Mandatory Merger Clearance Coming to Australia: What is Means for M&A
- Background to the Legislative reforms
- The thresholds for Mandatory Clearance (and what amounts to an "acquisition")
- The timelines and the process changes
- Changes to the substantive law & next steps in 2025 and 2026
Presented by James Gray, Lawyer, K&L Gates and prepared by Ayman Guirguis, Partner, K&L Gates; Legal 500 Asia Pacific Leading Individual for Competition and Trade in Australia, 2024, Best Lawyers in Australia Competition Law, 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Justin Jones, Partner, Ashurst
Presenters
Justin Jones, Partner, Ashurst
Justin is a partner in Ashurst's APAC Competition team, with over 20 years' experience in advising on a wide range of competition and consumer law matters. Justin is experienced in assisting clients to obtain merger clearance, respond to regulatory inquiries, defend and pursue litigation, achieve best practice regulatory compliance, and secure other regulatory authorisations and exemptions. Justin is recognised in Chambers, Legal500, Lexology and Best Lawyers as a leading competition lawyer in Australia.
Ayman Guirguis, Partner, K & L Gates
Ayman Guirguis heads up the Competition and Consumer Law team at K&L Gates in Australia. He advises on all aspects and issues of competition including the implications of mergers, joint ventures and supply chain issues; defending clients alleged to be parties to cartels or other anticompetitive arrangements; and consumer law issues including responding to ACCC investigations and defending prosecutions commenced by the ACCC. Ayman was formerly a senior officer of the ACCC. Ayman is named as a leading individual for Competition/Antitrust in Chambers Global and Best Lawyers.
James Gray, Lawyer, K&L Gates
James is a lawyer in the Antitrust, Competition, and Trade Regulation group. James focuses on advising clients on all aspects of competition and consumer law in Australia. He has experience on a broad range of competition and consumer law matters, including: merger clearance, criminal cartel contraventions and advising on compliance with the Australian Consumer Law. James is currently advising on multiple merger clearance matters, including in the agricultural sector.
