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Emrys Davis

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T: 416.777.6242


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Toronto

  • Education
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  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services
  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services

Recognized for "great judgment and good strategic analysis of issues" (Chambers Canada), Emrys Davis is a litigator focusing on complex competition/antitrust issues and class actions. He helps clients comply with Canada’s competition laws and fights for them when they are alleged to have broken them.

Emrys regularly represents clients litigating mergers, responding to criminal and civil investigations, and defending alleged anti-competitive conduct. He has extensive experience working both for and against Canada's Competition Bureau, including as trial counsel to the Commissioner of Competition in his successful abuse of dominance application against the Toronto Real Estate Board.

What Clients Say

"'Solid litigator' who garners praise from peers as an 'excellent' and 'extremely knowledgeable' practitioner."

In the class action context, Emrys' experience and practical approach to litigation has helped clients achieve favourable results. He has acted for clients in complex, national class actions related to numerous auto parts, audiobooks, lithium ion rechargeable batteries, compressors, cathode ray tubes, optical disk drives, capacitors, resistors, foreign exchange markets, and airfares. Over the last decade, he has litigated some of the most influential price-fixing class actions in Canada, including Godfrey v Toshiba et al, a 2019 Supreme Court of Canada decision that defines the requirements to certify a price-fixing class action under Canada’s Competition Act.

Domestic and international publications recognize Emrys as a future leader in Canada’s competition bar. He is a member of the Ontario Bar Associations’ Bench-Bar Committee on Class Actions, the past-Chair of the Competition Litigation Committee of the Canadian Bar Association's Competition Law Section, and a member of the International Bar Association’s editorial board for Competition Law International. Emrys also writes frequently on competition/antitrust issues and class actions.

Education

York University, BES (Hons.), 2005, summa cum laude University of Toronto, JD, 2008 

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2009

Recent Experience

Commissioner of Competition triumphs over the Toronto Real Estate Board.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG, in class actions commenced in Alberta and Ontario alleging the manufacture of defective gear shifts in selected automobiles.
Volkswagen AG and affiliates, in defence of class actions alleging a conspiracy in the price and design of car components.
Apple Inc., in the Commissioner of Competition's inquiry into Apple's Canadian iPhone distribution agreements. The Commissioner abandoned his inquiry in 2017 without requiring any remedy.
Panasonic, in the defense of class actions related to compressors, cathode ray tubes, auto parts, lithium ion rechargeable batteries, optical disk drives, resistors and capacitors.
The Commissioner of Competition, in his successful abuse of dominance litigation against the Toronto Real Estate Board: The Commissioner of Competition v The Toronto Real Estate Board, 2016 CACT 7.
Parkland Fuel Corporation, in its defense of its acquisition of Pioneer Energy including the successful defence of a requested hold separate order in eight of fourteen local communities in issue (The Commissioner of Competition v. Parkland Industries Ltd, 2015 CACT 4) and resolution of the litigation through the first ever mediation before the Competition Tribunal in March 2016.
Competition advice to Enercare Inc. in its 2016 acquisition of Service Experts for $330 million and its 2014 acquisition of Direct Energy's Ontario Home Services business for $550 million.
TRW Automotive, in the defense and resolution of class actions related to occupant safety systems.
Holtzbrinck/Macmillan Publishers in the Commissioner of Competition's inquiry into the Canadian ebooks market and Kobo's challenge to the parties' consent agreement.
JPMorgan, in defense of class actions related to the foreign exchange market.
American Airlines, in defense of class actions related to airfares.
Competition advice to Norbord Inc., in its merger with Ainsworth Lumber Co., Ltd. for $763 million.
Bridgestone, in the defense of class actions related to anti-vibration rubber parts.
Webasto, in the defense of class actions related to parking heaters.
NTN, in the defense of class actions related to automotive and industrial bearings.
Nippon Seiki, in the defense of class actions related to instrument panel clusters and fuel senders.
Hitachi Metals, in the defense of class actions related to automotive hoses.
Delphi Automotive, in the defense and resolution of class actions related to automotive wire harnesses.
NEC, in the defense and resolution of class actions related to DRAM.
MTD, in the defense and resolution of class actions related to lawn mowers.
The Trustee for the Senior Noteholders of Crystallex International Corp., during the Company's CCAA restructuring.

Recent Recognition

Chambers Canada
Ranked, Competition/Antitrust: Litigators
Ranked Up and Coming, Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Defence)
Chambers Global
Ranked, Competition/Antitrust: Litigators
The Legal 500 Canada
Recommended, Competition and Antitrust
Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Consistently recommended, Competition Law
Lexpert Special Edition - Litigation
Recognized as a leading lawyer in Litigation
Who's Who Legal: Canada
Recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of Competition
Who's Who Legal: Competition
Recognized globally as a Competition Future Leader in Canada

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December 01, 2020
       

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November 27, 2020
       

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October 14, 2020
       

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September 10, 2020
       

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ABA Section of International Law Meeting

June 02, 2020
       

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May 26, 2020
       

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January 09, 2018
       

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November 23, 2017
       

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Ontario Court of Appeal Grounds Class Action Jurisdiction Challenges

October 26, 2017
       

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Plaintiffs Can’t Depose Competition Bureau Investigator in Price-Fixing Class Action

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May 25, 2017
       

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