He is, Hamilton Locke said in a statement, a competition and consumer law specialist with more than 15 years of transactional, advisory, and litigation experience in Australia and the UK, with a client base spanning sectors including digital and media, FMCG, health, and manufacturing.

Tim Grave has joined from Clifford Chance, where he co-led the Australian regulatory investigations and financial crime team and served for nearly 13 years.

He specialises, Hamilton Locke detailed, in large-scale complex disputes and contentious regulatory and corporate investigations, with experience acting for clients (both large corporates and C-suite individuals) in the financial services sector.

The news followed the firm’s addition of five partners from four BigLaw rivals in late November, taking a team of 11, including two partners, from global practice Clyde & Co earlier this month, as well as its promotion of 15 professionals back in June. It also followed global firm HFW taking a team of five partners and 15 lawyers from fellow BigLaw practice MinterEllison.

Speaking about the hires, Hamilton Locke managing partner Nick Humphrey said: “With increasing client demand for both front and back end regulatory and disputes advice and services, Alistair’s and Tim’s experience is a good fit for us.

“They will support our further expansion of our services in this area as we look to grow our team nationally.”

Mr Newton added: “Hamilton Locke has a clear plan for where it wants to be in the market and growing its regulatory practice is key to that.

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“I’m excited to bring my experience in competition and consumer law to this multidisciplinary and forward-thinking team.”

And Mr Grave said: “Hamilton Locke’s reputation as a challenger firm that aims to ‘do law differently’ really appealed to me.

“I’m looking forward to working with a dynamic and collaborative team in helping our clients navigate their regulatory challenges.”