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Top lawyer's decision to jump ship adds to Australia's merger-expertise woes

By James Panichi ( August 12, 2025, 02:13 GMT | Insight) -- The exodus of Australian government officials with M&A expertise continued this week, with one of the architects of the recent overhaul of merger laws, Annalisa Heger, announcing that she was moving to a senior role with prominent antitrust law firm Ashurst. The move by the respected lawyer is the last in a series of damaging departures from both Australia’s Treasury, which designed the new mandatory and suspensory regime, and the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission.The exodus of Australian government officials with M&A expertise continued this week, with one of the architects of the recent overhaul of merger laws, Annalisa Heger, announcing that she was moving to a senior role with prominent antitrust law firm Ashurst....

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