Julie A. Soloway
Partner

Julie is a partner in Blakes Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group. Julie is at the forefront of the most complex and high-profile Canadian and cross-border merger transactions. She advises domestic and foreign clients on all aspects of competition law with a particular emphasis on multijurisdictional mergers & acquisitions. Julie also has special expertise in the Investment Canada Act and the State-Owned Enterprise Guidelines, and has been successful in securing approvals for foreign investors in Canada’s key industries, including technology, oil & gas, pharmaceutical and financial services. She is co-founder of Canadian Women in the Law and co-author of the book Leading the Way: Canadian Women in the Law (LexisNexis). Julie is also on the editorial board of Corporate Lawyer’s Competition Law Quarterly Legal Reviews. She has served on the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law (SAL) leadership for over 11 years and she is currently co-chair of SAL’s International Committee.