Nicholas Felstead 

Master of Laws

Harvard University

Nicholas is a public servant with considerable experience as a regulatory litigator at the Australian Government Solicitor, judge's associate at the Federal Court of Australia and academic researcher, including at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics. He graduated from Melbourne Law School with First Class Honours and served as Editor of the Melbourne University Law Review. His studies will explore how the constitutional foundations of competition law influence modern attitudes towards enforcement and digital platform regulation. He hopes to return to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and help consolidate its position as a global leader in competition enforcement and digital platform regulation. “Unregulated digital platforms can harm consumers and markets, generative AI poses unknown threats to market stability, and the future of the administrative state is being challenged in the courts. I want to bring my expertise to these issues and work towards a better, fairer Australia.”