John Yiannakou
Executive Counsel
Executive Counsel
John is an Executive Counsel with a particular experience in competition and consumer law.
John advises on complex merger clearances, regulatory investigations, market inquiries, and competition and consumer law compliance.
He has assisted clients in a broad range of industries, including the energy, financial services, technology, automotive, healthcare, and retail sectors. John has a particular interest in the financial services and payments sector, and prior to becoming a lawyer worked in the financial services sector in compliance and advisory roles.
Experience
Selected matters
- Brookfield and MidOcean Energy in obtaining ACCC merger authorisation for the proposed acquisition of Origin Energy
- TPG Telecom in obtaining ACCC merger clearance for the sale of its fibre network infrastructure and its enterprise, government and wholesale fixed line business to Vocus Group Limited
- Visa Inc in its obtaining ACCC merger clearance for the acquisition of Rambus Inc’s payments technology portfolio
- Hesperia and CFC Group for their sale of Midland Brick to BGC
- Singapore-listed QAF Limited in obtaining ACCC merger clearance for the sale of its Australian agribusiness Rivalea to JBS
- NAB in relation to the competition aspects of a strategic partnership with Plenti to launch co-branded loans
- Westpac in relation to its acquisition of money management app MoneyBrilliant
- Bendigo Bank on the competition aspects of its long-term merchant acquiring alliance with Tyro
- Quantium in relation to competition aspects of a new data and AI joint venture with Telstra
- BP in securing ACCC authorisation for a renewed BP Rewards Loyalty Program, in partnership with Qantas, across the BP-branded network
- The Australian Energy Market Operator and NEM participants to obtain ACCC authorisation to facilitate industry cooperation to support electricity market stability
- Crown Resorts and related entities in the Victorian Royal Commission into Crown Melbourne
Background
John has a Master of Laws (Juris Doctor) from Monash University and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from The University of Melbourne.
