Cassandra Brown

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

• 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 – 2021–2024 (Competition/Antitrust Law)

• Who's Who Legal: Global – 2019–2023 (Competition)

• The Legal 500 Canada – 2018–2023 (Next Generation Partner: Competition and Antitrust)

• Chambers Canada: Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business – 2021–2023 (Competition/Antitrust)

• Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business – 2021–2023 (Competition/Antitrust)

• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – 2021–2023 (Competition Law)

• Who's Who Legal: Canada – 2021–2022 (Competition)

• Who's Who Legal: Competition – Future Leaders – 2017–2018 (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, Law Business Research, 13th Edition, 2022.
• Co-author: Canada Chapter
  Cartels - Enforcement, Appeals & Damages Actions, 10th Edition, Global Legal Insight, 2022.
• Co-author: Competition Act: Commentary and Annotation, 2022 Edition
  LexisNexis Canada, December 14, 2021.
• Co-author: Canada Chapter
  The Merger Control Review, 12th Edition, Law Business Research, pp. 128-138, August 2021.
• Co-author: Canada Chapter
  Cartels - Enforcement, Appeals & Damages Actions, Ninth Edition, Global Legal Insights, 2021.
• Co-author: Refusal to Deal Chapter
  Fundamentals of Canadian Competition Law, 4th Edition, CBA Competition Law Section, 2021.
• Co-author: Competition and Antitrust Laws in Canada: Mergers, Joint Ventures and Competitor Collaborations
  LexisNexis Canada, 2020 (Third Edition).

• Co-speaker: Canadian Inbound M&A: Trends from Europe and the U.K.
  Episode 20, Blakes Sound Business Podcast, April 14, 2022.
• Speaker: Finding a mentor and effective networking
  Canadian Lawyer's Young Lawyers Summit - Teleconference, November 25, 2021.

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