Named Benchmark's Competition Litigator of the Year in 2023, 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 and as trial counsel to Videotron as it defeated the Commissioner's 2022 application to block Videotron's $2.85 billion acquisition of Freedom Mobile and Rogers' parallel $26 billion acquisition of Shaw.
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 leader in Canada’s competition bar. He is a member of the International Bar Association’s editorial board for Competition Law International and writes frequently on competition/antitrust issues and class actions.