Australian Competition Law: Expert Profiles
Rachel Trindade
Australian practitioner specialising in competition and consumer law
Relevant work history
- 2002-current - private practitioner in the areas of competition and consumer law
- 1990-2002 - Lawyer and later Partner in national law firm
Memberships
- Member of Law Council of Australia's Trade Practice Committee
- Member, Law Institute of Victoria
Competition law publications
Articles
- "Modernising Australian merger analysis" (2007) 35 Australian Business Law Review 358 (with Rhonda L Smith)
- "Integrating strategic behaviour into competition analysis" (2007) 52 Antitrust Bulletin 633 (with David K Round and Rhonda L Smith)
- "A review of the ACCC's Media Mergers Guideline" (2007) 14 Competition and Consumer Journal 281 (with Rhonda L Smith)
- "It's time: the temporal dimension of competition analysis" (2004) 12 Competition and Consumer Law Journal 142 (with Rhonda L Smith)
- "The High Court on Boral: a return to the past?" (2003) 10 Competition and Consumer Law Journal 336 (with Rhonda L Smith)
- "Protecting the brand: options and risks" (2001) 8 Competition and Consumer Law Journal 234 (with Rhonda L Smith and David K Round)
- "Resale price maintenance – some practical observations from Australia" (2008) 4 Competition Law International 15
Presentations/conferences
- "Gippsland Logistics Precinct" (Presentation at Gippsland Major Projects Summit, February 2010)
- "Governance and regulatory models" (Presentation at Victorian Rail Freight Governance Forum, GAMUT: Australasian Centre for the Governance & Management of Urban Transport, September 2009)
- "Establishing the Gippsland Logistics Precinct" (Presentation – with John Hearsch and Jody O'Kane – at the Smart Conference, Sydney, June 2009)
- "The role of courts and tribunals in providing guidance to regulators" (Presentation – with Paul Hughes and Justin Oliver – at ACCC Regulatory Conference, July 2008)
- "How to protect your distribution network around the world – the Australian perspective" (Presentation at International Bar Association Conference, Singapore, October 2007)
- "Understanding merger analysis" (Presentation – with Rhonda Smith – at Law Council of Australia Trade Practices Workshop, July 2006 and Australian Business Law Workshop, November 2006)
- "Predatory pricing in the Australian aviation sector" (Presentation – with Rhonda Smith – at the Asian Law and Economics Association Conference, Seoul, June 2005)
Newspaper/Opinion pieces/commentary
- Rachel Trindade, Rhonda L Smith and Alexanra Merrett, 'Building better mousetraps: Harper’s re-write of section 46' (October 2014) 20 The State of Competition
- Rachel Trindade and Alexandra Merrett, 'A road map to statutory immunity in Australia' (April 2013) 11 State of Competition
- Rachel Trindade, Alexandra Merrett and Rhonda Smith, '2012 in Review' (December 2012) 9 The State of Competition
- Alexandra Merrett and Rachel Trindade 'Flights of fancy or hard core cartels? When agents (allegedly) price fix' (November 2012) 8 The State of Competition
- Rachel Trindade and Rhonda L Smith, 'Football and Substitutes - A Primer in Market Definition' (October 2012) 7 The State of Competition
- Rachel Trindade and Alexandra Merrett, Howzat! The War on Mergers (The State of Competition, Issue 6 (Sept 2012))
- Rachel Trindade and Alexandra Merrett, 'Market power and Goldilocks pricing in the National Electricity Market' (August 2012) 5 The State of Competition
- Alexandra Merrett and Rachel Trindade, 'Metcash and beyond ... Likelihoods and the standard of proof' (Issue 3, July 16, 2012), The State of Competition
Other
- "A logjam at the port" (Panel member – Hypothetical, ACCC Regulatory Conference, July 2009)
