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COMPETITION LAW R. Jay Holsten Chair of Torys' Competition and Antitrust Practice. A merger specialist, Holsten has led some of the most complex and high-profile merger transactions in Canada in recent years. Also regularly advises clients in connection with cartel investigations and abuse of dominance and other reviewable matters. Holsten has developed particular expertise in the Canadian financial services sector (banking, insurance, securities) and has been involved in most of the significant M&A transactions in the sector over the past 15 years. Also acts for a number of major participants in the pharmaceutical sector, where he advises on the competition law aspects of a variety of business arrangements, including marketing and distribution arrangements, and patent litigation and related settlements. Member of the Executive Committee of the National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. Author of numerous articles discussing recent developments in Canadian competition law and policy. Became a partner at Torys in 1992. LLB, University of Ottawa (Gold Medalist), 1983. Ontario Bar, 1985. Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-7523 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto jholsten@torys.com Randal T. Hughes Co-leader of the firm's Competition and Antitrust Practice Group and widely acknowledged as one of Canada's leading competition lawyers. Has successfully handled the competition law and Investment Canada aspects of numerous domestic and international mergers and acquisitions and represented clients before the courts in criminal proceedings under the Competition Act and before the Competition Tribunal in reviewable matters. Represents clients in domestic and international conspiracy investigations and prosecutions involving the Competition Bureau in Canada and other competition authorities around the world. Also represents clients in substantial civil actions, including leading class actions, by those claiming damages as a result of anticompetitive conduct. Has acted as counsel for the Commissioner of Competition and for privatesector clients in leading merger and abuse of dominance cases before the Competition Tribunal. Has served as Canadian non-governmental advisor at the International Competition Network of enforcement agencies Cartel Workshops and Annual Conferences. Bennett Jones LLP Tel: (416) 777-7471 Fax: (416) 863-1716 Toronto hughesr@bennettjones.com Katherine L. Kay Partner in the litigation and competition groups and a member of the firm's Partnership Board and Executive Committee and Toronto Management Committee. Practice concentrates on complex commercial litigation, involving the overlap between regulatory, civil and criminal law regimes in multiple jurisdictions. Heads the firm's competition litigation practice and is lead counsel on cases dealing with all aspects of competition law, including criminal defence work, class and other civil actions, mergers, abuse of dominance and other reviewable matters before the Competition Tribunal. A major focus of her practice is class actions defence, covering anti-competitive conduct and securities law violations, product liability, franchise and consumer cases. Competition litigation practice emphasizes formulating and coordinating strategic responses, often working closely with counsel in the US, Europe and other jurisdictions; directing multiple class actions across several Canadian jurisdictions, and highly effective advocacy before courts and tribunals throughout Canada. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5507 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto kkay@stikeman.com David W. Kent David Kent is Co-chair of the firm's Dispute Resolution Group and of its Class Action Practice, and a member of its Competition and IP groups. His practice emphasizes complex litigation, including competition, copyright, commercial and regulatory disputes. His extensive class-action experience includes more than 40 national cases involving competition, consumer, privacy and securities claims in a wide range of industries, raising issues including cross-border discovery, settlement and certification. His active competition experience includes more than 25 cartel class actions (e.g., vitamins, rubber chemicals, cross-border vehicles, credit cards, e-books, Gmail and computer components such as DRAM, SRAM, LCDs and CRTs), as well as private actions, contested mergers and Competition Bureau investigations. Kent taught ADR at Osgoode Hall Law School and Queen's University Law School for nine years. Member, CBA, IPIC and ABA (section on antitrust). LLB (Hons.) and Dean's Key, University of Toronto. Ontario Bar (1983). Law Clerk to the Chief Justice of Ontario (1983–84). Rated AV, Martindale-Hubbell. McMillan LLP Tel: (416) 865-7143 Fax: (416) 865-7048 Toronto david.kent@mcmillan.ca LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 69 D-00-Bios.indd 69 13-05-16 1:50 PM