Dany Hassen Assaf

Involved in many of Canada’s highest-profile competition and foreign investment transactions, investigations and reviews, Dany brings seasoned advice and a long history of experience advising on all aspects of competition law and its practical administration to clients in Canada and internationally, including in the developing area of competition policy in big tech and digital innovation.

Dany is co-chair of the firm’s Competition and Foreign Investment Review Practice and advises international and domestic clients on all aspects of competition law and foreign investment matters, including in the area of national security reviews.

Canadian and multinational clients rely on Dany’s advice on all aspects of competition law and foreign investment matters under the Investment Canada Act , including notably acting on the DuPont/Dow merger, the Supreme Court of Canada Tervita efficiencies case, the Interac case (Canadian bank payments system), GE/Honeywell and Rio Tinto/Alcan.

Dany is the co-author of Competition and Antitrust Law: Canada and The United States (5th edition) for LexisNexis Butterworths and a member of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section's Thought Leadership Task Force.

Dany has been recently appointed as the Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section's Thought Leadership Task Force. Dany sits on the boards of the Conference Board of Canada, Canada’s Sport Hall of Fame, Unity Health and The Toronto Club. He is also the recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal.

Before joining Torys, Dany was a competition law partner at another firm and managing partner of their Middle East offices. He has been an adjunct professor of law at the University of Western Ontario, and has provided testimony on proposed amendments to the Competition Act before the Standing Committee of the Canadian Senate on Banking, Trade and Commerce and on the Investment Canada Act to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.