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Overview

Christina Skinner advises clients on all aspects of competition law, including merger review, abuse of dominance, marketing and advertising, and other regulatory matters. Christina has experience working on criminal and civil investigations under the Competition Act and on complex, high-profile merger transactions, including complying with Section 11 Orders and supplementary information requests (SIRs). She has experience advising clients on product regulation and marketing and advertising matters in a wide range of industries. She also advises clients on all aspects of foreign investment review under the Investment Canada Act.

Christina also has experience working on sports arbitration matters involving allegations of coach and athlete misconduct, including matters before the Court of Arbitration for Sport. 

Christina is a member of Young Women in Law, the Canadian Bar Association (Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section) and the American Bar Association (Antitrust Law, Entertainment & Sports Industries). 

Before becoming an associate at Bennett Jones, Christina summered and articled with the firm. While articling, Christina was seconded to the Enforcement Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission.

Client Work

Heidelberg Materials North America in its binding purchase agreement to acquire the Edmonton, Alberta, assets of BURNCO, a successful fifth-generation family-owned construction materials company
SECURE Waste Infrastructure Corp. (TSX: SES), a leading waste management and energy infrastructure company, in its $157-million acquisition of a metals recycling business
Blue Ant Media in its go-public transaction by way of reverse takeover of Boat Rocker Media
Park Lawn Corporation, a funeral, cremation and cemetery provider, in its C$1.2-billion going private transaction involving Viridian Acquisition.
Hillcore Group in its acquisition of CEDA, a leading service provider specialized in providing industrial maintenance, turnaround and environmental services in Western Canada.
Anthem Properties Group, in its acquisition of The Cedarglen Group Inc. and the formation of Anthem Cedarglen Developments Limited Partnership. 

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • Western University, BA, 2017, with distinction
  • Western University, JD, 2020

Bar Admissions

  • Ontario, 2021