About

Provided by Gilbert + Tobin

Gilbert + Tobin’s competition and regulation practice features an enviable collection of star talent across the team of partners and lawyers. The team consistently wins complex and cutting-edge work due to its track record in achieving excellent results for clients on high-stakes transactions and competition litigation. With a sophisticated understanding of the interplay between the law, economics, industry and commercial issues underpinning their clients’ concerns, the team is recognised for providing advice that is holistic, strategic and nimble. The team regularly advises a diverse client base that includes large listed companies, privately-held companies, government entities. They also advise board members and senior management on strategic business and policy issues, and trade practices and competition law advice to legal teams.

Specialist services include advising on:

• M&A transactions, including ACCC clearances
• Competition law issues regarding JVs and strategic alliances
• ACCC investigations, enforcement proceedings and litigation
• Criminal investigations relating to cartel conduct
• Access regimes, economic regulation and pricing decisions for regulators and regulated businesses
• regulatory design and implementation for government entities
• competition policy and legislative reforms, including preparing submissions to governmental regulatory and policy reviews
• misleading and deceptive conduct, consumer protection and unconscionability issues
• compliance systems and providing training