Chambers Review
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Competition/Antitrust - New Zealand
What the Team is Known For
A&B Competition Lawyers is highly regarded for its expertise across the whole competition and antitrust sphere, including merger approvals, abuse-of-market-power investigations and Commerce Commission market studies. The firm has also advised government departments on reforms to New Zealand's competition laws and has particular experience handling contentious matters.
Strengths
A&B Competition Lawyers provide practical and pragmatic advice which enables us to move ahead with comfort on industry initiatives.
A&B Competition Lawyers provide a fantastic, simple, no-frills approach that is easy for boards to follow and compelling to regulators.
Work Highlights
A&B Competition Lawyers acted for Serato Audio Research, a music software company, on the competition law aspects of its acquisition by AlphaTheta.
Notable practitioners
David Blacktop consistently delivers excellent work and customer care. He is down to earth, pragmatic and understands customer needs. Everyone enjoys working with him.
David is an elite lawyer who handles matters with sophistication. He is highly pragmatic and a great communicator and influencer.
Neil Anderson in Wellington commands a high level of respect among market sources as one of New Zealand's most accomplished and experienced competition lawyers, equally at home acting on challenging merger clearance mandates or in defence of enforcement proceedings. He acts for both domestic and international clients and is particularly familiar with the impact of competition issues on the real estate, energy and resources, financial services, and transport and communications infrastructure sectors.
Neil Anderson would be my first choice for competition law advice.
Neil is responsive and has an expert grasp of competition law in New Zealand. He is able to deftly identify potential issues and pragmatically advise on potential solutions.