Mr Nicholas Felstead
2024
Victorian Government John Monash Scholar
Master of Laws
Antitrust, regulatory, technology, and constitutional law
Master of Laws, Columbia University
United States of America
Law
Law; regulation; government relations
Nicholas is a public servant with considerable experience as a regulatory litigator at the Australian Government Solicitor and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, judicial clerk and academic researcher. He graduated from Melbourne Law School with First Class Honours and served as Editor of the Melbourne University Law Review. His work has been cited by the High Court of Australia and the Australian Law Reform Commission.
At Columbia, he explored emerging topics in competition policy, artificial intelligence, and digital platform regulation. He is a future leader in competition and technology policy and hopes to assist governments in developing harmonious approaches to regulating digital platforms and emerging technologies, in order to work towards a better, fairer society.