Sarah Lynch

Biography

Sarah is a special counsel in our Competition, Consumer and Market Regulation group.

She is experienced across the spectrum of Australian competition, regulatory and consumer protection law, including assisting clients in relation to complex merger clearances and litigation, enforcement investigations and strategic advisory work. She also has a strong regulatory practice with experience advising on complex regulatory regimes, including in relation to access and pricing issues. Sarah has worked with clients in a diverse range of industries, and has particular expertise in ports and infrastructure, energy networks, financial services, stock exchanges, digital platforms and services and consumer goods.

Prior to joining Gilbert + Tobin, Sarah worked as an associate in the London office at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, advising on EU and UK competition law.

Experience

Sarah’s experience includes advising:

  • Microsoft on the Australian competition aspects, including ACCC approval, of Microsoft’s $96 billion (US$68.7 billion) acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

    NSW Ports in successfully defending complex Federal Court ACCC proceedings regarding the 2013 privatisation of Port Botany and Port Kembla and a subsequent appeal by the ACCC to the Full Federal Court.