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Co-chair of the firm's Competition and Antitrust Practice Group and widely acknowl-
edged 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, cross-border and other international conspiracy investiga-
tions and prosecutions involving the Competition Bureau in Canada, the US antitrust
authorities and other competition agencies around the world. Also represents clients in
substantial civil/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. Vice-chair of ABA Antitrust Section Criminal and Cartel Practice Commit-
tee and Non-governmental Advisor to International Competition Network.
David Kent is Co-chair of the firm's Dispute Resolution Group and Co-chair of its Class
Action Practice, and a member of its Competition and IP groups. His practice empha-
sizes 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 certification. 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 compo-
nents 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 Toronto. Ontario Bar (1983).
Competition law. Advises clients with respect to the Competition Act, including conspir-
acy, bid-rigging, mergers, trade association activities, misleading advertising and other
reviewable trade practices. Regularly advises clients with respect to regulatory approval
under the Competition Act and the Investment Canada Act, in respect of major trans-
actions. 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. Recently successfully represented
Visa Canada as lead counsel before the Competition Tribunal in a contested price
maintenance application. Developed a recognized proficiency in the misleading advertis-
ing field and has acted as counsel in some of the leading comparative advertising cases in
Canada, including Church & Dwight v. Sio and UPS v. Purolator. Member of the ABA's
International Task Force and Vice Chair of the Competition law and policy committee
of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Admitted to Ontario Bar in 1986.
Randal T.
Hughes
Bennett
Jones LLP
Tel: (416) 777-7471
Fax: (416) 863-1716
Toronto
David W.
Kent
McMillan LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7143
Fax: (416) 865-7048
Toronto
Robert E.
Kwinter
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (416) 863-3283
Toronto
hughesr@bennettjones.com
david.kent@mcmillan.ca
robert.kwinter@blakes.com
Senior partner in Torys' Competition and Foreign Investment Review Practice. Practice
focuses on complex merger review and the competition law aspects of other strategic
business arrangements of both domestic and international clients. Has considerable
experience in a wide range of industry sectors. Has particular expertise in the Canadian
financial services sector, having been involved in most of the significant M&A transac-
tions over the past 20 years. Also advises on a broad range of antitrust issues for a number
of major participants in the pharmaceutical sector. Regularly advises clients in connec-
tion with cartel matters, abuse of dominance and other reviewable matters. Immediate
Past-chair of the Executive Committee of the National Competition Law Section of
the Canadian Bar Association. Author of numerous articles discussing developments in
Canadian competition law and policy. LLB (Gold Medalist), 1983, University of Ottawa.
Ontario Bar, 1985.
R. Jay
Holsten
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7523
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
jholsten@torys.com
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