Davies | Davit D. Akman - Representative Work

Acting for Rogers and Microcell in defending a series of class actions throughout Canada concerning so-called "system access fees" charged by Rogers, Microcell and many other telecommunications companies.

Acted for Rogers Wireless Inc., Fido Solutions Inc. and other Rogers and Fido companies in their defence of a proposed national class action in respect of the 911 fee charged by wireless service providers.

Acted for BCE Inc. and Bell Canada before the Supreme Court of Canada and the courts below in the landmark case involving the proposed $51.7 billion privatization of BCE and the attempt by certain holders of debentures of Bell Canada (BCE's subsidiary) to prevent court approval of the transaction on the basis that the transaction failed to properly protect their interests. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada reversed the previous decision from the Québec Court of Appeal, rejected the claims made by the debentureholders, and restored the trial judge's approval of the transaction.

Acted for Hollinger Inc. in its action against Conrad Black and other former executives of Hollinger in multi-million dollar action for breach of fiduciary duty, etc.

Acted for Canada Pipe Company Ltd. with respect to a contested abuse of dominance case before the Competition Tribunal, Federal Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada. This matter was ultimately resolved through a negotiated Consent Agreement in December 2007.