Barrister Information

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.

Admitted

18 Feb 2005

Bar

26 Oct 2017

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Areas of Expertise

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) 1 Areas

  • International Arbitration

Commercial Law 8 Areas

  • Contractual Disputes
  • Bankruptcy Law & Insolvency Law
  • Banking & Finance
  • Corporations Law & Securities Law
  • Competition Law & Consumer Law
  • Insurance Law & Professional Negligence Law
  • Intellectual Property & Trade Practices
  • International Commercial Law

International Law

Public Law & Administrative Law

Tax Law & Revenue Law

Technology Law & Media Law

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