Chambers Review
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Competition/Antitrust - New Zealand
What the Team is Known For
Bell Gully maintains a market-leading competition practice which expertly combines transactional and litigation lawyers. The firm acts for an impressive array of blue-chip clients, advising both on major, often multi-jurisdictional mergers and other transactions and on sensitive cartel, misuse of market power and leniency-related issues. Additionally, the practice advises on broader regulatory issues, including market studies undertaken by the Commerce Commission. The team is well placed to work in tandem with the firm's corporate lawyers to provide holistic coverage of transactional mandates and is no less experienced in teaming up with peers from international firms in support of both transactional and contentious matters.
Strengths
Bell Gully's competition team is packed with genuine specialists, who have the horsepower to deliver time and time again, no matter the ask.
The team at Bell Gully provide an excellent blend of legal knowledge, commercial experience and pragmatism.
Work Highlights
Bell Gully advised ASB Bank in relation to the Commerce Commission’s market study into personal banking services.
Notable practitioners
Torrin Crowther leads the Bell Gully competition team from the law firm’s Auckland office. He is an experienced adviser on Competition Commission matters, counting major national and international businesses among his clients.
Torrin is our go-to competition adviser for all our major matters.
Torrin knows my organisation better than I do and his insights are invaluable.
Glenn Shewan is really good in front of clients, able to explain the regulator's approach, super clear and very persuasive.
Glenn is a super strong set of hands. He’s smart, pragmatic and knows the key issues inside out.