Partnering with clients to provide on-demand contract lawyers, giving in-house legal teams the confidence to be agile.
MinterEllison’s competition team has worked extensively in defending corporate clients in complex civil and criminal investigations and court proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Our investigations work has included handling ‘dawn raids’ and mandatory requests for documents and information and to give evidence (section 155 notices) for a large range of corporate clients in the banking, media, retail and industrial sectors.
Our court defence work has included defending cases brought by the ACCC and corporate litigants alleging cartels, resale price maintenance, other anti-competitive conduct and consumer complaints.
Advised Wilmar Sugar in relation to whether the re-regulation of the Queensland Sugar industry breaches commitments under SAFTA.
Defending Singapore Airlines Cargo in its prosecution by the ACCC for alleged airfreight cartel conduct and acting for it and Singapore Airlines in related class action proceedings.
Acting for Sumitomo Electric Industries in the Electric Cable litigation and the ACCC's investigation. One party was just fined $1.5m and two others are still being proceeded against. Sumitomo is not a respondent to the enforcement proceedings but has been involved in various aspects of the litigation.
Acting for Optus in the successful appeal to the Australian Competition Tribunal in relation to Telstra's 2008 ULLS access undertaking under Part XIC of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
Advised Singapore Airlines and IATA in relation to proceedings alleging that Flight Centre attempted to induce competitors (Singapore Airlines, Malaysian Airlines and Emirates) to stop directly offering and booking their own international airfares (including over the internet) at prices less than Flight Centre offered.