Ashurst, Competition/Antitrust | Chambers Asia-Pacific Profile

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A renowned leader in competition law

Our competition team has achieved great results in complex and ground-breaking competition investigations, merger reviews, litigation and appeals. We deal successfully with competition authorities, courts and regulatory bodies across Europe, Asia, Australia and elsewhere . We assist our clients with risk-based, practical strategies to help meet their commercial objectives, defend their commercial interests and, in some cases, challenge the anti-competitive behaviour of others. We are one of the few international law firms with an in-house team of economists and many of our lawyers have backgrounds in economics, business strategy or with competition regulators.

Full service antitrust practice

Our team covers the full range of competition and antitrust issues including merger control, cartels and other anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance/market power, market/sector investigations, competition litigation, judicial reviews and appeals, state aid, public procurement, trade law and utilities and infrastructure regulation.

Economics, business and regulatory experience

Competition and antitrust is not just a legal discipline. Most of our team have qualifications in economics or business, or experience of working with regulators. Combined with our unique in-house economic expertise, we consistently deliver high quality, pragmatic and clear advocacy and advice.

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Competition/Antitrust - Australia

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Ashurst provides coverage on behalf of a largely blue-chip clientele across the full range of competition issues, including cross-jurisdictional merger clearances and complex Australian Competition and Consumer Commission-related litigation, seamlessly coordinated with the work of other practice groups. The firm is noted for specialised advice on both contentious and non-contentious infrastructure access issues, and services a host of prominent clients, from major retailers and global electronics companies to banks and financial institutions. The practice is also well placed to advise on major international mandates through the support of the firm's global network.

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Work Highlights

Ashurst assisted Woolworths in responding to the ACCC's inquiry into Australia's supermarket sector, which examined the pricing practices of the supermarkets and the relationship between wholesale and retail prices.

Strengths

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The Ashurst team are responsive and provide us with practical, commercially focused advice.

Competition/Antitrust respondent
Asia-Pacific

Ashurst are reliable experts in their field.

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The Ashurst team are responsive and provide us with practical, commercially focused advice.

Competition/Antitrust respondent
Asia-Pacific

Ashurst are reliable experts in their field.

Competition/Antitrust respondent
Asia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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Peter Armitage

Band 1

Peter Armitage is based in the Sydney office and is noted for his handling of high-stakes mandates in both the transactional and contentious spheres.

Peter was brilliant and highly strategic.

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Alyssa Phillips

Band 4

Alyssa Phillips provides competition law guidance during major cross-border M&A transactions, in addition to advising on Federal Court litigation. Based in Brisbane, she is active across a wide variety of sectors, acting for clients across the transport, retail and industrial sectors.

Alyssa Phillips has been first-class.

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Melissa Fraser

Band 4

Melissa Fraser is based in Sydney and specialises in competition and antitrust matters, with experience in handling merger clearances, enforcement litigation, and strategic advisory and regulatory work.

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Ross Zaurrini

Band 4

Ross Zaurrini is based in Sydney and maintains a versatile competition law practice, both advising on sensitive ACCC and internal investigations and assisting leading international clients to secure merger and joint venture clearances.

Ross is an incredibly switched-on lawyer with best-in-class client management skills.

Ross Zaurrini is a fantastic adviser who is quick to understand commercial drivers. His competition advice is pragmatic and spot-on.

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Justin Jones

Band 5

Justin Jones has made a name for himself due to his mettle in the competition law space. His work often involves advising clients on authorisation applications and competition law compliance, and he is active in the energy space. He is based in Melbourne.

Justin is amazing to work with.

Justin's practical competition advice is invaluable. When negotiating complex matters, he offers succinct, commercially relevant guidance through a complex legal landscape.

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Tihana Zuk

Band 5

Tihana Zuk is a competition law partner at Ashurst's Sydney office who advises extensively on clients' engagement with the ACCC in both regulatory and transactional contexts.

Tihana is an invaluable adviser to the business. She understands the complexities of our business, is always responsive and provides practical compliance advice.

Tihana is super-responsive and her work product is extremely high-quality.

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