Troy Pilkington
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 1 : Competition/Antitrust
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About
Provided by 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.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Troy Pilkington's expertise covers the fullest range of practice area mandates, including merger clearances, consumer law investigations and cartel cases.He is based in Auckland.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Troy is an exceptional lawyer and has quickly become a go-to for all competition law matters, no matter how complex."
"Troy is able to handle very complex and large projects. He has a good team of seniors and juniors behind him, which means the work is done in a very timely way, at a reasonable cost."
"Troy is an exceptional lawyer and has quickly become a go-to for all competition law matters, no matter how complex."
"Troy is able to handle very complex and large projects. He has a good team of seniors and juniors behind him, which means the work is done in a very timely way, at a reasonable cost."