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Legalwise Seminar | Pressing Regulatory Issues and Disputes in Australian Agribusiness

As part of the Legalwise Agribusiness CPD seminar on 24 March 2025, Addisons Partner Laura Hartley will be presenting the session ‘ACCC: 2024 Year in Review’.

Laura’s presentation will cover:

Merger reviews in agri space: Olam Agri Holding’s acquisition of Namoi Cotton and Graincorp’s acquisition of XF Australia.
Implications of changes in merger laws for AgriBusinesses.
Penalties and other remedies for breaches of Horticultural Code: ACCC
action against Total Food Network.
Upshot of ACCC’s Supermarket Inquiry and the implications for relationship between wholesale, including farmgate, and retail prices.

Visit the Legalwise website for more information and to register.

When

24 March 2025

1:00 PM

Where

Online via Legalwise

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