Michele Siu is counsel in our Competition Law Group in Toronto. Her practice focuses on advising clients on various aspects of Canadian competition law, including analyzing the competitive implications of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances and the preparation of pre-merger filings under the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act, providing advice in respect of the Competition Act's reviewable practice and criminal offence provisions and assessing and developing competition law compliance programs. In addition, her practice involves advising on matters in connection with competition law investigations by the Competition Bureau and Department of Justice and in criminal and civil litigation before the courts and Competition Tribunal.
Some significant matters in which Ms. Siu has been involved include:
· acting for the Commissioner of Competition in Suncor merger with Petro-Canada;
· acting for Avaya Inc. in acquisition of Nortel's enterprise communications business;
· acting for Pepsi in acquisition of Pepsi Bottling Group;
· acting for the Fairmont Raffles hotel company in connection with 40% investment by Voyageur Partners and strategic alliance with Qatari Diar;
· acting for Rio Tinto in relation to BHP bid;
· AMD disposition of its consumer electronic businesses;
· acquisition of Alcan by Rio Tinto;
· Diageo acquisition of the Schenley Valley Distillery;
· acquisition of Four Seasons;
· merger of Statoil ASA and Hydro ASA; and
· sale of Stelco Inc.
Ms. Siu is a member of the organizing committee for the CBA's Annual Fall Conference on Competition Law and the Canadian Bar Association (Competition Law Section).
She received her BA (Honours, English) in 1997 from McMaster University and her LLB in 2000 from Osgoode Hall Law School. Ms. Siu was called to the Alberta bar in 2001 and the Ontario bar in 2002.