About Molly Snaith
Molly specialises in competition law and regulatory issues. She has extensive experience in assisting clients to secure ACCC merger clearance (for both domestic and international deals), responding to ACCC investigations, assisting in proceedings brought by the ACCC and in providing clients with advice on their obligations to comply with the Competition and Consumer Act. Molly has extensive European merger control experience, having practiced in London and Brussels.
She has deep experience in financial services, life sciences and the energy sector, and has a keen interest in the energy transition.
Molly's relevant experience includes advising:
Merger Clearance
- Brookfield: in relation to its acquisition of up to 100% of Neoen SA and the implementation of a s87B undertaking offered to the ACCC
- Brookfield and EIG Partners: in relation to the consortium's successful application for merger authorisation for its proposed acquisition of Origin Energy
- Veolia Environnement S.A: on the global acquisition by Veolia of Suez S.A. and the implementation of 87B undertakings offered to the ACCC
- Farfetch: on its proposed acquisition of a 47.5% stake in YOOX Net-a-Porter
- Novozymes A/S: in relation to its merger with Christian Hansen A/S
- E.ON: on all competition aspects of E.ON’s and RWE Aktiengesellschaft’s (RWE) far-reaching asset swap, including E.ON acquiring a 76.8% stake in Innogy SE (Innogy), including the implementation of Commitments offer to the European Commission
- QIAGEN: in relation to its proposed takeover by Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company: for its US$62bn acquisition of Shire plc
- QIAGEN: in relation to its acquisition of the sample collection business of GE Healthcare.
Antitrust and consumer protection enforcement
- Australian Banking Association: in relation to related applications for authorisation to allow the ABA, its member banks and other industry participants that distribute and/or utilise cash in their businesses to discuss and develop arrangements to facilitate ongoing access to cash across the Australian economy
- Ford Australia: in relation to an investigation (and subsequent Federal Court proceedings) by the ACCC alleging unconscionable and misleading conduct in relation to the application of consumer guarantees
- A private education college in a (now resolved) ACCC investigation in relation to allegations of misleading and deceptive conduct, false or misleading representations and unfair contract terms
- A range of manufacturers and retailers on ACCC competition and consumer law investigations
- Clients in a range of sectors in relation to internal and ACCC investigations into allegations of cartel conduct and bid rigging.