Robert Ian Macdonald

Ian Macdonald is a partner in Gowling WLG's Toronto office who advises domestic and international businesses on all aspects of competition and antitrust law and foreign investment review.

With an emphasis on merger review, Ian has successfully represented private sector and state-owned-enterprise (SOE) clients in a wide range of industries in relation to dozens of pre-notifications under the Competition Act and reviews and notifications under the Investment Canada Act .

Ian also advises clients in relation to the civil and criminal provisions of the Competition Act , and has assisted clients in responding to information and document production orders in relation to alleged violations of the Act's civil and criminal provisions. He frequently prepares competition law compliance policies and conducts compliance seminars for clients.

Ian is deeply involved in the competition law and foreign investment review community. In addition to speaking at conferences and authoring articles, Ian is the past chair of the International Committee of the Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association and a past member of the editorial board of the Canadian Competition Law Review.

Ian was a contributing author of the Firm's recently published book, The Electricity Industry In Canada , taking primary responsibility for the Ontario chapter.

In March 2022, Ian was a contributing author to "2022 Joint Ventures - Canada" in Lexology Getting the Deal Through.