Will Richards Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I was a senior member of the ACCC's Sustainability Taskforce. My work focused on intersections between competition and consumer law and environmental sustainability, including greenwashing / greenhushing, the effective function of transitioning markets and what steps we can take to ensure competition law is not serving as an unnecessary barrier to legitimate coordination between companies looking to pursue environmental goals. My responsibilities included working across the agency to… Show more I was a senior member of the ACCC's Sustainability Taskforce. My work focused on intersections between competition and consumer law and environmental sustainability, including greenwashing / greenhushing, the effective function of transitioning markets and what steps we can take to ensure competition law is not serving as an unnecessary barrier to legitimate coordination between companies looking to pursue environmental goals. My responsibilities included working across the agency to build capacity / develop strategy in relation to sustainability, providing specialist input to greenwashing investigations and authorisation matters, contributing to the drafting of guidance materials and engaging with external stakeholders in both government and the private sector. Show less

Assessment of refugee and complementary protection claims and provision of pro bono legal advice at night service clinics. My main responsibilities include conducting client interviews, advising on prospects and options and preparation of visa applications and documents.

Melbourne, Australia

I worked on competition law, consumer law, climate risk governance and other regulatory matters. I advised public and private clients operating in many of Australia's major industries including agriculture, health, construction, research and education, mining, retail and ports. A focus area was how laws regulating corporates and financial institutions intersect with climate change and the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy. I advised companies, superannuation funds… Show more I worked on competition law, consumer law, climate risk governance and other regulatory matters. I advised public and private clients operating in many of Australia's major industries including agriculture, health, construction, research and education, mining, retail and ports. A focus area was how laws regulating corporates and financial institutions intersect with climate change and the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy. I advised companies, superannuation funds and government on net zero strategy and legal obligations associated with climate change and other environmental issues. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

My responsibilities included supervising teams of staff providing catering services at a variety of public and private events, as well as liaising with clients and fixing problems as they arose.

Monash University Branch

Working in teams of volunteer consultants to research and understand problems within not-for-profit businesses and organisations. We developed solutions to the issues we identified, prepared reports and presented these to clients.