Our clients rely on our track record of successfully resolving complex competition issues in an advisory and contentious context.
Our experience includes acting for:
British Airways in relation to investigations, prosecutions and follow-on actions for damages (including a class action) in relation to cartel conduct in the airline industry
Cabcharge Australia Ltd in relation to a prosecution for misuse of market power
Microsoft in relation to its search agreement with Yahoo!
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH) in relation to the bids by National Australia Bank Limited and AMP Limited to acquire AXA APH’s Australian and New Zealand businesses
Luxottica in relation to its successful acquisition of Optifashion, where we negotiated a divestiture package with the ACCC as a pre-condition of clearance of the transaction
Hanson Australia in relation to a number of successful acquisitions in the Australia concrete and aggregates industries
The Maryborough Sugar Factory in relation to its sugar milling joint venture with Bundaberg Sugar
CHAMP on the successful sale of United Malt Holdings to Graincorp
Chinalco in relation to its acquisitions of two stakes in Rio Tinto
Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited in the preparation of its voluntary access undertaking to the ACCC to provide rail access to its Hunter Valley network
Mitsubishi Development Corporation in relation to the development of a third party access regime for the proposed Oakajee iron ore development
Gladstone Ports Corporation in relation to the expansion of the export coal port facilities at Wiggins Island in Central Queensland
Medibank Private in relation to its acquisition of McKesson Asia Pacific Limited
Lion Nathan National Foods, Australia’s largest food company, on a range of competition issues
Telstra in relation to the provision of voluntary section 87B undertakings to the ACCC regarding advertising in the Australian telecommunications industry
Coles in relation to the provision of a voluntary section 87B undertaking to the ACCC regarding the use of restrictive provisions in shopping centre leases
Various clients on a number of applications for immunity or leniency for cartel conduct and other investigations.
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