Cassandra Brown Partner | Toronto

Representative matters of public record in which Cassandra has been involved include:

• Pembina Pipeline Corporation on its acquisition of Enbridge Inc.’s joint-venture interests in Alliance Pipeline, Aux Sable and NRGreen for C$3.1-billion

• Suncor Energy Inc. on its C$1.468-billion acquisition of TotalEnergies EP Canada Ltd.

• Suncor Energy Inc. on its C$688-million acquisition of an additional 14.65% working interest in the Fort Hills Project from Teck Resources Limited

• Pembina Pipeline Corporation in connection with Pembina Gas Infrastructure's sale of its 50% interest in the Key Access Pipeline System for C$662.5-million

• Pembina Pipeline Corporation on its C$11.4-billion joint venture with KKR & Co. Inc. to merge their western Canadian natural gas processing assets

• WestJet in connection with its C$5.0-billion acquisition by Onex Corporation

• The Stars Group Inc. in connection with its announced US$15-billion enterprise value merger of equals with Flutter Entertainment Inc.

• PayPal Holdings, Inc. on its US$400-million acquisition of Hyperwallet Systems Inc.

• Pembina Pipeline Corporation in connection with its US$9.7-billion acquisition of Veresen Inc.

• Trican Well Service Ltd. on its C$637-million acquisition of Canyon Services Group Inc.

• Foster Wheeler AG on its US$3.2-billion acquisition by AMEC

• Agrium Inc. on its proposed US$38-billion merger of equals with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.

• Suncor Energy Inc. on its purchase of all of the shares of Canadian Oil Sands Limited valued at C$6.6-billion

• Agrium Inc. in connection with a series of acquisitions related to its retail agriculture and fertilizer businesses in Alberta and Saskatchewan

• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), as Canadian counsel, on its acquisition of 40% of Glencore Agricultural Products (Glencore Agri), valuing Glencore Agri at US$6.25-billion

• Holcim Ltd on its divestment of North American cement, ready-mix, aggregates and construction facilities to CRH plc

• Holcim Ltd on its $50 billion merger with Lafarge S.A.

• Marine Harvest ASA on its acquisition of a significant minority interest in Grieg Seafood ASA

• Pembina Pipeline Corporation on its US$650-million acquisition of the cross-border Vantage Pipeline and Mistral Midstream extraction plant from Riverstone Holdings and Mistral Midstream

• Synthes, Inc. on its US$21.3-billion sale to Johnson & Johnson

• Continental Airlines on its US$6.2-billion merger with United Airlines

• Nestlé S.A. in connection with its sale of a 52.5% interest in Alcon, Inc. to Novartis A.G.

• Nestlé S.A. in connection with its acquisition of Kraft Foods Inc.'s frozen pizza business in the U.S. and Canada for US$3.7-billion

• Nestlé Professional in connection with its acquisition of Vitality Foodservice Inc.

Cassandra is recognized as a leading competition lawyer by the following publications:

• The Best Lawyers in Canada – 2021–2025 (Competition/Antitrust Law)

• Chambers Global Legal Guide – 2021–2025 (Competition/Antitrust)
  

• Chambers Canada Legal Guide – 2021–2025 (Competition/Antitrust)

• The Legal 500 Canada – 2018–2025 (Competition and Antitrust)

• Lexology Index: Foreign Investment Control 2025

• Lexology Index: Competition 2024

• Lexology Index: Canada – 2021–2024 (Competition)

• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – 2021–2024 (Competition Law)

• Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation 2023

• Lexology Index: Competition & Antitrust (2023: Foreign Investment Control; Global Leader – Competition; 2019–2022: Competition)

• Lexology Index: Competition – 2017–2018 (Future Leader) (Profiles the foremost practitioners in the competition community aged 45 and under)

Cassandra is co-author of Competition and Antitrust Laws in Canada: Mergers, Joint Ventures and Competitor Collaborations and co-author of the Canada chapter of The Foreign Investment Regulation Review, Third Edition.

She was also a sessional adjunct professor of competition regulation at Osgoode Hall Law School.

• Co-author : Canada Chapter
  The Merger Control Review, 14th Edition, Law Business Research, 2023.
• Co-author : Competition and Antitrust Laws in Canada: Mergers, Joint Ventures and Competitor Collaborations, 3rd Edition
  LexisNexis Canada, 2020.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2009
LLB/BCL, McGill University – 2008
BComm, University of Alberta – 2005