Peter McDonald
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 2 : Competition/Antitrust
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About
Provided by Peter McDonald
Practice Areas
Peter leads and coordinates the A&O Shearman competition team in the APAC region. Peter specialises in challenging competition law, consumer and regulatory issues.
His expertise encompasses transactional advice, merger clearances, joint ventures and collaborations, access to infrastructure, and enforcement responses and defence.
Peter has extensive experience in a wide range of sectors, and has advised leading organisations such as Google, 21st Century Fox, Equinix, PEXA, BHP, Dulux Group, Air Asia, Caltex, Graincorp, BUPA, Energy Australia, BNP Paribas, Asahi, North West Shelf Venture, Chevron, GSK, George Weston Foods, Wesfarmers, Vale, Orica and Reckitt Benckiser.
Peter is recognised as a leading individual in all major directories, including, Who's Who Legal, Chambers Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Legal 500 and IFLR 1000. Prior to joining the firm, Peter worked as a senior officer at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Peter McDonald advises across the competition spectrum from the Sydney office, standing out for his experience of managing high-value merger clearance mandates and sensitive antitrust issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Peter manages all of our competition and regulatory requirements with solid commercial awareness. Peter also supports our need to engage with other practice areas at the firm."
"Peter is fantastic and very commercial. A lot of competition lawyers are very risk-averse, whereas Peter is much more commercial in the way he views risk. He has great knowledge of consumer law and the ACCC."
"Peter is an outstanding practitioner and a known expert in the field. He understands our business very well and it is comfort and a pleasure to have him in our corner."
"Peter manages all of our competition and regulatory requirements with solid commercial awareness. Peter also supports our need to engage with other practice areas at the firm."
"Peter is fantastic and very commercial. A lot of competition lawyers are very risk-averse, whereas Peter is much more commercial in the way he views risk. He has great knowledge of consumer law and the ACCC."
"Peter is an outstanding practitioner and a known expert in the field. He understands our business very well and it is comfort and a pleasure to have him in our corner."
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