Bennett Jones LLP‘s practice handles merger and foreign investment review, as well as competition litigation. Leadership of the group is shared between Washington, DC-based Melanie Aitken, who previously acted as Canada’s Commissioner of Competition, and Toronto-based Randal Hughes. Both specialize in global antitrust and competition law, as well as litigation. Additional key contacts include Adam Kalbfleisch, who manages foreign investment review and regulatory matters; and litigator Emrys Davis, who focuses on criminal and civil investigations and class action defences. May 2023 saw the opening of a new office in Montréal under the leadership of office managing partner Pascale Dionne-Bourassa, who handles litigation, including claims involving alleged competition law violations.
Key clients
- Abbott Laboratories
- Air Transat
- Alleghany Corporation
- Amazon.com
- American Airlines
- Amgen
- Aurobindo US / Auro Pharma
- Belron International
- Bridgestone Corporation
- British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (and Mosaic Forest Management)
- Broadridge Financial Solutions
- Canada Payments
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)
- Capvest Partners
- Cardinal Health
- CIP Capital Management
- Clearlake Capital Group
- Deluxe Corporation
- Dye & Durham
- EQT Partners
- Equitable Bank
- Flair Airlines
- Godiva
- Heartland Generation
- HEXO
- Hillcore Management
- Hon Hai Technology Group
- IBI Group
- Idexx Laboratories
- Infra Red Capital Partners (US)
- JBS Foods
- JP Morgan Chase and various affiliates
- KingSett Capital
- Kissner
- Medline Canada
- Microsoft Corporation
- Northland Properties
- Oakwyn Realty
- One Equity Partners
- Otto Fuchs Beteiligungen KG
- Panasonic Corporation
- Pharmascience
- PNC Riverarch Capital
- Pontegadea Canada
- Premier Gold Mines Limited
- Premium Brands Holdings Corporation
- Qualcomm
- Quebecor
- Riverstone Holdings
- Secure Energy Services
- Shopify
- Softbank Group
- Staples Canada
- Stone Canyon Industries Holdings
- Sycamore Partners
- Tempur Sealy International
- The Nielsen Company and NielsenIQ
- Time Warner
- TMX Group
- TriWest Capital Partners
- Variperm Energy Services
- Videotron
- Volkswagen
- Webasto
Work highlights
- Acted for the defendants in the generic pharmaceuticals price-fixing conspiracy class action involving Pharmascience.
- Acted for Dye & Durham in defence of a conspiracy claim which alleges that Dye & Durham's 2020 acquisition of DoProcess was an anti-competitive conspiracy.
- Acted as the lead advisor for Air Transat in connection with its transformative joint venture with Porter Airlines.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Melanie Aitken, Randal Hughes