Jones Day’s competition and trade team is experienced in handling Australian Competition and Consumer Commission M&A matters on a global scale. It is co-led by Prudence Smith and Matthew Bull, who are based in Sydney and Melbourne respectively. The practice handles matters emanating from a range of industries, including the aviation, media, and mining sectors. Smith has longstanding experience in acting for clients in transactional and litigation matters and has close ties to the ACCC. Bull is adept in acting for clients on M&A transactions and specialises in the energy and resources sector.
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Testimonials
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‘Advice is very commercially based and pragmatic.'
'Prudence Smith gives extremely straight-forward and well-reasoned advice. She knows the countries she is working with very well and her advice always turns out to be accurate.'
'Matthew Bull is highly commercial and has an organic approach. Willing to challenge individuals involved without coming across as challenging to work with. Excellent at explaining processes regulators use and rationales behind them. Advice is based on decades of practical experience.'
'Very accessible and responsible.'
'Good technical knowledge.’
'They are very knowledgeable, not only in their jurisdiction, but also in foreign ones as well.'
Key clients
- American Airlines
- ANA Holdings Inc
- Ansarada
- Hexagon AB
- JFE Shoji Australia Pty Limited
- Paramount Global
- Peabody Corporation
- Tourism Holdings Limited
- Westpac Banking Corporation
Work highlights
Advising Peabody on the pending acquisition of significant Tier 1 Australian Metallurgical coal assets from Anglo American plc for a cash consideration of up to USD3.775bn.
Advised Ansarada on its sale to Datasite; Ansarada and Datasite both provide software as a service platforms for virtual data rooms and board reporting solutions.
Acting for American Airlines in relation to its application for re-authorisation for its joint business arrangements with Qantas in relation to ACCC and NZMoT clearance.
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Practice head
Prudence Smith; Matthew Bull