Prudence Smith
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 4 : Competition/Antitrust
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About
Provided by Prudence Smith
Career
Prudence Smith's practice is focused on competition, consumer and regulatory law. Drawing on many years at the Australian competition and consumer law regulator, she is able to help clients achieve favorable outcomes.
She advises and represents clients in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore (with locally registered Jones Day lawyers), and throughout the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on a broad range of competition law issues, including cartel and anticompetitive conduct investigations, authorizations, and notifications, as well regulatory issues including Spam Act and AML compliance.
She also regularly advises on significant and complex merger clearances and joint ventures, including many cross-border transactions. She has in-depth experience in complex competition and consumer litigation and is regularly sought out by clients that are facing significant and complex regulatory and private litigation issues involving competition law (such as private actions for anticompetitive conduct, including refusal to deal or misuse of market power) or misleading and deceptive conduct representations. Prudence is also often called on by clients who have received a statutory notices for the production of evidence or who are the subject of a search warrant.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Prudence Smith of Jones Day offers both advisory and contentious matter support to clients based across Australasia and South-East Asia from the Sydney office. She is well placed to leverage past experience at the ACCC to inform strategic advice during complex disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She is very responsive and brings great regulatory insights from her time at the ACCC."
"Prudence is to the point, practical, readily available and highly personable. I really enjoy working with her."
"Prudence Smith provides deep knowledge of her practice area in competition law, with care and attention for her client, combined with a practical and commercial focus."
"She's commercially astute and is aware of our business and our business perspective. She has a good practical sense of how we can achieve what we want commercially whilst also considering competition law. She's really quick and committed to fast turnaround."
"Prudence is an excellent, experienced and competent lawyer. She always gives practical legal advice."
"She is very responsive and brings great regulatory insights from her time at the ACCC."
"Prudence is to the point, practical, readily available and highly personable. I really enjoy working with her."
"Prudence Smith provides deep knowledge of her practice area in competition law, with care and attention for her client, combined with a practical and commercial focus."
"She's commercially astute and is aware of our business and our business perspective. She has a good practical sense of how we can achieve what we want commercially whilst also considering competition law. She's really quick and committed to fast turnaround."
"Prudence is an excellent, experienced and competent lawyer. She always gives practical legal advice."