Minter Ellison fields a 'collaborative team with strong expertise' in its competition, risk and regulatory team, handling domestic and international matters. Geoff Carter heads the national competition law team from Melbourne, advising on high profile merger clearance and cartel matters. Miranda Noble, also in Melbourne, leads Australian aspects of major global transactions. In Sydney, Paul Schoff focuses on the interface between ESG and competition law, while Haydn Flack handles ACCC merger clearance and behavioural matters.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Collaborative team with strong expertise.’

  • ‘Haydn Flack is an excellent business partner - highly engaged and responsive. His expertise and advise are highly valued.’

  • 'Great to work with, high client focus, pragmatic and solutions focused'

  • 'Haydn Flack has been excellent at helping us navigate a number of highly complex matters from a competition law perspective'

Key clients

  • VMware
  • Bunge
  • Neoen
  • iRobot
  • Optus
  • L'Oreal Groupe
  • Qantas
  • Linfox Armaguard
  • Atlassian
  • Adbri
  • Allianz
  • CIMIC
  • Stanwell Corporation
  • State of New South Wales
  • ConocoPhilips
  • IKEA
  • BMW

Work highlights

  • Advised VMware, a leading global supplier of virtualisation and other software, on Australian competition aspects relating to its acquisition by Broadcom for USD$61 billion.
  • Working with Goodwin, advised iRobot on Australian competition aspects relating to its acquisition by Amazon for USD$1.7 billion.
  • Working with Bredin Prat, is advising Neoen on a whole of company transaction under which Brookfield has agreed to acquire up to 100% of Neoen for an agreed offer of $A10.2 billion.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Geoff Carter

Other key lawyers

Haydn Flack, Miranda Noble, Katrina Groshinski, Karla Nader, Paul Schoff, Tom Faulls