AGM Welcomes John Rook

Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP is delighted to welcome John Rook as counsel. John will continue his litigation practice with a focus on competition law issues relating to mergers, abuse of dominance, and cartels.  In a career spanning more than 50 years, John has acted as counsel in many leading cases including numerous criminal prosecutions, mergers, and abuse of dominance claims before the Competition Tribunal and the courts.  Most recently, he represented Videotron in its purchase of Freedom Mobile following protracted proceedings before the Competition Tribunal and the Federal Court of Appeal. David Vaillancourt, co-chair of AGM’s competition law practice group remarked: “We are thrilled to have someone of John’s reputation and experience join our firm.  He brings unparalleled expertise and judgment to our practice.  We look forward to working with him to provide our clients with a broad array of competition law services.”