From proactively managing the risk of regulatory non-compliance through to responding to investigations and preparing for potential prosecutions and civil claims, clients rely on us for our depth of experience in dealing with regulators and resolving disputes.
With competition and consumer protection laws continuing to evolve and enforcement actions increasing in magnitude, regulatory investigations pose a greater risk for companies. These risks are amplified with class actions, litigation funding and consumer activism becoming an entrenched part of the landscape in Australia.
At the forefront of these developments, King & Wood Mallesons has played a key role in some of Asia’s most complex regulatory investigations and regulator and competitor prosecutions, as well as in follow-on actions for civil damages (including class actions). Our team has been closely involved with developments in consumer protection laws, including the introduction of the national unfair terms regime and the revised Australian Consumer Law.
When faced with the possibility of an investigation, our clients rely on our knowledge of the laws and enforcement policies of regulators across the Asia Pacific to help them to coordinate their responses to multiple, contemporaneous investigations, prosecutions and civil actions. In doing so, our Competition team work closely with our highly experienced litigation specialists, including most recently, representing a client in a class action in the air cargo industry.