Zach Rudge

Zach Rudge

Associate, Competition, Trade and Foreign Investment

Contact Information

zrudge@osler.com

tel: 416.862.6645

Office

Toronto

Bar Admission

Ontario, 2023

Education

Queen’s University, J.D.

Queen’s University, Certificate in International Business Law

McMaster University, Hons. B.A. (summa cum laude)

Language(s)

English

Zach is an associate in Osler’s Competition, Trade and Foreign Investment Group. His practice covers all aspects of competition, foreign investment, and international trade law across a broad range of industries.

Zach is a graduate of the Queen’s University Faculty of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor degree and a Certificate in International Business Law. While at Queen’s, Zach was recognized on the Dean’s Honour List and received the Spirit Award for contributions to the law school community. Zach also assisted members of the local community through his work with the Queen’s Family Law Clinic.

Before law school, Zach graduated summa cum laude from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Arts degree (legal philosophy, economics), while also receiving the Humanities Medal of Special Achievement and other academic and community-based awards.

Prior to joining Osler, Zach completed his articles at a national law firm in federal regulatory law fields, including competition, foreign investment, intellectual property, marketing, and privacy.

  • Dean’s Honour List, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
  • Spirit Award, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
  • Global Law Scholarship, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
  • Medal of Special Achievement, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University

  • Adam F. Fanaki Competition Law Moot, Assistant Coach (University of Ottawa)
  • Queen’s Family Law Clinic, Student Caseworker and Clinic Mentor
  • Queen’s Law Education & Equity Office, Academic Tutor

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Ontario Bar Association
  • Law Society of Ontario

Institutional Design and the Administration of Canadian Competition Law: Modernizing the Competition Tribunal, Canadian Competition Law Review, Vol. 36 No. 2, 15 September 2023.