Troy Pilkington

Practice Areas

Troy is one of New Zealand's highest regarded competition (antitrust), consumer, and regulatory lawyers - awarded the 2021 International Law Office Client Choice Award for Competition/Antitrust in New Zealand.

Troy has been described as "one of the top competition practitioners of his generation in New Zealand", delivering quality and timely advice in matters relating to competition investigations, joint ventures, competitor collaborations and partnering arrangements, exclusive supply arrangements, Commerce Commission merger approvals, and Fair Trading Act issues (including advertising, labelling and marketing advice, and product recall matters).

Career

Troy joined Russell McVeagh as a solicitor in 2007 after working as an accountant at an international professional services firm. He was promoted to partner in 2016.

Publications

Troy is a regular contributor to the Global Competition Review – Getting the Deal Through Merger Control and Cartel Regulation publications; the American Bar Association Antitrust Year in Review publication, and Russell McVeagh thought leadership.

He has written for the New Zealand Law Journal and is on the advisory board of the Competition Law and Policy Institute of New Zealand. Troy co-wrote the New Zealand Consumer Law Update: Key Developments to Keep on Your Radar paper which was presented at the 4th Annual In-House Counsel Summit 2019.