Competition/Antitrust
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Australia
Band 1
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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
Chambers Review
Gilbert + Tobin offers a universally acclaimed competition practice integrating commercial and regulatory advice, praised for its solutions-focussed, commercial pragmatism and maintaining a high cross-border capability through links to similarly independent international firms. The team draws on expertise from across the firm to service competition mandates in a variety of sectors, including the highly regulated energy, financial services, infrastructure and telecommunications spheres, and is particularly noted for its grasp of digital disruption issues. The firm offers market-leading experience in responding to ACCC investigations and defending civil and criminal cartel prosecutions. The practice also offers specialists in niche areas such as digital economy and payments, and is also proficient on third-party access, pricing and economic regulatory issues.
Work Highlights
- Gilbert + Tobin advised Broadcom on its unconditional ACCC clearance to acquire VMware.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Frankly Gilbert + Tobin is a pleasure to deal with. The team deserves its rightful spot as a pre-eminent competition law firm."
"The lawyers come to terms with difficult and complex transactions and attendant issues quickly and provide knowledgeable, pragmatic, commercial and timely advice."
"Frankly Gilbert + Tobin is a pleasure to deal with. The team deserves its rightful spot as a pre-eminent competition law firm."
"The lawyers come to terms with difficult and complex transactions and attendant issues quickly and provide knowledgeable, pragmatic, commercial and timely advice."
Notable Practitioners
Elizabeth Avery heads the Gilbert + Tobin competition team from the law firm's Sydney office. She advises on a range of competition matters, including merger clearance, ACCC inquiries and litigation, and offers particular experience acting for clients in the financial services sector.
"Elizabeth is the partner that any Australian listed business should want on their team for complex questions of Australian competition law."
"Elizabeth Avery has exceptional client skills. She really understands what it is we want, the timeframes we need and the commercial pressures we have internally and delivers very well."
Simon Muys heads the Melbourne competition group while personally operating a highly varied and versatile practice covering transactional, regulatory and contentious issues which often originate in the infrastructure and telecommunications spaces.
"Simon is commercial, practical and thoughtful in his strategical legal advice."
"Simon is an approachable and professional competition lawyer who understands the clients' position and provides solid advice on key competition matters."
Charles Coorey wins high praise from clients for his work on ACCC merger clearance and investigations matters.
"Charles is very experienced and commercially aware."
"Charles is fantastic to work with, and someone you can trust for expert, professional advice."
Louise Klamka is particularly strong at advising clients in the aviation and technology sectors on a wide range of Australian competition and consumer law issues.
"Louise consistently provides expert advice that balances both commercial and legal objectives."
"She is very personable and her skill level is very high. Louise provides good practical advice without too much heavy lifting from a legal point of view."
Ranked Lawyers at
Gilbert + Tobin
Australia
Members
Provided by Gilbert + Tobin
Andrew Low
Charles Coorey
Head of Department
Geoff Petersen
Jeremy Jose
Liana Witt
Louise Klamka
Moya Dodd
Rebecca Dollisson
Susan Jones
Tanya Macdonald
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