Lynsey Edgar > Baker McKenzie > Melbourne, Australia > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie
LEVEL19
181 WILLIAM STREET
MELBOURNE, VIC 3000
Australia
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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner

Career

Lynsey Edgar is a partner in the Sydney dispute resolution team, whose practice focuses on competition and consumer law. She is global co-lead of the Firm’s Competition Litigation Taskforce.

Lynsey is a member of the Law Council of Australia’s Competition and Consumer Committee, and has spoken widely on topics including compliance with competition law and responding to regulatory investigations.

Lynsey’s practice focuses on competition investigations, enforcement litigation and regulatory matters. She assists clients with complex merger clearances, advises on highly technical aspects of competition/antitrust law, and has experience in cartels including immunity applications.

Lynsey also advises on consumer issues including misleading and deceptive conduct, consumer guarantees, advertising, unconscionable conduct, and compliance with the Australian Consumer Law.

Lynsey has significant experience defending clients facing investigations by regulators, particularly the ACCC, and assists clients to effectively resolve commercial disputes involving competition and consumer law claims.

Languages

English

Lawyer Rankings

Australia > Competition and trade

(Next Generation Partners)

Lynsey Edgar – Baker McKenzie

The competition and consumer team at Baker McKenzie is particularly experienced in ACCC investigations and enforcement actions, acting for both commercial clients and the ACCC. Team head Georgina Foster, based in Sydney, has experience acting for immunity applicants, and advises on issues related to joint ventures, strategic alliances, and cartel conduct. Also in Sydney, Lynsey Edgar co-heads the firm’s competition litigation taskforce alongside complex merger clearance matters. Helen Joyce has experience acting for the ACCC in consumer law cases, working from Melbourne office.