Kate McNeece

Kate McNeece serves as counsel in the Competition and Foreign Investment Group at Goodmans.

Kate has a wealth of knowledge and expertise on a broad range of competition law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, marketing and distribution practices, abuse of dominance, and investigations. She is a trusted advisor to companies in a range of industries on competition compliance matters, including commercial agreements, greenwashing, drip pricing and other deceptive marketing matters. 

Kate also provides strategic advice on risk management relating to foreign investment review under the Investment Canada Act, including both economic “net benefit” reviews and national security reviews.  She has particular experience in navigating reviews of investment by state owned enterprises and negotiation of national security mitigation agreements. 

Prior to joining Goodmans, Kate practiced in the competition law group at another large Bay Street law firm. She originally trained in the US and started her career in Washington, DC.

Kate is consistently recognized as an emerging leader in the competition bar, including as the only Canadian lawyer to appear on The Global Competition Review’s 40 Under 40 list of preeminent young antitrust practitioners in 2024, and as a Top 40 under 40 by the Global Competition Review Foreign Investment Control in 2023. She is also recognized as a “Leading Lawyer: Competition Law” in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, and a “Future Leader: Competition Law” from Who’s Who Legal. The Legal 500 Canada has said, “Kate McNeece is an exceptional competition law lawyer who not only has great experience, but keen judgment.”