Nick McHugh
Norton Rose FulbrightNorton Rose Fulbright is active on a diverse range of domestic and international matters, often working in close tandem with its overseas offices in the EU, US, and UK. Key fields of expertise include merger clearances and approvals from the Foreign Investment Review Board, with the team recently noting an uptick in matters in the digital, energy, resources and consumer fields. Nick McHugh has extensive expertise in the economic regulation of the gas, water, transport, telecommunications, electricity, and water industries; he works from Sydney alongside Martyn Taylor, with the duo co-leading the team jointly with Jo Feldman, a member of the Perth office. Claire Forster, also a member of the Sydney office, is praised for her ‘commercially astute’ knowledge, particularly in the energy field.
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‘The team stands out for the timeliness and accuracy of the advice provided in situations where there is little time to respond.’
‘Claire Forster and special counsel Zoe Lonard stand out as commercially astute and capable. Their understanding of our business lead us to make legally well-informed and sound commercial decisions.’
Key clients
- Amazon
- AT&T
- Ashley & Martin Pty Ltd
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
- Australian Energy Regulator
- Fuji Film
- Honda
- HSBC Bank
- Megaport Limited
- Michelin
- Net Zero Insurance Alliance (United Nations)
- QBE Insurance
- Sandvik AB
- Sumitomo
- Stanmore Resources
- TPG Telecom
- Vodafone Group
- Westpac Banking Corporation
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
- WPP
- Zurich
Work highlights
- Acting for Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in world-first prosecution of Google’s collection, retention and use of location data and doubleclick.
- Acting for Stanmore in AUD 1.68 billion merger clearance for Stanmore’s acquisition of Dampier Coal from BHP.
- Acting for Sandvik in its high-value acquisition of S-Process Equipment Australia.
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Claire Forster
Norton Rose FulbrightPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Nick McHugh, Martyn Taylor, Jo Feldman