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David Kent is Co-chair of the fi rm's Dispute Resolution Group and Co-chair 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 over 40 national cases involving competi-
tion, consumer, privacy and securities claims in a wide range of industries, raising issues
including cross-border discovery, settlement and certifi cation. He has been counsel in
many competition cases, including over 25 cartel class actions (e.g., vitamins, rubber chem-
icals, cross-border vehicle sales, 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
(Toronto) and Queen's University Law School (Kingston) for nine years. Member, CBA,
IPIC and ABA (section on antitrust). LLB (Hons.) and Dean's Key, University of Toron-
to. Ontario Bar (1983).
Mahmud Jamal's national litigation practice includes the defense of class actions, bank-
ing litigation, constitutional and administrative law and Aboriginal litigation, competi-
tion/antitrust, pension, tax, copyright and other regulatory litigation. He has argued 31
appeals before the Supreme Court of Canada in a wide range of civil, constitutional, crim-
inal, and regulatory areas and trials and appeals at all levels of court in Ontario, Québec,
British Columbia, Alberta, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland & Labrador, at the Fed-
eral Court and Federal Court of Appeal, and before federal and provincial administrative
tribunals such as the Competition Tribunal, the Ontario Energy Board and the Financial
Services Tribunal. He is a former law clerk to the late Justice Charles D. Gonthier of the
Supreme Court of Canada and to Justice Melvin L. Rothman of the Québec Court of Ap-
peal. Called to the Ontario Bar, 1996.
Partner. Signifi cant experience in corporate/commercial and securities litigation, share-
holder remedies, professional negligence and product liability. Has worked on signifi cant
restructuring matters and major securities, competition and product liability class actions
and appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and in the SCC. Has acted for signifi cant
participants in public and private take-over litigation and in matters before the Ontario
and British Columbia Securities Commissions. Recognized as a leading litigation lawyer
by e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, e Lexpert® Special Edition of Canada's Leading Litiga-
tion Lawyers in the Globe & Mail's ROB magazine, e Best Lawyers in Canada and Bench-
mark Canada. Also recognized in Benchmark's Top 25 Women in Canadian Litigation.
Founding/past Chair of Goodmans' professional standards and confl icts committee. Fel-
low of American College of Trial Lawyers. Contributing editor to the Commercial Litiga-
tion Journal.
Senior trial and appellate counsel. Broad business litigation practice with emphasis on
administrative and constitutional law, competition law, intellectual property and class ac-
tions. Appeared in the Supreme Court of Canada, in courts across Canada, in domestic
and international arbitrations, and before administrative tribunals. Recognized as a lead-
ing commercial and public law litigator in publications including e Lexpert®/American
Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Woodward White's Best Lawyers in
Canada and Chambers & Partners' Chambers Global: World's Leading Lawyers for Busi-
ness, e Client's Guide. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers and Litigation Counsel
of America. Speaks and writes regularly on public law, competition and civil litigation is-
sues. Editor of civil cases for Canadian Charter of Rights Annotated. Before joining Torys,
was associate professor at University of Toronto Faculty of Law. LLM, 1977, University of
California. LLB (Gold Medalist), 1976, University of Toronto. Ontario Bar, 1979. Al-
berta Bar, 1987.
David W.
Kent
McMillan LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7143
Fax: (416) 865-7048
Toronto
Mahmud
Jamal
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (416) 862-6764
Fax: (416) 862-6666
Toronto
Jessica A.
Kimmel
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-4219
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
John B.
Laskin
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7317
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
david.kent@mcmillan.ca
mjamal@osler.com
jkimmel@goodmans.ca
jlaskin@torys.com
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