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Key lawyer with Australian antitrust regulator to return to private practice (update*)

By James Panichi ( April 30, 2025, 05:26 GMT | Insight) -- Law firm King & Wood Mallesons announced today it had snagged the services of a key lawyer involved in the antitrust watchdog’s delicate role in paving the way for the new merger regime. In a statement, the firm said Jennifer Barron would join as a Sydney-based competition partner after just over four years with the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission and just three months after being promoted to the role of general counsel for merger reform.The revolving door separating Australia’s competition watchdog and the country’s top antitrust law firms has swung again, with King & Wood Mallesons, or KWM. announcing today that it had snagged the services of the lawyer involved in the regulator’s delicate role in paving the way for the country's new merger regime....

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