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COMPETITION LAW J. Kevin Wright Davis LLP Tel: (604) 643-6461 Fax: (604) 605-3577 Vancouver jkwright@davis.ca Barry Zalmanowitz, QC Dentons Canada LLP Tel: (780) 423-7344 Fax: (780) 423-7276 Edmonton barry.zalmanowitz@dentons.com / CORPORATE COMMERCIAL Partner of the firm and Chair of its Competition & Antitrust Law Practice Group, Kevin Wright practices civil litigation, with particular emphasis on competition and intellectual property law. He has appeared before various courts and tribunals, including the Competition Tribunal and the Supreme Court of Canada, in competition cases. He has advised and represented businesses, individuals, trade associations and public bodies with respect to competition law issues involving cartel investigations, classaction defense, acquisitions, pre-notification filings, compliance programs, franchising and distribution, commercial agreements, and marketing and trade practices. He is Past Chair of the Mergers and Criminal Matters Committees of the Canadian Bar Association's National Competition Law Section, and Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law (teaching competition law). Wright is recognized in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (Competition Lawyers & Economists) and The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Competition Law). Based in the Edmonton office of Dentons Canada LLP, Barry Zalmanowitz is a member of the firm's National Board and is Co-chair of its National Competition Law Group. His practice focuses on competition and antitrust law, providing both advisory services and representation in litigation and administrative law hearings. He represents clients in all aspects of the Competition Act, including mergers and notifiable transactions, cartels, abuse of dominance, and deceptive marketing provisions of the Act. Zalmanowitz also advises clients with respect to compliance with the Investment Canada Act. Zalmanowitz has extensive experience representing clients in the Energy and Energy Service industries. Zalmanowitz taught competition law at the University of Alberta law school for several years. He was a member of the executive committee of the National Competition Law section of the CBA from 2003–09 and was Section Chair in 2008–09. Zalmanowitz has attended ICN meetings as the Competition Bureau's non-government advisor. Zalmanowitz was called to the Bar in 1980 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 2002. CORPORATE COMMERCIAL Michael E. Barrack Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP Tel: (416) 304-1109 Fax: (416) 304-1313 Toronto mbarrack@tgf.ca Michael Barrack is recognized as one of Canada's top litigators. He has led dozens of cases ranging from criminal jury trials to civil and constitutional appeals before the Supreme Court of Canada. His work in Canadian courts and internationally caused one reviewer to write, "He's as good as it gets, first-rate counsel, among the top five in Canada." He has been described as an assertive litigator who is very strategic and creative, with effective examination skills and persuasive advocacy techniques. Some of the major clients who have retained Michael include former Justice Jack Ground as Litigation Trustee of Hollinger Inc., U.S. Steel, the Toronto Stock Exchange, TransCanada, Canadian Pacific Railway, the Ontario Securities Commission, OMERS, major banks and multinational law firms. He is a Past President of The Advocates' Society, a founding director of Pro Bono Law Ontario and currently Vice Chair of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 73