Competition/Antitrust

Johnson Winter Slattery maintains a compact, specialist practice, noted for providing a particularly high level of hands-on partner engagement and in-depth cartel expertise that extends to advising on international and criminal cartel investigations initiated by the ACCC. The firm is also prominent representing clients from the aviation, consumer goods, energy and resources, financial services and healthcare sectors, and advises extensively on consumer law investigations and prosecutions. The practice regularly offers guidance on merger clearance issues for multinationals headquartered overseas and is frequently sought out specifically for competition-related advice by companies that use other firms for broader corporate work. Clients include Ramsay, Unilever and Domain.

"They know our business and are very trusted advisers. They provide the full spectrum of strategic, sophisticated legal advice."

"They actually give proper advice on how to respond to issues and what to do. I'm impressed with the team; they're always available and willing to help, and give quick turnarounds."

Johnson Winter Slattery advised Qantas in relation to its acquisition of the remaining shares in Alliance Airlines, assisting Qantas in responding to information requests from the ACCC.

Aldo Nicotra is based in Sydney and is active in all areas of competition work, enjoying a particularly high reputation for his handling of contentious mandates, including cartel cases. "Aldo offers strategic and pragmatic advice." "Aldo always make himself available; no matter if you're the biggest or smallest client, he makes you feel like the biggest and makes you feel valued. He wants you to succeed and has a sense of humour." "We value his experience and wisdom."

Sar Katdare maintains a diverse and busy practice from the Sydney office, covering such issues as merger authorisation and ACCC investigations and prosecutions. "Sar has developed a deep understanding of our business drivers and short, medium and long term strategic ambitions in order to ensure his advice is thoroughly contextual and commercially informed. Sar has been able to combine the depth of his specialist expertise with a client-first commercial sensibility that is rare among private practitioners." "Sat is really knowledgeable and has the ability to quickly frame a problem and a solution and provide guidance on possible outcomes. He has taken a lot of information quickly and made it easy for us to deal with." "Sar is fantastic to work with and always provides great value and service to us." "Sar understands our business extremely well and is able to provide fast and practical advice." "Sar is a super smart and highly focused competition partner. Just the right mix of expertise, commerciality and attitude."