Chambers Review
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Competition/Antitrust - New Zealand
What the Team is Known For
Buddle Findlay's established practice offers a comprehensive suite of competition and regulatory expertise. Its strengths include advising on regulatory issues in the infrastructure and service sectors, and on joint venture clearance and anti-competitive practice. The law firm offers notable experience acting on energy and utilities, banking and finance, and electronic payment systems-related mandates, reinforced by significant in-house familiarity with public sector processes, including involvement in the development of competition legislation. Its clients include a range of multinational corporations, as well as New Zealand businesses and government entities, with providers of consumer goods, financial services, pharmaceuticals and healthcare featuring prominently on the roster.
Strengths
Buddle Findlay stand out for their expertise and responsiveness.
The lawyers at Buddle Findlay take the time to get to know our business and they consistently provide advice through the appropriate commercial lens.
Work Highlights
Buddle Findlay advised industrial cleaning company Canterbury Industrial Scrubbing in relation to Commerce Commission proceedings against it and its director for alleged cartel conduct.
Notable practitioners
Tony Dellow is a consultant based in Wellington who advises clients from an impressive range of business sectors on both transactional and contentious issues, including the highest-profile mergers and the most sensitive cartel cases. He also has significant experience handing public sector matters.
Susie Kilty is based in Wellington and advises on both merger control and regulatory enquiry mandates, often assisting inbound investors on proposed acquisitions. She also has experience handling public sector matters relating to competition law.
Susie is a joy to work with and has a wonderful warm manner.
Susie is very pragmatic and very helpful in providing solutions to best manage risks.
Anna Parker is based in Auckland and advises on matters before the Commerce Commission, including merger clearance and cartel investigations.