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Jacqueline Downes
Partner, Practice Group Leader, Competition, Consumer & Regulatory
Sydney
Areas of expertise
- Competition, Consumer & Regulatory
- Disputes & Investigations
- Energy Regulation
- Foreign Investment in Australia
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Risk & Compliance Advisory
- Technology, Data, Cyber & AI
Treasurer hails fifth wave of competition reform with changes to merger clearance rules
The Federal Treasurer, Dr Jim Chalmers MP, announced today that the Government is moving ahead with its plans to introduce significant changes to Australia's merger clearance rules. ...
UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation
View our annual lecture on-demand, register for upcoming events and learn more about the people behind the partnership. Gavin Smith Jacqueline Downes Gavin Jacqueline Smith Downes Partner, Practice Leader – Technology, Media and ...
'Super' protection for consumers and small businesses
The Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures For Future Bills) Bill 2023: ACCC Designated Complaints Function seeks to create a specific complaints-handling function within the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for those lodged by designated consumer and small business advocacy groups. ...
ACCC 2024/2025 enforcement priorities
Competition and consumer law issues in financial services, essential services and wholesale gas markets will be a focus for the ACCC. Cartels and anti-competitive conduct remain an ongoing focus. In terms of consumers and small businesses, there will be particular focus on manipulative or deceptive advertising practices in connection with digital services and 'green' claims. The ACCC is also advocating for law reform in relation to digital platforms, unfair trading, consumer guarantees and merger control. ...
Allens acts for PZ Cussons in successfully defending the first contested 'hub and spoke' cartel case brought by the ACCC
In 2013, the ACCC first took action against: PZ Cussons and Colgate-Palmolive, alleging they had entered into a cartel in relation to the supply of laundry detergents with a third laundry detergent ...
Allens advises on first ACCC merger authorisation
This is the first merger authorisation considered by the ACCC after recommendations from the Harper Review were implemented in November 2017. Merger authorisation involves a public application and ...
In Touch: Honda hits a speed bump: penalised $6 million for misleading or deceptive conduct and other developments
The latest issues, decisions and proposed changes impacting business and workplace risk. ...
Australian Treasury commences consultation on possible changes to Australia's merger clearance rules
Possible changes to Australia's merger control rules have been on the table for some time and are now being considered by a Competition Taskforce within the Australian Treasury. On 20 November 2023, the Taskforce issued a consultation paper on possible merger clearance changes. ...
Allens advises DuPont on ACCC clearance
Allens has secured ACCC clearance on behalf of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company ( DuPont ) for its proposed merger with The Dow Chemical Company ( Dow ). The ACCC decision follows DuPont's joint ...