Rogers-Shaw Deal May Get Quick Approval in Ottawa, Osborne Says

A Canadian competition lawyer said the government is likely to allow Rogers Communications Inc.’s takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. to close soon, without new conditions, after a court rejected an antitrust suit against the deal.

“I expect the approval to come very quickly. And no, I don’t expect any further conditions,” Michael Osborne, chair of the Canadian competition practice at law firm Cozen O’Connor, said on BNN Bloomberg Television.

The federal antitrust watchdog failed to prove that the combination of Rogers and Shaw would cause significant harm to competition, the Competition Tribunal said late Thursday. The merger is ...