JON SMITHEN Partner T 416.367.6742 F 416.361.7072 Toronto; [email protected] Education / Bar Admissions LLB, Queens University, 2005 BA (Hons.), Queens University, 2001 Ontario, 2006 Professional Involvement Member, Ontario Bar Association Member, Canadian Bar Association Vice-Chair, Economics and Law Committee, Canadian Bar Association Competition Law Section Member, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law Member, The Advocates’ Society Competition and Foreign Investment Review Business and Corporate Commercial Anti-Trust/Competition Corporate Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Class Actions White Collar Crime EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Jon Smithen is a partner in our Toronto office and a member of the Competition and Foreign Investment Review Group. Jon maintains a varied commercial litigation practice with an emphasis on complex litigation, including class action defence. He has participated in proceedings at all levels of courts, including the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Jon's main area of focus is Canadian competition law, with involvement in a number of price fixing and misleading advertising class actions, criminal matters and other litigation involving the Canadian Competition Act. He also advises businesses responding to cartel investigations under the Competition Act. Jon has been involved in litigation in a number of practice areas, including constitutional, environmental, energy, intellectual property, shareholder, contract, professional negligence and defamation. In addition to his litigation practice, Jon regularly advises clients regarding compliance with competition, foreign investment and other regulatory legislation in support of clients' Canadian business activities. In the context of mergers, Jon has assisted companies from various industries in obtaining regulatory approval from the Competition Bureau, Transport Canada, and Heritage Canada. REPRESENTATIVE WORK  Acts for Samsung Electronics Co. in a number of Competition Act and product liability class actions.  Acts for Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc. in Competition Act class actions in the Optical Disc Drive industry.  Acts for BMW Canada Inc. in competition related matters.  Acts‑for‑a‑client‑in‑response‑to‑investigations‑in‑the‑Québec‑retail‑ gasoline and construction industries.  Represented a respondent in the LIBOR investigation. Lawyers | Patent & Trade-mark Agents. ©‑2015‑Borden‑Ladner‑Gervais‑LLP‑("BLG").‑All‑rights‑reserved.  Represents TransForce Inc. in merger review.  Represents a number of clients in the entertainment industry on foreign investment and Heritage Canada reviews. ABOUT BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) is a leading, national, full-service Canadian law firm focusing on business law, commercial litigation and arbitration, and intellectual property solutions for our clients. BLG is the country’s largest law firm with more than 750 lawyers, intellectual property agents and other professionals in five cities across Canada. We assist clients with their legal needs, from major litigation to financing and patent registration. Lawyers | Patent & Trade-mark Agents. ©‑2015‑Borden‑Ladner‑Gervais‑LLP‑("BLG").‑All‑rights‑reserved.