David Blacktop
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 1 : Competition/Antitrust
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About
Provided by David Blacktop
Practice Areas
Over the last 20 years David has worked on nearly all the major competition law cases and law reforms that have shaped New Zealand's competition law. David started his career at Bell Gully in 2002, before spending five years as Principal Counsel, Competition at the Commerce Commission between 2012 and 2017 where he was responsible for the advice provided to the Commission on competition law matters. In 2017, David established his own specialist competition law practice.
While he was at the Commerce Commission, David played a leading role in drafting the 2013 updates of the Commerce Commission’s Mergers and Acquisitions Guidelines and Authorisation Guidelines, and the initial drafting of the Competitor Collaboration Guidelines, which explain the Commission’s approach to New Zealand’s new cartel laws.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
David Blacktop in Auckland offers particularly rich experience of the competition scene, having previously worked as a principal counsel at the Commerce Commission, where he not only advised on both merger control and investigatory mandates but was also involved in the drafting of official guidelines on merger clearance and competitor collaboration.
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Provided by Chambers
"David is a strong advocate. He is very wise and a measured person. When something is not right he tells you. There is high accuracy and pleasantness in his work."
"David is a strong advocate. He is very wise and a measured person. When something is not right he tells you. There is high accuracy and pleasantness in his work."
