 Bennett Jones Education Ivey Business School at Western University, HBA, 2020 Queen's University, JD, 2023 Bar Admissions Ontario, 2024 Overview Mercy Liu advises clients on all aspects of competition law, including merger review, misleading advertising (including greenwashing), abuse of dominance and other compliance matters. Mercy has experience working on complex, high-profile merger transactions (including complying with supplementary information requests (SIRs)) and on criminal and civil investigations under the Competition Act (including complying with section 11 orders). Mercy also advises clients on all aspects of foreign investment reviews under the Investment Canada Act, including foreign investments into critical minerals, Canadian cultural businesses, and sensitive technologies and has experience working on net benefit and national security reviews. Mercy is a member of the Canadian Bar Association (Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section) and the American Bar Association (Antitrust Law Section). Before becoming an associate at Bennett Jones, Mercy summered and articled with the firm. Select Experience • Heidelberg Materials North America in its binding purchase agreement to acquire the Edmonton, Alberta, assets of BURNCO, a successful fifth-generation family-owned construction materials company • KingSett Capital in its acquisition of a 50% co-ownership interest in CF Masonville Place • British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) in its £1.062-billion acquisition of 100% of issued shares of BBGI Global Infrastructure SA • J.S. Held in its acquisition of GHL Consultants, a fire engineering and building code consulting firm • Broadridge in its acquisition of Kyndryl's Securities Industry Services' wealth and capital markets technology platform • Dye & Durham with the Competition Bureau’s inquiry and document production order • Discovery Silver in its US$425-million acquisition of the Porcupine Mining Complex from Newmont Corporation and related C$247.5-million bought deal public offering • Plains All American Pipeline in its C$5.15-billion sale of its NGL business to Keyera • LSI Industries (Nasdaq; LYTS), a manufacturer of commercial lighting and display solutions, in its acquisition of Canada’s Best Store Fixtures, a provider of retail fixtures and custom store design solutions for grocery, quick service restaurant, c-store, banking and specialty retail environments |