE Inc and Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc in the sale of its North American business to The Coca-Cola Company.

Mr Neylan has advised on many public and private transactions where he has advocated client's positions with federal agencies, negotiated Investment Canada undertakings and merger remedies, litigated a contested merger case in the Competition Tribunal and the Federal Court of Appeal and coordinated global regulatory filings. He has also advised many clients with respect to collaborative and unilateral conduct issues. Mr Neylan has written and spoken extensively on competition and investment review issues including merger remedies, amendments to the conspiracy provisions of the Competition Act, limits on the ability of dominant firms to compete, acquisitions by state-owned enterprises and the treatment of inbound capital under the Investment Canada Act. He is a contributing author to the firm's Competition blog, thecompetitor.ca.

Mr Neylan is a member of the British Columbia Bar (1988) and the Ontario Bar (2000).