Competition/Antitrust
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Australia
Band 2
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+61 2 9210 6500Chambers Review
Corrs Chambers Westgarth operates an independent competition law practice offering comprehensive advice on merger, regulatory investigation and access issues for high-end clients, making it a popular choice for cross-border referrals. The firm's wide-ranging sector expertise includes coverage of energy and resources, technology and telecommunications. The team is also praised for complementing its core competition offering with an exceptional consumer law capability. The practice's litigation experience and regular engagement by the ACCC is leveraged to advise on areas of competition enforcement coming under increased scrutiny from the regulator, and augmented by an increased capability to handle investigation-related mandates.
Work Highlights
- Corrs Chambers Westgarth was appointed to defend Google in a private antitrust litigation commenced by Epic Games.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"We have sometimes had very confined time frames to provide instructions and Corrs ensured we met those time frames at all times."
"They provide strong and clear advisory partners who have developed deep industry experience over time - advice that focusses on practical solutions as well as outlining risks."
"We have sometimes had very confined time frames to provide instructions and Corrs ensured we met those time frames at all times."
"They provide strong and clear advisory partners who have developed deep industry experience over time - advice that focusses on practical solutions as well as outlining risks."
Notable Practitioners
Mark McCowan covers the full spectrum of competition matters, supplying transactional, contentious and regulatory counsel to a diverse client base from the Sydney office.
"Mark is, in my view, the preeminent competition lawyer in the country."
"Mark is a star performer - I can't name another lawyer in the industry who can be better relied upon to deliver sophisticated, commercial legal advice."
Ian Reynolds is based in Melborne with a very impressive full-service competition practice. He regularly acts for clients in merger clearances, cartels and investigations.
"Ian is a fantastic practitioner who is commercially and industry savvy."
Richard Flitcroft is noted for his focus on ACCC investigation and other regulatory issues and experience of litigation in superior courts at both state and Commonwealth level. He is based in Sydney.