Josh Simons has joined Thomsons in Adelaide. He began his career at Thomsons before joining Minter Ellison as a partner in 2006.

Simons practices competition law with a commercial focus. His areas of expertise include merger clearances, authorizations and notifications, access issues, restrictive trade practices and consumer protection advice. A significant aspect of his practice is representing franchisors in connection with the establishment and development of franchised businesses, and related intellectual property and competition law issues; he acts for many leading franchise networks in relation to both their Australian and international operations, and has assisted Australian franchise systems to expand into many countries across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, as well as implementing new franchised, licensing and distribution networks within Australia.

Simons brings with him senior associate Bronwyn Furse and trademark attorney Sharon Bandick from Minter Ellison.