John Bodrug Email & Phone Number

Extensive experience in all aspects of competition law and foreign investment review, including mergers, price fixing investigations and other pricing, distribution and advertising matters.Represented and advised Canadian, U.S.-based and international corporations across a range of industries, including energy and resources, transportation, agricultural, manufacturing, financial services, retailing and consumer products sectors. Obtained Competition Act and Investment Canada Act clearances for numerous merger transactions.Regularly represents companies that are the subject of inquiries under the criminal provisions of the Competition Act, including in the context of contested matters, resolutions short of proceedings, and immunity or leniency agreements. Acted as a special counsel for the Director of the Competition Bureau in the Competition Tribunal proceedings relating to the Interac shared electronic financial services network under the Competition Act. Appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce as part of the Committee's Examination of the Competition Act amendments in Bill C-10, the Budget Implementation Act, 2009.Past Chair, National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar AssociationEditorial Board Co-Chair, Antitrust Magazine Online, published by the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association•Recognized as one of the world’s top 35 pre-eminent Competition & Antitrust lawyers by Expert Guides' The Best of the Best.•Named a leading practitioner (Band 1) in the areas of Competition & Antitrust and Competition & Antitrust: Investment Canada by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business.•Named Toronto Competition/Antitrust Lawyer of the Year 2011 by The Best Lawyers in Canada.•Recommended for Competition Law by the Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada.

Listed skills include Competition Law, Corporate Law, Class Actions, Litigation, and 7 others.

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  Partner

  Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Llp

  Sep 1986 - Present - Toronto

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  Western University

  Law