Who should adjudicate mergers?
Philip Williams, competition and dispute support lead at Frontier Economics, discusses the ACCC's proposed merger approval process.
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Biography
Philip Williams heads the Legal and Competition practice of Frontier Economics.
He specialises in the application of economics to legal disputes in such areas as trade practices, access disputes, valuing damages, intellectual property and contractual disputes. He regularly acts as an expert witness before Australian courts and tribunals and has done so in many significant cases in Australia. He is particularly valued as an expert because of his ability to apply economic analysis to a wide range of industries – from artificial insemination of thoroughbreds to the use of music in gyms.
Philip has advised the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the National Competition Council and the New Zealand Commerce Commission – as well as all the leading law firms in Australia and New Zealand. Prior to joining Frontier Economics, he taught full-time at the University of Melbourne from 1978 to February 2002, when he resigned as Professor of Law and Economics in the Melbourne Business School at the University.
Selected work by Philip:
Reports
The Proposed Australian Cartel Offence
On 4 August 2016, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims announced that the ACCC’s next market study will focus on the Australian communications sector. This [...]
Bulletins
Bargain hunting: Australia’s news media bargaining code
Frontier Economics explains Australia's proposed news media bargaining code.
Is that a fact?
A recent decision by The Australian Competition Tribunal brings into sharp focus a difference between economists and the courts in their approach to facts. The decision is Application by Sea [...]
Fixing Competition Policy?
Earlier this year, a joint media release by the Australian Treasurer (Scott Morrison), Prime Minister (Malcolm Turnbull) and the Minister for Small Business (Kelly O’Dwyer) was headed “Fixing [...]
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