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Dr Martyn Taylor

Partner & Board Member, Co-Head of TMT, Competition & Trade, Norton Rose Fulbright
Martyn is a Partner at global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. He co-heads the TMT group (ranked Tier 1 APAC) and competition & trade group (ranked Tier 1 in Sydney & Melbourne). He is a board member on the Australian Partnership Committee. He is described as “smart, efficient, friendly”.
Martyn’s practice covers transactional, contentious and advisory. He is a corporate & commercial lawyer and leading telecoms, media & technology (TMT), infrastructure, energy, competition & regulatory specialist.
Martyn is endorsed as a ‘top 10' TMT legal advisor in Asia. He is recommended by the key legal directories, including Best Lawyers. Awards include:
  • M&A Deal of Year – Australasian Law Awards, 2016, 2021
  • Australian Law Partner of Year – Commercial, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
  • Australian Law Partner of Year – Telecoms, Media & Techology, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022
  • Australian Law Partner of Year – Competition Trade & Regulation, 2023
  • Best M&A Deal – Finance Asia, 2020
  • Asia-Pacific Telecoms Deal of Year - IJ Global, 2015, 2020
  • Global Merger of Year – Global Competition Review, 2015, 2020
  • Australian Deal of Year – Australasian Law Awards, 2016
  • Energy & Resources Deal of Year – Australasian Law Awards, 2016
  • TMT Deal of Year – Asian Lawyer, 2014
Martyn was a finalist for ‘Australian Deal Maker of Year' in 2015, 2016, 2019.
Chambers: “Martyn Taylor is prized as a ‘relentless worker’ on both the transactional and enforcement fronts, distinguished by his ability to ‘explain complicated regulatory concepts in the simplest terms possible’ and a related flair for ‘churning through a large amount of information and distilling from it the thesis needed to put a case forward.”
Chambers: “Martyn Taylor is acknowledged as "a super smart guy” who does a lot of "out-of-the-box thinking”. A client singles him out as a provider of "outstanding contract knowledge and strategic advice" who is distinguished further by "excellent problem-solving and people skills.
Martyn has multiple board/director roles, including President of Communications & Media Law Association, and Treasurer (ILS) of Law Council of Australia. He is an angel investor and business owner.
Martyn has qualifications in law, economics, corporate finance, management, engineering & architecture. He has attended Harvard University, Oxford University, Wharton Business School, and London School of Economics. He has >100 publications, including the book 'International Competition Law'.
Qualifications: PhD(Law); CME(Harvard); MFin(Corporate Finance); LLM(Law); BA(Hons)(Economics); LLB(Hons)(Law); BSc(Architecture); GAICD.
Contributed to

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Australia merger control
Australia merger control
Practice Notes

A conversation with Dr Martyn Taylor, Partner and Australian Head of Competition, in the Sydney office of international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright in Australia, on key issues on merger control in Australia.

Papua New Guinea merger control
Papua New Guinea merger control
Practice Notes

A conversation with Dr Martyn Taylor, Partner and Australian Head of Competition, Dietrich Marquardt, Special Counsel, and Imandi Mudugamuwa, Summer Clerk, in the Sydney office of international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright in Australia, on key issues on merger control in Papua New Guinea.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 1994

Experience

  • Newman Levinson Architects, London (1989 - 1990)
  • Electricity Corporation of New Zealand (1989 - 1993)
  • DLA Piper, New Zealand (1993 - 1994)
  • Chen & Palmer, New Zealand (1994 - 1996)
  • New Zealand Wool Board (secondment) (1997 - 1997)
  • Bell Gully, New Zealand (1996 - 1999)
  • Sydney Airport, Australia (secondment) (2000 - 2000)
  • Telstra Corporation, Australia (secondment) (2001 - 2001)
  • King & Wood Mallesons, Australia (1999 - 2007)
  • Herbert Smith Freehills, Australia (2007 - 2009)
  • Batelco, Bahrain (secondment) (2010 - 2010)
  • Du, UAE (secondment) (2010 - 2010)
  • Gilbert & Tobin, Australia (2009 - 2011)
  • Qatar Telecom, Singapore (secondment) (2014 - 2014)
  • Ooredoo, Myanmar (secondment) (2015 - 2015 )
  • Norton Rose Fulbright, Australia (2011 - Present)

Membership

  • International Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Law Council of Australia
  • Law Society of New South Wales
  • Law Society of New Zealand
  • Law Society of England and Wales
  • Sydney Centre of International Law
  • Communications and Media Law Association
  • Global Forum for Competition Law and Policy
  • Competition Law and Policy Institute of New Zealand

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science (Architecture) 1990-1992
  • Summer School in Economics, Japan 1995
  • Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours (1991-1991)
  • Admission as a Barrister & Solicitor in New Zealand (1995)
  • Admission as a Legal Practitioner in Australia (1999)
  • Admission as a Solicitor in England and Wales (2001)
  • Winter School in Chinese Law, China (2001)
  • Master of Laws with First Class Honours (2000-2001)
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Law (2001-2005)
  • Master of Applied Finance majoring in Corporate Finance (2006-2008)
  • Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (2019)
  • Oxford Executive Leadership Programme, Oxford University (2019)
  • Leading Professional Services Firms, Harvard Business School (2020)
  • Oxford Private Equity Programme, Oxford University (2020)
  • Private Equity Program, Wharton Business School (2021)
  • Oxford Entrepreneurship Programme, Oxford University (2021)
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Program, Harvard Business School (2021)
  • Certificate in Management Excellence, Harvard Business School (2020-2023)
  • Oxford Programme in Artificial Intelligence, Oxford University (2024)
  • MBA Essentials, London School of Economics (2024)

Education

  • Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (1990-1999)
  • Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan (1995)
  • University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (1999-2004)
  • East China University of Politics & Law, Shanghai, China (2002)
  • Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (2004-2006)
  • Kellogg School of Management, Chicago, USA (2019)
  • Wharton Business School, Philadelphia, USA (2020-2021)
  • Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston, USA (2019-2023)
  • London School of Economics, London, UK (2024)
  • Said Business School, Oxford University, Oxford, UK (2019-2024)

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