Competition/Antitrust

Caroline Coops, based in Melbourne, advises across the competition and consumer law spectrum, being particularly well known for her handling of challenging mandates involving ACCC investigation or prosecution.

Caroline Coops is top tier.

Caroline's strength is her well-considered strategic advice.

Luke Woodward is active across the contentious, regulatory and transactional spaces, advising global clients on major criminal cartel prosecutions, ACCC investigations and merger control. He is based in Sydney and leads the King & Wood Mallesons competition team.

Luke Woodward is brilliant.

Peta Stevenson is based in Sydney and frequently assists clients with complex, high-profile regulatory disputes and enforcement proceedings.

A strong performer, Peta delivers excellent client service. She excels in particular in disputes negotiation.

Peta has an immense amount of experience and knowledge and distils complex issues into simple updates. Peta is very commercially-minded and is a pleasure to work with.

Wayne Leach is based in the Sydney office and advises a diverse, frequently blue-chip client base on major regulatory inquiries and merger clearance mandates.

He provides excellent client care and responsiveness. Wayne has strong analytic skills and clear communication.

Wayne is a strong performer; demonstrating consistently high levels of client service.

Lisa Huett combines a busy ACCC investigatory and consumer protection practice with well-honed global merger control capabilities.

Lisa a pleasure to work with. She is technically strong, very commercial and pragmatic in her approach and can always be relied upon to meet business needs regarding timing and output.

Lisa provides excellent customer service, is strong on her specialist areas of practice and provides pragmatic and commercially-balanced advice.