Competition/Antitrust - New Zealand
Band 2
What the Team is Known For
Strengths
Matthews Law are pragmatic, efficient and highly responsive. They are always focused on solutions and outcomes.
Matthews Law are proactive specialists who are experts in this field.
Work Highlights
Matthews Law advised 2degrees, Electric Kiwi, Flick Electric, and Octopus Energy on competition issues within New Zealand's electricity sector, particularly concerning allegations of market power misuse by major generator-retailers amid scrutiny over high prices.
Notable practitioners
Andrew Matthews heads the practice and acts across the full range of competition issues, taking the lead role on key mandates, especially those pertaining to M&A transactions and leniency agreements. He also has experience advising clients in relation to Commerce Commission investigations in the jurisdiction.
Andrew Matthews is excellent and a market leader in his field.
Andrew is a sage of competition law. His ability to communicate the complex simply, has been invaluable.
