Gerry O'Brien

Mayer Brown JSM

Mayer Brown JSM

Gerry O’Brien is a consultant in the team and has been described in the previous two Chambers Asia guides as being ‘an associate to watch’ in the field of antitrust practice and ‘a real example of a competition law expert’. Gerry joined Mayer Brown JSM in Hong Kong in mid-2007 after seven years practising competition law in Australia (both with law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques and via an in-house role with Telstra Corporation Limited). Gerry works closely with Hannah Ha and John Hickin to assist clients in respect of the antitrust regimes of both Hong Kong and China, and has been a prolific author of articles in relation to Anti-Monopoly Law issues in particular. Gerry also has significant experience assisting large corporates to develop and implement tailored trade practices compliance programmes, including major banks and resources companies, and has worked on a large number of merger control filings in regimes including China. Gerry joins John and Hannah as co-author of the firm’s Guide to the Anti-Monopoly Law for In-House Counsel.