Russell McVeagh's Competition/Antitrust practice has again been recognised as preeminent in New Zealand by the leading independent legal guides, with it being ranked "Band 1" by Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific 2024, "Tier 1" by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024, and "Elite" by Global Competition Review's GCR 100 2024.
Led by partner and practice group chair Troy Pilkington, and partners Petra Carey and Bradley Aburn, the team has significant expertise across market studies, litigation, investigations, commercial advisory, merger filings, and law reform, and is noted by clients for its seamless, forward-thinking, expert, and strategic advice.
Client feedback in the latest legal guides included:
"The Russell McVeagh Competition Law team’s industry expertise is unmatched and their ability to be fully across any issues or guidance that relates to our business has been hugely valuable." - Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
"Broad and deep expertise in the area, and committed to achieving client’s goals, including by pulling together other resources as appropriate to achieve them." – Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
"Russell McVeagh's client service is excellent. They are uniformly good across the firm and make sure that you are well looked after as a client. It's a super high-quality service." - Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
"Russell McVeagh has an extremely knowledgeable team of experts. They are trusted advisers on key pieces of legislation that impact the business." – Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific Guide 2024.
In addition to receiving top rankings as a team, they are also individually ranked across the spectrum of top legal guides and been recognised for their work through recent awards, including:
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Troy being the exclusive winner of the Lexology Client Choice Awards for Competition Law in New Zealand in 2023 (an award he has won for the fourth time);
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Bradley being named Young Private Practice Lawyer of the Year at the 2023 New Zealand Law Awards; and
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Petra named the winner of an ITR Asia Pacific Rising Star Award 2022 for Antitrust and Competition.
Read more about the team's expertise here.