Ian Reynolds Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Sydney

Sydney

Sydney, Australia

Examples include: Integrally involved in the competition aspects of TABCORP's contested merger with Tatts Group Limited. Central role supporting partners and counsel both in ACCC process and before the Australian Competition Tribunal and Federal Court. Assisting one of Australia’s largest media companies, including in relation to the launch of a groundbreaking subscription video-on-demand joint venture and commercial arrangements as to the supply of programming and advertising services.Assisting a major listed Australian online booking engine on its A$700 million sale to a US competitor. Major deal in the online sector. Played out against a backdrop of disruption by new business models.Provided strategic support for a large, listed pharmaceutical company (and its subsidiaries) in relation to several transactions (including a US$20+ billion complex asset swap).Worked on a large number of high profile transactions and commercial practices for building products companies; suppliers of domestic appliances, other consumer goods and industrial products; also logistics providers; and major oil & gas infrastructure projects, among others.Assisted in resolving regulatory issues in transactions by negotiating remedies (including behavioural remedies). Have working with companies and regulators to ensure international remedies resolve local Australian concerns, reducing risk for transaction parties. Providing support for premium brands on distribution strategies and joint venture arrangements both in Australia and the EEA.Drove a project team which delivered Clayton Utz’s dawn raid app, a crisis management tool for corporate counsel. Oversaw project team, drafted content, priced external providers, provided input into designing launch and marketing materials and delivered on budget. Product achieved significant press.http://www.claytonutz.com/publications/videos/dawn_raid_app.page

Brussels Area, Belgium

Lead associate on a significant number of international cartel matters and high profile M&A transactions with an international context, particularly the competition aspects of the US$8.8 billion combination of Acergy/Subsea 7 (oil and gas). Day-to-day carriage of significant M&A matters requiring international regulatory filings and submissions e.g. HBO/Ziggo/HBO Netherlands (pay-TV); Adecco/Spring (recruitment); and KKR/Capsugel (pharmaceuticals). Lead associate representing a client on the EU bathroom fittings and fixtures cartel investigation, in which major successes before the European Commission and courts reduced potential fines by several million EURO.Significant transactions and commercial practices advice for global financial and private equity investors and other companies in a range of market segments. Managed interplay and process between international regulatory processes throughout the EU and in e.g. Australia, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and the US.Key client contact for a number of large, listed, internationally-focused corporations.

London, United Kingdom

Seats in company/commercial, property and commercial litigation.Project management of litigation cases, property transactions, deals and corporate housekeeping.Enhanced skills in advocacy on interim applications and in negotiations, mediations and other ADR.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Input to complex regulatory notifications and preparation of detailed written advices from independent research.

Drafted clear and concise research notes for case handlers and department heads. Drafted feasibility studies on cases based on review of primary material/submissions, economic reports and data.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Assisted in preparation of draft memoranda of advice and notifications and submissions to various regulators.

Pgdl, Lpc, Law

Ba Hons, History