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Rob Kwinter is a partner who practices in the area of competition law at Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP. Advises with respect to the Competition Act; including conspiracy,
bid-rigging, trade association activities, mergers and other reviewable trade practices.
Advises with respect to regulatory approval under the Competition Act and the Invest-
ment Canada Act, in respect of major transactions. Litigation counsel in cases under
various provisions of the Competition Act, including extensive experience in class actions,
including DRAM, Air Cargo, Hydrogen Peroxide, EPDM, Chocolate, LCD and Credit
Cards. Successfully represented Visa Canada as lead counsel before the Competition
Tribunal in a contested price maintenance application. Kwinter participates on various
committees of the Canadian Bar Association and the American Bar Association, and
the International Competition Network as a non-governmental advisor. Member of the
American Bar Association's International Task Force and Vice-chair of the Competition
Law and Policy Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
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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 competition, 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 chemicals, 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.
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James Musgrove is Co-chair of the Competition and Antitrust Group and a member
of the Board of Partners at McMillan LLP. He is past Chair of the Canadian Bar
Association National Competition Law Section and past President of the Toronto
Lawyers' Association. He is Chair of the Unilateral Conduct Committee of the ABA
Section of Antitrust Law, and a member of the Competition Tribunal/Bar Liaison
Committee. He practices primarily in the areas of antitrust and marketing law and
advises on mergers, cartels, distribution issues, foreign corrupt practices, Investment
Canada and misleading advertising. He is a leading lawyer in the advertising and
competition sections of ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500
Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, ! e Best Lawyers in Canada, Martindale-
Hubbell, and various international directories.
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John Rook is a litigation partner at Bennett Jones LLP specializing in commercial,
administrative, class actions and competition law litigation. 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-a er 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 Chair of the St. Andrew's College Foundation, and a member of the boards of St.
Andrew's College and St. George's Golf Club.
Robert E.
Kwinter
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
Tel: (416) 863-3283
Toronto
David W.
Kent
McMillan LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7143
Fax: (416) 865-7048
Toronto
James B.
Musgrove
McMillan LLP
Tel: (416) 307-4078
Fax: (416) 865-7048
Toronto
John F.
Rook, QC
Bennett
Jones LLP
Tel: (416) 777-4885
Fax: (416) 863-1716
Toronto
robert.kwinter@blakes.com
david.kent@mcmillan.ca
james.musgrove@mcmillan.ca
rookj@bennettjones.com
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