Virtual Event |
Baker McKenzie
Overview (Program Summary)
A program hosted by:
ACC Australia
Baker McKenzie, together with ACC Australia, is pleased to invite you to join our webinar exploring the progress of Australia's new merger control regime.
Since January 2026, Australia’s mandatory merger control regime has fundamentally reshaped deal execution — with tighter thresholds, higher costs, and more prescriptive timelines.
Join our experts Georgina Foster, Lynsey Edgar and Richard Lustig for a practical update on how the regime is operating in its early months, including:
• Key trends emerging from initial ACCC filings
• Common pitfalls and how to avoid delays in the new process
• Differences between the waiver and notification pathways
• The voiding consequences of getting it wrong
• The intersection between the ACCC and FIRB approval processes
• How ACCC confidentiality and approval operates in an ASX listed company context
• Strategic considerations for transactions in 2026 and beyond
Designed for in-house counsel, deal teams and advisers, this webinar will equip you with the insights needed to navigate the regime with confidence.
We hope you'll be able to join us.
Speakers
Georgina Foster, Partner, Baker McKenzie
Georgina Foster is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Sydney office and leads the Firm’s Australian competition and regulation practice.
Georgina has significant is a leading merger clearance lawyer, with extensive experience in advising clients on ACCC merger clearance. Georgina regularly advises clients on competition law issues in relation to joint ventures and strategic alliances, distribution structures and strategies, and pricing issues. She also represents clients in ACCC investigations into alleged contraventions of Australian competition and consumer protection law.
Lynsey Edgar, Partner, Baker McKenzie
Lynsey Edgar is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Sydney dispute resolution team, whose practice focuses on competition and consumer law. She is global co-lead of the Firm's Competition Litigation Taskforce.
Lynsey’s practice focuses on competition investigations, enforcement litigation and regulatory matters. She assists clients with complex merger clearances, advises on highly technical aspects of competition/antitrust law, and has experience in cartels including immunity applications.
Richard Lustig, Partner, Baker McKenzie
Richard Lustig is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Melbourne office and is a recognised leading mergers and acquisitions lawyer.
Richard has 30 years' experience in acting on mergers and acquisitions including takeovers and schemes of arrangement. His focus consequently covers international transactions, the Takeovers Panel, directors' duties, corporate governance advice, Listing Rules compliance, Corporations Act advice, and equity capital market issues and restructurings.
Notes
*Competitor Exclusion – ACC Australia Partner’s may request that representative/s of a competitor organisation/s registered for the event be excluded, and ACC Australia reserves the right to make the final decision as to whether a registration is rejected. As a guide, a competitor organisation could be defined as a rival organisation of similar size to the host Corporate Partner, with an established practice, product or service in the area being showcased by the Corporate Partner’s at the event. Please provide a brief statement as to why you have deemed an organisation to be a competitor, in support of any request to ACC Australia to reject a registration.
* Please note that registrations are being managed by Baker McKenzie. Please let ACC Australia know if you have not received your confirmation within 24 hours.
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