Charles advises clients on Canadian competition and foreign investment review law, including mergers, joint ventures, abuse of dominance, cartel investigations, misleading advertising and general compliance matters. He has expertise in securing competition and foreign investment approvals for complex M&A transactions. Charles also assists clients in major competition litigation and in negotiating resolutions with the Competition Bureau. Before Davies, he was Deputy General Counsel of the New Zealand Commerce Commission, managing the Commission’s major litigation portfolio and acting as counsel in a variety of complex competition proceedings. A leader in the Canadian Bar Association, Charles serves on the Executive of the Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section and was responsible for launching the Section’s Counterfactual Podcast. Charles served as chair of the Section’s Podcast Committee, Mergers Committee, Reviewable Matters/Unilateral Conduct Committee and Annual Competition Law Spring Conference. Charles is also involved in the Leadership of the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law and currently serves as vice chair of the Unilateral Conduct Committee. Select Recognition: Chambers Global; Chambers Canada; GCR 100 Canada; Best Lawyers in Canada.
In Canada’s largest M&A transaction of 2014, US-based Burger King Worldwide Inc. acquired Tim Hortons Inc. in a $12.5-billion deal that created a global powerhouse quick service restaurant company based in Canada. Combined, the company now has more than 18,000 restaurants in 100 countries.
