Tom Bainbridge
Special Counsel (Admitted in England & Wales, not admitted in Australia)
Tom advises clients on competition law matters across a wide range of industry sectors.
He regularly represents clients before the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in merger clearance applications and market inquiries. Tom also has extensive experience defending allegations of cartel conduct and advising on competition law compliance, including matters related to commercial agreements and misuse of market power.
Tom’s industry experience spans financial services, digital markets, mineral resources, energy, infrastructure, agriculture, real estate, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
Prior to joining Corrs, Tom was Special Counsel at a leading US law firm in London and Brussels. Notably, his team was recognised with the Global Competition Review 2016 award for “European Behavioural Matter of the Year” for the successful defence of Deutsche Bank in the European Commission’s investigation into credit default swaps.
Key deals
Stockland Supalai Residential Communities Partnership
Advising Stockland Corporation, Australia’s largest residential real estate developer, and its investment partner, Supalai, on their joint acquisition of Lendlease’s masterplanned communities business, including a remedy package to secure ACCC approval.
Wesfarmers
Advising Wesfarmers Chemicals Energy & Fertilisers on the sale of its LNG and LPG distribution businesses to CEFA and Supagas.
Saint-Gobain
Advising Saint-Gobain on its acquisition of Australian supplier of building products, CSR, a transaction that Mergermarket named 2024 M&A Deal of the Year.
Realestate.com.au
Acting for Australia’s leading online property portal in relation to the ACCC’s Digital Platform Services Inquiry into data brokers, and on its proposed acquisitions of Realtair and Dynamic Methods.
Global tech giant
Acting for a global tech giant in relation to the ACCC’s Digital Platform Services Inquiry into the expanding ecosystems of digital platform service providers.
Albemarle
Advising the leading global supplier of lithium on its proposed acquisition of Liontown, an ASX-listed lithium minerals producer that owns tier-one lithium mine, Kathleen Valley.
Tradeweb
Representing the leading global electronic trading platform for government bonds and interest rate swaps on its acquisition of Australian rival, Yieldbroker.
Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Advising the leading supplier of medical devices to Australian hospitals and medical professionals on competition law compliance of commercial agreements.