Elizabeth Hersey
Elizabeth is an experienced competition and consumer lawyer, advising clients on merger clearances, competition and consumer law investigations and third-party access disputes.
Elizabeth has local and international private practice specialist competition law experience, having worked at top tier firms in both Sydney and London. She has also worked as in-house competition and consumer law counsel at two of Australia’s largest FMCG companies, providing her with an understanding of the commercial and organisational considerations that go hand in hand with a client’s legal considerations.
Elizabeth has advised across a range of industries including FMCG (groceries, liquor, and consumer electronics), infrastructure, energy, insurance and financial institutions.
Background
Elizabeth has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of International Studies from the University of Adelaide.
She was admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 2008.
Market Recognition
- Doyles Guide: Competition Law Rising Star 2018 – 2020
- Global Competition Review Independent Survey: Who’s Who Legal Competition, Future Leader 2019 – 2020.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- Glencore Coal Pty Ltd in relation to its application to have Port of Newcastle declared an essential facility, and related ACCC arbitration proceedings*
- Endeavour Group Limited on its acquisitions of a number of hotels and attached bottle shops including Beachfront Hotel in Northern Territory and GM Hotels portfolio in South Australia*
- AMA Group on its $440m acquisition of Suncorp’s Capital SMART business*
- Cristal, in obtaining unconditional ACCC clearance for its USD1.673b titanium dioxide merger with Tronox Limited;
- A leading radiology business in relation to a number of acquisitions in the radiology industry*
- Deutsche Bank in relation to the European Commission’s EURIBOR and LIBOR cartel investigations*
- Booking.com in relation to the UK’s OFT’s (now, CMA) resale price maintenance investigation in the online hotel booking sector*
- Certas Energy UK in its successful settlement of the CMA’s abuse of dominance investigation into Certas Energy’s fuel distribution practices on the Western Isles (UK)*
- E.ON UK plc in relation to the CMA’s market investigation into the energy sector in the UK*
*Experience from previous firm