Nick Felstead

About Nick

Nicholas is a public servant working in the Digital Markets Branch at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. He previously worked as a regulatory litigator at the Australian Government Solicitor, judicial clerk and academic researcher.

He studied at Columbia Law School, where he explored emerging topics in competition policy, artificial intelligence, and digital platform regulation. While in the US, he worked in AI policy at the Institute for Law & AI and the Center for Law & AI Risk.

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.

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.