Competition/Antitrust
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Australia
Band 2
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MinterEllison's competition team benefits both from a deep bench and extensive regional network, supporting the representation of blue-chip multinationals on cross-border merger clearances and providing a popular, independent choice for referrals from international law firms without an Australian presence. The firm is acknowledged for its prowess handling regulatory investigations or cartel issues, as well as its experience managing infrastructure access questions and advising public sector bodies on regulatory legislation. The team offers noteworthy experience advising on sensitive and highly publicised asset privatisations and behavioural prosecutions in such key, heavily regulated industries as energy and financial services. The practice is further noted for advising prominent clients from the transport and logistics, healthcare and telecommunications sectors.
Work Highlights
- MinterEllison advised iRobot on Australian competition aspects relating to its acquisition by Amazon for USD1.7 billion.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm is very responsive, very quick to come back to us on things with really high-quality work and understands our business."
"The firm is very responsive, very quick to come back to us on things with really high-quality work and understands our business."
Notable Practitioners
Paul Schoff's Sydney-based practice balances contentious, regulatory investigatory and transactional considerations and is particularly strong where access or restrictive trade practices issues are concerned.
"He is an industry leader in antitrust advice."
Geoff Carter is based in Melbourne and has particular expertise securing clearance for large M&A transactions. In addition, he advises on ACCC and CDPP criminal cartel proceedings.
"He is just an approachable guy, responsive and creative in the way he approaches issues."
"Geoff provides practical and clear advice on complex matters."
Katrina Groshinski operates from the Sydney office and is prominently active on mandates involving ACCC litigation or regulatory investigations and inquiries, as well as on corporate advisory work.
Miranda Noble is based in Melbourne and counsels a diverse client base on securing merger clearance for high-profile international transactions. In addition, she advises on investigatory and contentious mandates.
"Miranda Noble is pragmatic, and easy to deal with. Her advice is clear."
"She is hugely knowledgeable in the competition and consumer law area and she thinks of the impact for our business, the different steps and mitigation."
Haydn Flack is a very well-versed competition lawyer with a practice that covers a wide-range of matters including ACCC merger clearance matters, cartel investigations and litigation matters.
"Haydn provides strong client service and commercial understanding."