Profile: Katherine L Kay

Competition

Biography: Competition

Katherine Kay is a partner in the litigation and competition groups of Stikeman Elliott. Her practice is concentrated on complex commercial litigation, involving the overlap between civil, criminal and regulatory regimes in multiple jurisdictions. She heads the firm's competition litigation practice and is lead counsel on cases dealing with all aspects of competition law, including criminal defence work, class and other civil actions, mergers, abuse of dominance and other reviewable matters before the Competition Tribunal.

A major focus of Katherine's practice is defence of class actions, where she has experience in a range of cases, including those alleging anti-competitive conduct and securities law violations and product liability cases. Her class action practice emphasises the key aspects of formulating and coordinating strategic responses, often working closely with counsel in the US, Europe and other jurisdictions; coordinating and directing multiple class actions across several Canadian jurisdictions; vigorous and highly effective advocacy before courts and tribunals throughout Canada; and negotiating, securing court approval and implementing settlements where appropriate.

Katherine is recognised in The Best Lawyers in Canada; Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; Chambers Global The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers described Katherine as among "the brightest litigators of her generation"); PLC Cross-border Competition Handbook; the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers; and was named as one of the "100 Women in Antitrust" in the world by Global Competition Review.