Kevin Ackhurst

Norton Rose Canada LLP

Kevin Ackhurst is a partner in the business law group at Norton Rose Canada, and advises Canadian and international clients on all aspects of Canada’s competition and foreign investment laws. He analyses the competitive implications of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, advises on civil and criminal competition law matters, develops competition law compliance programmes and advises on the review of foreign investments under the Investment Canada Act.

Mr Ackhurst has significant experience in cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions, and has advised clients in a wide range of industries, including automotive, aerospace, consumer products, film, video, publishing and recorded music, financial services, mining, oil and gas, and telecommunications. He has acted as Canadian counsel for clients such as Nortel Networks Limited, Barrick Gold Corporation, Porter Airlines, Warner Chilcott plc, Sanofi Pasteur, Nexen Inc, Ciba Holding AG, General Motors of Canada Limited, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd, The Procter & Gamble Company, Time Warner, Bank of Montreal, Inco Limited, Fording Canadian Coal Trust, and Canadian Natural Resources Limited.

From 2002 to 2003, Mr Ackhurst was seconded to the International Affairs Division of the Canadian Competition Bureau. One of his primary responsibilities was to provide support to the chair of the steering group of the International Competition Network (ICN). His other responsibilities included preparing ministerial briefing notes, undertaking international benchmarking studies, and participating in inter-departmental meetings on the interplay between trade and competition law.

Mr Ackhurst was called to the bar in Ontario in 1999.