Mr Randal Hughes > Bennett Jones LLP > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Mr Randal Hughes

416-777-7471 hughesr@bennettjones.com

Work Department

Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment

Position

Partner, Co-Chair of Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment

Career

Randy 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. Randy represents clients in domestic and international conspiracy investigations and prosecutions involving the Competition Bureau in Canada and other competition authorities around the world. He also represents clients in substantial civil actions, including leading class actions, by those claiming damages as a result of anticompetitive conduct. Randy 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. Randy has served as Canadian non-governmental advisor (NGA) at the International Competition Network (ICN) of enforcement agencies Cartel Workshops and Annual Conferences, on the faculty of the ABA/IBA International Cartel Workshops and as a member of the ABA Antitrust Section International Cartel Task Force. He is currently Vice Chair of the Section’s Cartel and Criminal Practice Committee.

Education

University of Toronto, BComm, 1977 | University of Toronto, LLB, 1980