Specialist competition and regulatory law firm Matthews Law has promoted Gus Stewart to Special Counsel.
Gus is a senior commercial lawyer specialising in competition, regulatory, and consumer law. He is a trusted advisor to domestic and international clients, including listed and Fortune 500 companies. In addition to advisory work, he has been involved in a significant volume of regulatory investigations (including the Commerce Commission’s public real estate and livestock price fixing cases) and recently appeared as junior counsel on a high-profile Commerce Commission Fair Trading Act prosecution.
Gus has previously worked in the Competition & Regulatory and TMT teams at trans-Tasman law firm Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, and as an in-house counsel at network operator 2degrees.
Principal Andrew Matthews said:
“This promotion is extremely well deserved. It reflects Gus’s technical excellence and the high regard that clients and peers have for him. We are very proud of his achievements.”
Matthews Law is ranked as a leading competition and regulatory law practice in all major reputable legal directories, including Chambers Asia Pacific and GCR 100. Since its inception in 2013, the firm has continued to grow its domestic and international client base and specialist reputation in the market.