Competition/Antitrust - New Zealand
What the Team is Known For
Matthews Law is a specialist Auckland-based competition law boutique with extensive experience of cross-jurisdictional mandates and a high-profile clientele. It is well placed to act in conjunction with domestic firms lacking a competition practice or international firms seeking to make a conflict-free inbound referral. In addition to transactional assistance, the firm offers comprehensive advice on regulatory investigation and advisory issues, and is a popular choice to assist in domestic and international cartel investigations. The practice's noteworthy industry-specific expertise embraces the construction, healthcare, property, technology and telecommunications sectors, among others.
Strengths
"They are superb at providing actionable written guidance, plus being able to verbally articulate the same in simple terms to an audience."
"The team at Matthews Law are technically very competent, responsive, commercial and pragmatic."
Work Highlights
Matthews Law acted for Moana seafoods on a merger involving the aggregation of fishing quotas.
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. "In that particular area, there is no one else you would go to for his experience. No one else has had that involvement in the industry at that level for the last 30 years." "Andy Matthews is a consummate professional. He’s highly commercial, great at reading the room, and extremely connected and polished."
Alicia Murrayadvises on the full range of practice area issues, including transactional, contractual, investigatory, risk and compliance-related mandates, as well as the contentious matters for which she is particularly well known. "Alicia is very responsive and has a good grasp of commercial aspects." "Alicia has a high level of technical knowledge. She is very pleasant to deal with, and her advice is timely and practical."
