Russell McVeagh present Competition Law – an NZSA & ASIS webinar – Monday 10 May at 12.00pm

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Russell McVeagh will be presenting a webinar on the laws prohibiting anti-competitive conduct by businesses (being the laws that are contained in the Commerce Act and enforced by the Commerce Commission). This webinar will include an overview of the prohibition on cartel conduct between competitors (which is now a criminal offence subject to imprisonment) and guardrails and tips for NZSA members, and non-members, to protect themselves as individuals, and their businesses, from allegations of, or investigations into, potential breaches of those laws.

Co-presenter – Troy Pilkington
Troy Pilkington is a partner in Russell McVeagh’s Competition and Consumer Law team. Troy advises clients on the full range of competition law issues, including advising on cartel investigations and prosecutions, advising on mergers between competitors and advising on joint ventures and other collaborations between competitors. Troy is one of New Zealand’s best regarded competition lawyers – including being recognised as the exclusive 2019 International Law Office Client Choice Award winner for Competition/Antitrust in New Zealand. He has acted on a number of high profile matters, including the proposed NZME/Fairfax merger in 2016/2017 and proposed mergers involving companies such as Coca Cola Amatil, Spark, Trade Me and others.

Co-presenter – Lina Kim
Lina Kim is a law clerk in Russell McVeagh’s Competition and Consumer Law team. Lina advises clients on a range of competition law issues, including merger control issues, joint venture advice, cartel investigations and market power investigations.

Attendees will be able to ask questions during the webinar.

From the NZSA team.

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Meeting ID: 838 2553 7966
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