Mr Mark McCowan > Corrs Chambers Westgarth > Sydney, Australia > Lawyer Profile
Corrs Chambers Westgarth Offices
Level 6 Brookfield Place Tower 2
123 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000
Australia
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Mr Mark McCowan
Work Department
Competition & Regulatory.
Position
Partner.
Career
Mark is our head of competition. He is a lateral and strategic thinker who guides clients through their most complex regulatory problems. He specialises in competition and consumer protection law – in transactional, litigious and advisory matters and across a wide range of industries.
Mark has a track record of securing merger clearances for difficult transactions for clients including Johnson & Johnson, BP and Staples. He also has particular expertise in handling major regulatory investigations and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) prosecutions in concentrated industries including oil and gas, brewing, grocery retailing, infrastructure and healthcare. He regularly represents clients in cartel immunity applications and investigations and in seeking other clearances and authorisations from the ACCC.
Mark has considerable experience in multi-jurisdictional matters and has worked in a leading antitrust practice in Washington DC.
https://www.corrs.com.au/people/mark-mccowan
Memberships
Law Council of Australia Competition and Consumer Committee Member American Bar Association Member and Newsletter Editor, International Antitrust Committee Australian American Leadership Dialogue Participant.
Lawyer Rankings
Australia > Competition and trade
(Leading individuals)The team at Corrs Chambers Westgarth counts merger control, behavioural investigations, antitrust litigation and cartel investigations among its core strengths. The group is notably able to leverage a distinct level of expertise in big tech and class action matters, and is likewise knowledgeable of healthcare, pharmaceutical, financial services, payments and telecoms-related matters. Mark McCowan enjoys a track record in overseeing cross-border mandates, serving as practice co-head alongside Andrew Korbel, a trade investigation specialist. Richard Flitcroft is also among the key names, boasting over 25 years of representation before the ACCC and other regulators.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Competition and trade
- Data protection
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Infrastructure projects and construction
- Intellectual property
- IT and telecoms
- Labour and employment
- Natural resources (transactions and regulatory)
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: class actions
- Energy (transactions and regulatory)
- Environment and planning
- Fintech and financial services regulatory
- Labour and employment: workplace health and safety (WHS)
- Tax
- White-collar crime
- Insurance
- Media and entertainment
- Capital markets