Mr Nicholas Felstead
2024
Victorian Government John Monash Scholar
Master of Laws
Antitrust, regulatory 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, 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.
At Columbia, he will explore how constitutional foundations influence modern attitudes towards competition policy and digital platform regulation. He hopes assist governments in developing harmonious approaches to regulating digital platforms and emerging technologies. “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.”