J. Kevin Wright

Kevin Wright is an experienced competition law and class action defence lawyer. He is the Chair of the firm’s Canadian International Trade, Regulatory and Government Affairs Group. Kevin has advised and acted for public institutions, trade associations, individuals and businesses on competition law issues involving international and domestic cartel (price fixing) investigations, class action defence and other private actions under the Competition Act, acquisitions, pre-notification filings, advancing complaints of clients to the Competition Bureau, commercial agreements, the design and implementation of compliance programs and marketing and trade practices. He has appeared before various courts and tribunals, including the Competition Tribunal and the Supreme Court of Canada, in competition law cases. He has acted in two out of the six contested merger cases heard by the Competition Tribunal since the 1986 amendments to the merger provisions of the Competition Act. Kevin is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law where he teaches competition law.