
Overview
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.”
Expertise
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Competition Bureau investigations
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Compliance Programs and Audits
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Energy
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Entertainment
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Foreign Investment and National Security Reviews
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Merger Review
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Mergers and Acquisitions
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Mining
Featured Work
Awards & Recognition
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The Legal 500 Canada Recommended, Competition and Antitrust 2025
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Lexology Index Recommended, Foreign Investment Control 2025
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GCR 100 40 Under 40, Antitrust 2024
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Lexology Index Future Leader, Competition Future Leaders - Partners 2024
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The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory Repeatedly Recommended, Competition Law 2024
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Lexology Index Recommended, Competition 2024
Credentials
Professional Involvement
Credentials
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 2013
- Yale University, B.A., 2007
Professional Affiliations
Call to Bar
- 2015 Ontario
- 2014 New York
Insights
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Competition and Foreign Investment
The Investment Canada Act in Rapidly Changing Times
The decision of the U.S. government to at least temporarily impose 25% tariffs on most Canadian exports raises novel questions about the treatment of U.S. investments into Canada. This update…
News & Events
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Competition and Foreign Investment
Kate McNeece host of CBA’s Counterfactual Podcast: Fair Trade?: North American Competitiveness, Tariffs and Trade with Professor Meredith Lilly
Goodmans Counsel Kate McNeece hosts CBA’s Counterfactual podcast episode 22, Fair Trade?: North American Competitiveness, Tariffs and Trade with Professor Meredith Lilly. Kate McNeece speaks with… -
Competition and Foreign Investment
Kate McNeece at CBA’s Webinar: Whose Risk is it Anyway? Practical considerations for allocating national security risk
Join Goodmans counsel Kate McNeece for The Canadian Bar Association’s upcoming session, “Whose Risk is it Anyway? Practical considerations for allocating national security risk” on February… -
Competition and Foreign Investment
Goodmans Welcomes Kate McNeece
Goodmans is delighted to announce Kate McNeece has joined the firm as counsel in our Competition and Foreign Investment Group.Kate has a wealth of knowledge and expertise on a broad range of…