Australian Competition Law: Expert Profiles
Dr Cento Veljanovski
Managing Partner, Case Associates
Relevant qualifications and honours
- BEc (Hons)
- MEc
- DPhil
- Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb)
- Global Competition Review 2006 survey voted Cento one of the most ‘highly regarded’ competition economists.
Relevant work history and Committee involvement
Current
- Established (in 1995) and currently Managing Partner of Case Associates.
- Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced legal Studies
- IEA Fellow in Law and Economics
Research Fellowship at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at Oxford University
Various academic positions at: University of London, Monash University, York University (UK), University of Toronto, University of New York, and University of Miami.
Research Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)
Editorial boards of the UK Competition Law Reports, Journal of Network Industries
Economic advice and evidence
Regular expert witness in competition law
Provided economic assistance in a number of the world’s largest mergers
- Inc Carnival/P&O Princess Cruises, MCI/WorldCom, Vodafone/Manessmann, Seagrams/Polygram, AOL/Time Warner, Telia/Telenor, and Telia/Sonera
Sectoral focus on communications and media sectors
Relevant publications
Case Associate publications
(includes casenotes, comments etc)
Australia-specific publications include:
- Cento Veljanovski, ‘Australian air freight cartel case crashes: why did the New Zealand and Australian courts differ’ (2015) 36(3) European Competition Law Review 104
- Cento Veljanovski, 'Mergers, counterfactuals and proof after Metcash' (2012) 40 Australian Business Law Review 263
- Cento Veljanovski, "Metcash, Market Power, and Counterfactuals - The standard of proof in Australian and New Zealand merger and competition laws" (paper given at the 20th Competition Law Conference, 5th May 2012, Sydney, Australia)
- Veljanovski, Cento and Featherston, Roger, "Use of Market Power and Counterfactuals in New Zealand and Australian Competition Laws" (August 11, 2011). (SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1908088)
- Cento Veljanovski, 'FOXTEL/Austar merger: Pay TV merger policy by political forecasting' (August 2011)
- Cento Veljanovski, Economists in Court: A Comparative Assessment of Procedures and Experience in Australia and England & Wales from an Economist's Perspective (December 7, 2009) (Working Paper)