Quay Law Partners

Who we are: Quay Law Partners (QLP) is an Australian law firm focused on providing clear and strategic regulatory advice, including through to litigation, if this is unavoidable.

We seek to work with clients to develop long-term relationships as a trusted external adviser.

What sets us apart:  QLP is a new Australian law firm having started in April 2023.

QLP fills the niche of an Australian regulatory firm acting for a finite range of core clients with which it has built deep relationships and which is trusted by the Australian Government, its departments and other agencies, as well as key regulators.

Whether it is through making submissions to the Government or its agencies, or engagement in relation to regulatory matters, we seek to provide meaningful and appropriate engagement on behalf of our clients.

While QLP is new, we bring two very experienced senior partners in Dave Poddar and Angela Flannery who have both leading practices in antitrust and telecommunications, media and technology, including competition and privacy/data issues related to those sectors.  QLP is focused on developing our long-established relationships with clients across key segments of Australian industry.  In particular, we bring specialist antitrust expertise in tech and AI to help our clients achieve their commercial aims.

We are well on our way to being 4 partners and 8 associates by the end of 2024. Our existing 2 partners and team are very experienced lawyers able to cover the field in antitrust issues, in particular in relation to tech and AI, but we also have an ability to litigate on criminal antitrust matters given the commercial law experience of our team.

Notwithstanding the short establishment period, QLP already acts for well-known Australian and international companies in relation to significant antitrust matters.

Having our established client base come to the new firm demonstrates our trusted adviser relationships and focus on client alignment.  This has meant that the firm is already acting on some of Australia’s most significant antitrust matters.

Why us?  We provide responsive and practical advice to corporates to successfully navigate complex and changing regulatory environments with a clear-eyed view on important policy developments coming over the horizon.  These include changes in competition, privacy and other laws, such as content regulation.  Our experience and contacts at senior levels of the ACCC and other regulators allows us to cut through issues when necessary.  We are also cognisant of over-zealous regulatory approaches by some agencies and are prepared to litigate if this is necessary to defend our clients.  In addition, our Government experience means we are well placed to have constructive discussions with Treasury and other Government departments which key regulators report to, so as to provide alternative and real-world perspectives on law reform proposals.