Bradley Aburn

Bradley's recent experience includes:

• Advising purchasers, targets and complainants on the competition law aspects of large multinational mergers including acting for:
  • Ball Corporation on its US$6.1 billion acquisition of Rexam plc; 
  • Thermo Fisher on its US$13.6 billion acquisition of Life Sciences; 
  • CSR plc in relation to Qualcomm Inc's US$2.4 billion takeover of CSR; and  
  • Stanley Black and Decker on its US$1.96 billion acquisition of Newell Brand Inc's tool business.
• Conducting competition law audits into the policies, protocols, practices and procedures of businesses;
• Advising a UK electricity generator on the application of the UK Electricity Capacity Market Rules and Regulations;
• Advising a major health equipment manufacturer on structuring a financing JV with competitors;
• Advising a leading accessories manufacturer and a leading telecommunications equipment manufacturer on their respective distribution and online sales strategy;
• Advising a major mining company on comments made about pricing expectations by its CEO at an industry event;
• Successfully preparing a defence strategy based on a competition assessment to prevent a hostile takeover; 
• Advising a major semiconductor manufacturer in relation to an abuse of dominance claim;

MA (EU Competition Law), King's College London 
LLB (Hons) / BCom, University of Auckland

Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (2012)
Admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (2017)
Committee member of Law and Economics Association New Zealand

Bradley co-authored The Legal 500 Cartels country comparative guide, 2nd Edition.