Luke Woodward is a Partner and head of the Australian Competition Law Group at King & Wood Mallesons. Formerly at G & T for over 20 years’ Luke built a strong and highly regarded competition practice across a mix of transactional, contentious and regulatory legal matters. Prior to this Luke held various positions at the ACCC including lead prosecution lawyer, Executive General Manager, Compliance Division (responsible for enforcement) and Senior Assistance Commissioner (responsible for Mergers & Acquisitions) and General Counsel.
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While the ACCC continues to believe that Australia’s current merger laws aren’t fit for purpose, it appears to have refined its thinking on aspects of the proposals first unveiled in August 2021, following comments made by ACCC Commissioner Stephen Ridgeway during a keynote discussion at the (...)
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This alert follows our alerts in August 2021 and March 2023 about the ACCC’s calls for changes to Australia’s current merger clearance laws and processes. The Chair of the ACCC, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, today outlined the recommendations that it has made to Treasury in relation to these reforms. (...)
