Thomsons

Competition

Partner

George acts for a broad range of corporate clients including ASX-listed companies, major superannuation trustees, high-net-worth individuals and commercial enterprises across competition law, intellectual property and regulatory litigation. He is based in Adelaide.

George advises on competition and consumer matters including ACCC investigations, merger notifications, cartel immunity applications and competition compliance. His intellectual property practice covers patent infringement, trade mark disputes, copyright, confidential information and misleading and deceptive conduct. He has a strong regulatory litigation practice across ASIC, ATO, CDPP, AFP and State taxation authority matters, and continues to practise as a general commercial litigator in Federal and State courts and tribunals across Australia.

George has acted in the Mitsubishi Motors fuel efficiency class action for Australia’s first automotive consumer class action, appeared for a major superannuation trustee in ASIC enforcement proceedings, and handled an ASX-listed company’s cartel immunity application. He has also acted in the first Australian ACCC conditional approval for a unique contractual warranty by Mitsubishi, which attracted over 200 public submissions.

George combines competition law depth with intellectual property litigation and a strong regulatory enforcement practice across multiple Commonwealth and State regulators. His practice operates across the full spectrum from front-end competition advice and ACCC engagement through to contested enforcement proceedings in Federal and State courts.

• Deputy Chair, Competition and Consumer Committee, Business Law Section, Law Council of Australia

• Bachelor of Arts (Flinders University)

• Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Hons) (Flinders University)

• Master of Laws (University of Melbourne)