Our Services | A&B | Competition Law Specialists New Zealand

Mergers

We provide specialist advice and advocacy that is pragmatic, straightforward, and effective.

We advise on all competition matters, including mergers, cartels, restrictive trade practices, abuse of market power, market studies, economic and sector specific regulation, fair trading law, and competition policy.

Cartels

We help firms and individuals navigate cartel investigations and litigation, including advising on applications for leniency and co-operation, responding to Commerce Commission investigations, and on defending Commerce Commission proceedings.

Each case is different and we understand our approach needs to be as unique as the problem.

Instead of applying a boilerplate method, we rely on a set of values that guide our approach, putting you & your business first.

Restrictive Trade Practices

We help firms to achieve the benefits of their business relationships by advising on the competition law implications of the relationships between firms, including advice on structuring relationships to benefit from the application of exceptions, collaborative activity clearances, and restrictive trade practices authorisations. We also advise firms and individuals navigate Commerce Commission investigations and litigation.

Abuse of market power

We advise firms on New Zealand’s abuse of market power rules, including advising parties wishing to make complaints about firms with substantial market power, and advising firms on defending investigations and litigation.

Market studies

We help firms involved in Commerce Commission market studies put themselves in the best position to achieve the best outcome for them from a Commerce Commission market study.

Regulatory law

We help firms and individuals who are subject to sector specific regulation to understand their obligations, including responding to Commerce Commission investigations, and defending Commerce Commission proceedings.

Consumer law

We assist firms understand and comply with their consumer law obligations, including advice on Commerce Commission investigations and litigation, including responding to Commerce Commission investigations, and on defending Commerce Commission proceedings.

Mergers

We provide advice on the competition law aspects of mergers including advice on navigating New Zealand’s competition clearance and authorisation regime, running merger clearance and authorisation processes, and acting for parties involved in merger investigations and litigation.

Cartels

We help firms and individuals navigate cartel investigations and litigation including advising on applications for leniency and co-operation, responding to Commerce Commission investigations, and defending Commerce Commission proceedings.

Restrictive Trade Practices

We help firms to achieve the benefits of their business relationships. We advise on the competition law implications of the relationships between firms including advice on structuring relationships to benefit from exceptions, collaborative activity clearances, and restrictive trade practices authorisations. We also advise firms and individuals involved in Commerce Commission investigations and litigation.

Abuse of market power

Market studies

We help firms involved in Commerce Commission market studies to participate in those studies in a way that enables their views and positions to be heard and understood.

Regulatory law

We help firms and individuals who are subject to sector specific regulation to understand their obligations, including advice on responding to Commerce Commission investigations, and defending Commerce Commission proceedings.

Consumer law

We assist firms to understand and comply with their consumer law obligations, including advice on responding to Commerce Commission investigations and defending Commerce Commission proceedings.

Pragmatic, straightforward, and effective

We don’t do everything — but what we do, we do at the highest level.

David Blacktop and Neil Anderson bring immense, industry-leading technical expertise but match it with a no-nonsense and highly pragmatic approach.