Matthew Bowen is a commercial lawyer practising in energy law, infrastructure access, competition and trade practices law, and statutory drafting and interpretation. He advises clients in a range of industries on commercial agreements, energy contracting and statutory compliance. He has helped negotiate and implement large scale and long term contracts including project implementation under State Agreements and State Development Agreements. Acting for the State government, Mr Bowen has drafted and helped develop statutory and regulatory regimes including several licensing and third party access regimes in gas and electricity. He is experienced in government and industry liaison. His infrastructure access experience includes advising private and public sector clients regarding third party access to gas pipelines, electricity networks, rail, mining and resource development infrastructure, telecommunication facilities, railways, harbours and water pipelines, competition law and policy. Mr Bowen also advises on trade practices matters including misuse of market power, exclusive dealing, price fixing and anti-competitive arrangements.
