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COMPETITION LAW John F. Rook, QC Bennett Jones LLP Tel: (416) 777-4885 Fax: (416) 863-1716 Toronto rookj@bennettjones.com John Rook is a litigation partner at Bennett Jones LLP specializing in commercial, administrative and competition law. Rook appears in courts throughout Canada in commercial and administrative law claims, including most recently in Nova Scotia and Manitoba. He is recognized by Chambers Global as "among the most sought-after competition litigators in Canada." He acts for the Commissioner of Competition in mergers and reviewable practices, as well as numerous clients in the private sector in both civil and criminal proceedings under the Competition Act. He writes extensively in his areas of expertise and is a frequent speaker. In the community, Rook is a director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Endowment Foundation and Chair of the St. Andrew's College Foundation. Kent E. Thomson Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 863-5566 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto kentthomson@dwpv.com Head of the Litigation Department of Davies in Toronto, with extensive experience in complex, "high stakes" litigation at the trial and appellate levels. Has acted as counsel in a number of leading cases in Canada in a wide range of areas, including commercial disputes, securities cases, competition law and class actions. Has recently argued successfully a number of appeals in the Supreme Court of Canada involving the law of oppression, plans of arrangement, the intersection of copyright and broadcasting law and the law of contested elections. Has also conducted complex domestic and international arbitrations in Canada, the US, Europe and Africa. Recognized repeatedly as one of Canada's leading litigation counsel, including in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Named Canada's leading competition litigator in 2013 by Benchmark. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and recipient of Martindale-Hubbell's highest ranking for legal ability and integrity. Omar K. Wakil Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-7635 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto owakil@torys.com Denis Gascon Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP Tel: (514) 847-4435 Fax: (514) 286-5474 Montréal denis.gascon@nortonrosefulbright.com 72 | LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca Partner in Torys' Competition and Antitrust Group and chair of the firm's Foreign Investment Review Group. Advises domestic/international clients on all aspects of competition law and on foreign investment reviews under the Investment Canada Act. Author of the Annotated Competition Act and Annotated Investment Canada Act, speaks frequently at universities and professional conferences in Canada and abroad and is the vice-chair of the Foreign Investment Review Committee of the CBA's National Competition Law Section. In 2008 named by Global Competition Review as one of the world's 40 leading competition lawyers under the age of 40. Solicitor, England & Wales, 2003; Ontario Bar, 1996; LLB, 1994, University of Toronto; BA, 1991, University of Western Ontario. Denis Gascon is a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Canada and head of Norton Rose Fulbright's Antitrust & Competition team in Canada. His areas of expertise are competition law and international trade. He advises domestic and international clients on Canadian and multi-jurisdictional merger reviews; criminal cartel and conspiracy cases; distribution strategies and pricing practices; compliance issues; and trade remedy cases. He regularly represents clients before the Canadian Competition Bureau and the Competition Tribunal, and also assists them in foreign investment reviews under the Investment Canada Act. He has experience in a variety of industries, such as transportation, pulp and paper, steel, book publishing, media, agriculture, financial services, real estate, food products and services, pharmaceuticals, newspaper distribution, home hardware and consumer products. He has acted as Canadian counsel for clients such as JTEKT, Life Technologies, Resolute FP, Rock-Tenn, Valeant, ArcelorMittal, Quebecor Media, Westco Group, RONA, Metro, Sharp, Suncor and Archer-Daniels-Midland.