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COMPETITION LAW Calvin S. Goldman, QC Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-5914 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto cgoldman@goodmans.ca R. Jay Holsten Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-7523 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto jholsten@torys.com Practice focuses on all aspects of Canadian competition law, including domestic and international mergers, abuse of dominance, cartels and civil reviewable matters, as well as representation in foreign investment reviews under the Investment Canada Act. Former Commissioner, Canadian Competition Bureau. Member of the Leadership of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law; Co-chair of the ICC's Task Force on the ICN; Special Competition Committee Advisor to the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD; co-editor, Competition Law of Canada (Juris). Only Canadian lawyer recognized as a "star individual" for competition law in Chambers Global 2013: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2014; and The 2013 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, and other rankings. Clients have included Bell Canada; BHP Billiton; Maple Group Acquisition Corp.; Merck; Microsoft; Nestlé SA; Pearson plc; Sinopec International; Samsung; Suncor Energy. Chair of Torys' Competition and Antitrust Practice. A merger specialist, Jay 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. Vice-chair 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. Randal T. Hughes Bennett Jones LLP Tel: (416) 777-7471 Fax: (416) 863-1716 Toronto hughesr@bennettjones.com Katherine L. Kay Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5507 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto kkay@stikeman.com 70 | LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca Co-chair 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 private sector clients in leading merger and abuse of dominance cases before the Competition Tribunal. Partner practicing complex commercial litigation, regularly involving the overlap between regulatory, civil and criminal law regimes. Heads the firm's competition litigation practice and a member of its partnership board and executive committee. Described by Chambers Global as "virtually insurmountable in the area of competition litigation" and by Global Competition Review as "arguably the best competition litigator Canada has to offer." Major focus is class actions defense, including competition, product liability, franchise and consumer cases with an emphasis on strategic responses, directing multiple class actions across several jurisdictions and effective advocacy before relevant courts and tribunals. Multiple recognitions, including The Best Lawyers in Canada; The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers, Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada; and Chambers Global's The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, among others.