John McKellar is a senior associate in the competition practice John specialises in advising corporate and private equity clients on competition law. He has managed many transactions requiring clearance from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and other international competition agencies, and has coordinated multi-jurisdictional merger filings across Europe, Asia and the Americas. He has successfully obtained clearances in complex and contentious matters, including those involving detailed Phase 2 investigations and court action. In addition to merger control, John regularly advises clients on cartel and antitrust risk relating to commercial arrangements and represents clients in investigations brought by competition and sector regulators. John is also experienced in defending clients in disputes and litigation involving competition allegations, including allegations of abuse of market power. John also advises consumer-facing corporations on the application of the Australian Consumer Law. John’s clients span a range of sectors including technology, private equity, agriculture, retail, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, energy, entertainment, hotels, consumables, finance, aviation and construction materials.
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The ACCC continues to push for Australia to join the ’mandatory and suspensory’ merger control club, in common with the majority of other jurisdictions around the world What you need to know On 12 April 2023, the ACCC Chair, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, provided important new details about the ACCC’s (...)
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The reforms, if ultimately implemented, would represent a fundamental shift in the way mergers are reviewed in Australia What you need to know The ACCC has today announced significant proposed reforms to Australia’s merger laws, saying the current regime is "not fit for purpose". The proposed (...)
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In December 2020, Jason Ellis, a former general manager of sales and marketing at BlueScope Steel Limited ("BlueScope"), was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment (suspended) and ordered to pay a A$10,000 fine, for inciting the obstruction of an investigation by the Australian Competition and (...)
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What you need to know In a rare Federal Court proceeding involving alleged misuse of market power, the Federal Court held that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) failed to establish that Ramsay Health Care (Ramsay) had in fact engaged in the anti-competitive conduct (...)
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What you need to know The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has achieved its first enforcement outcome for alleged anticompetitive concerted practices since the prohibition was introduced in November 2017. Two Sydney roofing companies acknowledged in Court-enforceable (...)
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