Tony is a Partner and Co-Leader of the firm’s Competition, Marketing and Foreign Investment Group. As former counsel to Canada’s Commissioner of Competition (Department of Justice Canada) and having served as counsel in many of Canada’s most significant competition matters, Tony is widely recognized as one of Canada’s leading practitioners in competition law and litigation.
Tony is recognized by numerous national and international legal directories, including Chambers, Who’s Who Legal, Global Competition Review, Best Lawyers, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, Thomson Reuters and Lexpert. Clients note that Tony is “extremely capable”, “an absolute pleasure to work with”, “always full of energy”, “extremely responsive” “has a practical, pragmatic approach to litigation and advisory matters”, “has a strong international presence”, and “has outstanding knowledge of the Canadian Competition Bureau and its processes” (Chambers and Who’s Who Legal).
Tony represents and counsels clients in domestic and multi-jurisdictional competition matters, including mergers, criminal cartel matters, advertising, marketing and consumer protection practices, abuse of dominance and other reviewable practices. Tony represents parties in criminal and civil investigations, litigated proceedings before Canada’s Competition Tribunal and class action litigation. Tony has extensive trial and appellate experience, having appeared as counsel before Canada’s Competition Tribunal, all levels of court in Ontario, the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Tony is particularly experienced with the application of competition laws to the high technology, life sciences, food and agribusiness, financial institutions, transportation and ESG.
Tony returned to Fasken in 2016 after serving as counsel to Canada’s Commissioner of Competition for a two year term. In this role, Tony directly advised the Commissioner on many of the Competition Bureau’s high-profile cases. Tony represented the Commissioner in complaints and investigations, enforcement matters, the review of mergers, major litigated proceedings and the negotiation of remedies and orders. Tony also secured numerous production orders/subpoenas on behalf of the Commissioner and advised on Competition Bureau enforcement guidelines and competition policy matters.
Tony is a sought-after trainer, speaker and writer on competition issues. He is the author of the leading legal treatise, Competition Enforcement and Litigation in Canada (Emond Publishing) which has been cited variously by Courts in Canada. Tony is an adjunct law professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, where he teaches competition law and trial advocacy. Tony is a non-governmental adviser to the International Competition Network, a network of the world's competition authorities that promotes effective global antitrust enforcement. Tony is active in the leadership of the Canadian Bar Association’s National Competition Law Section, currently serving on the Section's Executive, the Competition Tribunal Liaison Committee and having served as Chair of the Mergers and Criminal Matters Committees. Tony is also active in the leadership of the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law, currently serving as a Co-Chair of the Section's Committee Operations Committee and having served as Co-Chair of the Consumer Protection Committee. Tony is also active with the leadership of the International Bar Association’s Antitrust Committee, currently serving on the Unilateral Conduct and Behavioural Issues Working Group. Tony is a past chair of the Ontario Bar Association’s Class Action Section and a past member on the Bench and Bar Class Action Liaison Committee in the Province of Ontario. Tony has discussed competition issues with the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Washington Post, among other media outlets.
Tony’s community work includes serving on the board of directors of York University, the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario and the Hockey Association for the Developmentally Challenged.
