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David is a leading competition and consumer law partner with over 20 years’ experience in top‑tier national and global law firms advising Australian and international clients.

He advises on all aspects of Australian competition and consumer law and ACCC engagement, including acting in several landmark cases dealing with mergers, cartel conduct, infrastructure access and the Australian Consumer Law.

David works closely with boards and in‑house legal teams to identify, manage and mitigate complex competition and regulatory risk across transactions and ongoing operations. His clients include ASX‑listed companies, large private corporates, multinational groups and government entities across a range of industries including retail, manufacturing, energy and resources, health, telecommunications, technology, property and others.

Key experience examples

• Merger clearances – Advising clients on complex Australian and multi-jurisdictional merger clearances and authorisations, including School Bytes, Louis Dreyfus Company, Sumitomo, Mitsubishi, BlueScope, AGL, Google, BHP and others.
• Cartel investigations – Defending clients in confidential ACCC investigations and court proceedings in various industries, and acting for cartel immunity applicants.
• Federal Court and Tribunal proceedings – Acting for clients in Federal Court and Australian Competition Tribunal proceedings relating to a range of competition and consumer law matters, including Servcorp, Valve Corporation, Whitehaven Coal, Cement Australia, AGL, Alinta, BHP and Network Ten.
• Infrastructure access – Advising clients on major infrastructure and third party access matters, including Telstra and BHP.
• Other competition law issues – Advising clients on a range of other Australian competition law issues, such as misuse of market power, exclusive dealing, resale price maintenance and other anti-competitive conduct.
• Australian Consumer Law – Advising clients on all aspects of the Australian Consumer Law, including misleading and deceptive conduct, unfair contract terms, consumer guarantees, unconscionable conduct and product safety (including recalls).