Australian Competition Law: Expert Profiles
Caroline Coops
Partner, King&Wood Mallesons, Melbourne
Relevant qualifications and honours
- Bachelor of Laws (Hons) Monash University (1996)
- Bachelor of Arts, Monash Univeristy (2001)
Relevant work history and Committee involvement
- 2006- Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
- 2001-2006 - Senior Associate, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
- 1996-2001 - Solicitor, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
- 1997-1999 - Seconded to Telstra
- Chair, Competition and Consumer Committee, Law Council of Australia (Business Law Section)
Other
- Named the Best Lawyers' 2013 Melbourne Competition 'Lawyer of the Year'.
- recognised as a leading individual in the Australian Financial Review's 'Best Lawyers' publication (Competition 2012-2014, Telecommunications 2011-2014 and Mergers and Acquisitions 2014).
- listed as 'leading lawyer' in Chambers’ Asia Pacific Guide (2012, 2013, 2014 )
- listed as 'leading lawyer' by the International Financial Law Review's Guide to Competition and Antitrust Lawyers (2011, 2012) Nominated in Best Lawyer in Competition/Anti-Trust Award category at the Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards (2011)
Relevant publications
Caroline Coops, 'A fly in the ointment for the ACCC? Implications of the Cement Australia decision for the interpretation of section 46' (2015) 23 Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law 83
Caroline Coops, 'A fly in the ointment for the ACCC - implications of the Cement Australia decision for the interpretation of section 46' (Paper, 2014 Competition Law Conference, 24 May 2014)