EP 111 – Jim Robson from Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP: Into the World of Competition Law

Interested in working for a full-service business law firm? Check out this episode before jumping in! Jim Robson summered and articled at Blakes (one of Canada's top business law firms) before joining the firm as an associate. Jim started with the Corporate Group and found his way into the Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group. In this episode, we talk about his law school experience at the University of Toronto, on-campus interviews (OCI’s), a competition lawyer's interactions with the Competition Bureau, a recent merger that Jim worked on, and much more.

For further reading, the article that Jim mentions in the interview (“Bass Pro/Cabela’s: A Case Study of Competitive Retail Mergers” by Ted Hassi and Lindsey Freeman) can be found here. Please note that the article is behind a paywall.