Monday, 16 March 2026
Chair
Peter McDonald, Partner, A&O Shearman
Evolution of Due Diligence Under the New ACCC Merger Regime
- How the new ACCC Merger Control Regime affects your approach to due diligence
- Information protocols and reliance
- Key due diligence focus areas
Presented by Divesh Patel, Partner, K&L Gates
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Peter McDonald, Partner, A&O ShearmanPeter 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 is recognized as a leading individual in all major directories. Prior to joining the firm, Peter worked as a senior officer at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Divesh Patel, Partner, K&L Gates
Divesh Patel is a Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Private Equity partner in K&L Gates' Corporate practice. He is qualified as a lawyer in both Australia and South Africa and regularly advises on cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures, commercial transactions, distressed sale transactions and restructurings. He advises a wide variety of domestic and cross-border clients, including private equity sponsors, across a range of sectors including logistics, manufacturing, retail, FMCG, financial services, infrastructure, aviation and transport, media, technology and telecommunications.
