Zac de Kievit


Barrister

Admitted:
18 Feb 2005
Bar:
26 Oct 2017
Location:
Room 1703, Owen Dixon Chambers West,
525 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 3000
Call Foley’s on 03 9225 7777 to discuss availability
PROFILE

Zac practises in commercial litigation, particularly in the areas of competition and consumer law, trade practices, corporations and securities and tax. 

Before coming to the Bar, Zac was in-house counsel and managing director of Uber’s international trading and holding companies. Some recent matters in which Zac has been briefed include:

Regulatory

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Trivago N.V. (No 2) [2022] FCA 417

Trivago N.V. v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2020] FCAFC 185 

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Trivago N.V. [2020] FCA 16 

Merger review - proposed acquisition by Bunnings Group Limited 

Commercial

Instagram Inc v Dialogue Consulting Pty Ltd [2022] FCAFC 7

Dialogue Consulting Pty Ltd v Instagram, Inc (No 2) [2021] FCA 1322 

Dialogue Consulting Pty Ltd v Instagram, Inc [2020] FCA 1846 

Shareholder class action against ASX listed company GetSwift Limited

Memberships -- member of the Law Council of Australia's Digital Commerce Committee.

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AREAS OF PRACTICE

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Commercial Law
International Law
Public Law & Administrative Law
Tax Law & Revenue Law
Technology Law & Media Law

Profile1

Zac practises in commercial litigation, particularly in the areas of competition and consumer law, trade practices, corporations and securities and tax. 

Before coming to the Bar, Zac was in-house counsel and managing director of Uber’s international trading and holding companies. Some recent matters in which Zac has been briefed include:

Regulatory

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Trivago N.V. (No 2) [2022] FCA 417

Trivago N.V. v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2020] FCAFC 185 

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Trivago N.V. [2020] FCA 16 

Merger review - proposed acquisition by Bunnings Group Limited 

Commercial

Instagram Inc v Dialogue Consulting Pty Ltd [2022] FCAFC 7

Dialogue Consulting Pty Ltd v Instagram, Inc (No 2) [2021] FCA 1322 

Dialogue Consulting Pty Ltd v Instagram, Inc [2020] FCA 1846 

Shareholder class action against ASX listed company GetSwift Limited

Memberships -- member of the Law Council of Australia's Digital Commerce Committee.