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 no less experienced in teaming up with peers from international firms in support of both transactional and contentious matters. Recent clients include Konecranes, Fletcher Building and Waterlogic Group.
Strengths
"Bell Gully has the size and depth to be able to handle their volume of work and be able to mobilise labour for a quick turnaround on significant legal work."
"Bell Gully provide excellent advice. They navigated our acquisition through the New Zealand competition commission."
"Bell Gully's advice is always completely commercially focused - fantastic. They understand our business, brand and reputation. Amazing - the best New Zealand lawyers."
Work highlights
Bell Gully advised Sika AG on the regulatory requirements of its proposed acquisition of MBCC Group.
Notable practitioners
Torrin Crowther leads the Bell Gully competition team from the Auckland office, practising exclusively in the discipline and across the full range of relevant issues. "Torrin is a market-leading competition lawyer in New Zealand. He understands our business and the issues we have better than everyone else." "Torrin knows the business and the industry inside and out. His commercial awareness is unparalleled. He is also extremely well respected in the industry so it is an asset when we work with partners."
Glenn Shewan is based in Auckland and focuses on regulatory matters. His key areas of expertise include misuse of market power, cartel issues and the competition aspects of M&A transactions. "Glenn has been fantastic. He really understands our business and provides very pragmatic advice. He is very experienced and really understands how to frame his advice to different audiences."
