Prudence Smith > Jones Day > Melbourne, Australia > Lawyer Profile

Jones Day
LEVEL 51 RIALTO TOWERS
525 COLLINS STREET
MELBOURNE
Australia

Position

Prudence Smith’s practice is focused on competition, consumer and regulatory law. Drawing on many years at the Australian competition and consumer law regulator, she is able to help clients achieve favorable outcomes.

She advises and represents clients in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore (with locally registered Jones Day lawyers), and throughout the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on a broad range of competition law issues, including cartel and anticompetitive conduct investigations, authorizations, and notifications, as well regulatory issues including Spam Act and AML compliance.

She also regularly advises on significant and complex merger clearances and joint ventures, including many cross-border transactions. She has in-depth experience in complex competition and consumer litigation and is regularly sought out by clients that are facing significant and complex regulatory and private litigation issues involving competition law (such as private actions for anticompetitive conduct, including refusal to deal or misuse of market power) or misleading and deceptive conduct representations. Prudence is also often called on by clients who have received a statutory notices for the production of evidence or who are the subject of a search warrant.

Lawyer Rankings

Australia > Competition and trade

(Next Generation Partners)

Prudence Smith – Jones Day

The ‘excellent competition law team‘ at Jones Day regularly handles complex, multijurisdictional merger clearances; cartel investigations; and regulatory enforcement with industry strength across energy, infrastructure, mining and resources, digital platforms, aviation and transport, and financial services. ‘Expert in competition law’ Prudence Smith has in-depth experience of the ACCC, co-heading the team from Sydney with Melbourne-based ‘leading lawyer’ Matthew Bull, a go-to for clients in the energy and resources sectors.