Randal T. Hughes

Randal T. Hughes

Randy Hughes is one of the leaders of our National Competition Law Group. He has successfully handled the competition law and Investment Canada aspects of numerous mergers and acquisitions and represented clients before the courts in criminal proceedings under the Competition Act and before the Competition Tribunal in respect of reviewable matters. In particular, Mr. Hughes has acted as counsel for the Commissioner of Competition and for private sector clients in leading merger cases and other proceedings before the Competition Tribunal.

Mr. Hughes represents clients in international conspiracy investigations and prosecutions involving competition authorities in the United States and Europe and increasingly other jurisdictions around the world, as well as the Competition Bureau in Canada. He also represents clients in substantial civil actions, including leading class actions, by those claiming damages as a result of anti-competitive conduct.

Mr. Hughes is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading practitioner in the competition law area. In particular, he is recognized in: Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers; the International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers, published by Global Competition Review; the LEXPERT/The American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada in the area of competition/antitrust; the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, a guide to the leading law firms and practitioners in Canada, in the area of competition law; the Competition Cross-border Handbook, published by Practical Law Company; the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, published by Law Business Research Ltd.; Guide to the World's Leading Competition and Antitrust Lawyers, published by International Financial Law Review; and the Best of the Best (Competition and Antitrust Lawyers), published by Euromoney Legal Media Group.

Mr. Hughes served as Canadian non-governmental advisor (NGA) at the International Competition Network (ICN) Cartel Leniency Workshop of enforcement agencies from around the world in Sydney, Australia in November 2004, the ICN Cartel Workshop in The Hague, Netherlands in November 2006 and the ICN Annual Conferences in Bonn, Germany in June 2005, Kyoto, Japan in April 2008 and Zurich, Switzerland in June 2009. He also participated on the faculty of the ABA/IBA International Cartel Workshop in London, England in February 2006 and in San Francisco, California in January/ February 2008.

Mr. Hughes also represents clients in other regulatory matters before a variety of courts and tribunals. In particular, he acted as counsel in the Commission of Inquiry into the Use of Drugs and Banned Products Intended to Increase Athletic Performance (the Dubin Inquiry) and the Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada (the Krever Inquiry), where he appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada.

Mr. Hughes received his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto in 1977, and his LLB from the University of Toronto Law School in 1980. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1982.