Bio

Leading global and Australian brands look to Laura Hartley to provide comprehensive advice on their most significant and strategically important transactions and legal challenges. Laura’s longstanding clients consider her a real one-stop shop for advice, with her unique mix of expertise in both mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and competition and consumer law issues. As an auditor approved by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), she can assist clients with compliance issues or undertakings. Laura has had the privilege to work with large, fast-moving consumer goods companies over many years. Her clients also span the agribusiness, dairy, food manufacturing and manufacturing industries. Clients trust Laura as an integral part of their team and appreciate her willingness to immerse herself in their business. Her advice is tailored to their current business goals and priorities and grounded in her industry experience. She aims to ensure they can deliver their projects, grow their business, and minimise sleepless nights along the way. Laura’s clients include The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Australia, The a2 Milk Company, Bega Cheese Limited, Colgate-Palmolive and Hill’s Pet Nutrition.