Competition/Antitrust
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Australia
Band 2
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth operates an independent competition law practice offering comprehensive advice on merger, regulatory investigation and access issues for high-end clients, making it a popular choice for cross-border referrals. The firm's wide-ranging sector expertise includes coverage of energy and resources, technology and telecommunications. The team is also praised for complementing its core competition offering with an exceptional consumer law capability. The practice's litigation experience and regular engagement by the ACCC is leveraged to advise on areas of competition enforcement coming under increased scrutiny from the regulator, and augmented by an increased capability to handle investigation-related mandates. Clients include Meta (Facebook), Avast and Medibank.
Work Highlights
- Corrs Chambers Westgarth defended Google in a landmark private antitrust litigation commenced by Epic Games relating to allegations that Google misused its market power by preventing developers from distributing their apps other than through the Google Play store and forcing developers to use Google’s payment processing services.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team is excellent at being able to deliver what I need in the way I need it. They understand the nuances of how our companies functions and are very good at delivering things crispy, clearly and commercially. The advice is also not overly legalistic and is incredibly commercial."
"The Corrs team as a whole were extremely reliable, responsive to client requests and queries and adept at managing our global corporate structure by ensuring they were available to attend meetings and calls across various time zones. They were highly skilled at managing a large-scale investigation and proceedings."
"The team is excellent at being able to deliver what I need in the way I need it. They understand the nuances of how our companies functions and are very good at delivering things crispy, clearly and commercially. The advice is also not overly legalistic and is incredibly commercial."
"The Corrs team as a whole were extremely reliable, responsive to client requests and queries and adept at managing our global corporate structure by ensuring they were available to attend meetings and calls across various time zones. They were highly skilled at managing a large-scale investigation and proceedings."
Notable Practitioners
Mark McCowan covers the full spectrum of competition matters, supplying transactional, contentious and regulatory counsel to a diverse client base from the Sydney office.
"Mark is super responsive; I can get him at any time. He's a really trusted partner who I always know I can go to."
Richard Flitcroft is noted for his focus on ACCC investigation and other regulatory issues and experience of litigation in superior courts at both state and Commonwealth level.He is based in Sydney.
"He's a true professional and his legal awareness and understanding are outstanding."
"His previous experience working with us was invaluable to managing the investigation and legal proceedings. He has a wealth of knowledge in the consumer and competition law space, as well as working with regulators such as the ACCC. His industry knowledge was what enabled us to receive effective, timely advice when critical decisions needed to be made by business stakeholders."