On 5 June 2025 the Commerce Commission released its Draft Report on the Grocery Supply Code and Preliminary Findings Paper on the Wholesale Supply Inquiry. The Grocery Supply Code Draft Report summarises the Commission’s findings regarding the operation and effectiveness of the Code and provides a draft Code with proposed changes. The Preliminary Findings Paper …
As always, we thank our clients and colleagues both in New Zealand and across the globe for your support. We wish you and your friends and family a relaxing and joyful holiday season and look forward to reconnecting in the new year. This has been an exciting year for us, with partner Alicia Murray and …
We are delighted to announce that we have been recognised by Global Competition Review (GCR) in the GCR 100 2025 Awards as “Elite” (the highest category of recognition). These awards recognise the “world’s best competition practices”. Our success reflects the great clients we are privileged to support and the focus of our team (past and …
Today, the Government announced two major reviews – one of the Commerce Act 1986, and another of the Commerce Commission’s governance settings. Also today, the Commerce Commission shared its updated enforcement priorities, which outline the key areas it will be focusing its enforcement activity on.
Partner Alicia Murray was recently interviewed on 14 November 2024 by Radio New Zealand (RNZ) to discuss the Commerce Commission’s decision to file criminal charges under the Fair Trading Act 1986 against One NZ (formerly Vodafone NZ) for misleading representations made in its campaign promoting “100% mobile coverage. Launching 2024”.
The Matthews Law team have digested the 223 page Foodstuffs clearance determination so that you don’t have to. What were the key points & what next?
There have been a number of key developments in the competition and regulatory spaces, which will impact many New Zealand businesses. These are discussed in our October 2024 Newsletter below:
We recently contributed the New Zealand chapter of Global Legal Insights’ “Merger Control 2024”. Our chapter discusses: Merger control activity and statistics in the last 12 months. Updates in merger control procedures, including updates to the Mergers and Acquisition Guidelines (in 2022) and the Authorisation Guidelines (in 2023). Key policy developments, including an increased focus …
Last week, the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) declined its first merger application since 2018. The final decision has not yet been released. View our note below which discusses some interesting takeaways based on what we know so far.
Today the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) released its guide on sustainability collaborations. This serves as a timely reminder for New Zealand businesses that there are significant competition law risks associated with collaborating for sustainable objectives, which we discuss in our update below.