Mark Warner Comments on the Antitrust / Competition Approval Hurdles for the Agrium / Potash Corp Merger

Mark Warner was interviewed by Reuters, Globe and Mail, Daily Mail, CNBC, Yahoo FinanceBusiness Insider and TD Waterhouse about the antitrust / competition notification and approval issues following the shareholder approval of the merger between the two leading Canadian potash producers, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. and Agrium Inc. (November 3, 2016) Mark, a Canadian and U.S. attorney, has advised clients on international competition and trade matters in the potash industry in the past. Mark is a past Chair of the International and Economics Committees of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law as well as a member of the Section’s Task Forces on Competition Policy and NAFTA and Antitrust in the Global Economy. He has been listed in the Euromoney / International Financial Law Review Guide to the World’s Leading Competition lawyers. In 2015, Mark was elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mark is also a former Acting Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services and was responsible for prosecutions under the Consumer Protection Act (Ontario).

Mark Warner Interviewed About Antitrust / Competition Law Approvals for the Potash Corp / Agrium Merger

Mark Warner was interviewed on BNN about the antitrust / competition notification and approval issues in the announced $38 Billion merger between the two leading Canadian potash producers, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. and Agrium Inc. (September 12, 2016) The merged firm would create a company with more than 46% of North American potash production volume or 62% of potash capacity, 30% of phosphate production capability and 29% of nitrogen capacity. Mark, a Canadian and U.S. attorney, has advised clients on international competition and trade matters in the potash industry in the past. Mark is a past Chair of the International and Economics Committees of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law as well as a member of various Section Task Forces and has been listed in the Euromoney / International Financial Law Review Guide to the World’s Leading Competition lawyers. In 2015, Mark was elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mark is also a former Acting Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services and was responsible for prosecutions under the Consumer Protection Act (Ontario).

 

Mark Warner Interviewed About Potential Antitrust / Competition Issues in A Merger of Potash Corp and Agrium

Mark Warner was interviewed on Bloomberg TV Canada and the Financial Post about the antitrust / competition notification and approval issues in the potential merger between the two leading Canadian potash producers, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. and Agrium Inc. (August 30, 2016)  The merged firm would create a company with more than 46% of North American potash production volume or  62% of potash capacity, 30% of phosphate production capability and 29% of nitrogen capacity. Mark, a Canadian and U.S. attorney, has advised clients on international competition and trade matters in the potash industry in the past. Mark is a past Chair of the International and Economics Committees of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law as well as a member of various Section Task Forces and has been listed in the Euromoney / International Financial Law Review Guide to the World’s Leading Competition lawyers.  In 2015, Mark was elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mark is also a former Acting Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services and was responsible for prosecutions under the Consumer Protection Act (Ontario).