Anne is the head of the litigation department and a member of the firm's board of management. She is an experienced commercial litigator.
Anne specialises in competition and regulatory law. She regularly acts for clients who are being investigated by the Commerce Commission. For example, Anne has assisted clients with investigations and/or proceedings in relation to: vitamins; wood preservatives; paper; high voltage cables; compressors; air freight and air cargo. Anne is experienced in New Zealand leniency application and search warrant processes. She has also acted as counsel in investigations and criminal proceedings under the Fair Trading Act and Securities Act. Anne has worked closely with electricity sector and telecommunications clients in a range of High Court cases and Commerce Commission hearings.
- Chambers Global Competition 2013 - Leading Lawyer
- PLC Which Lawyer? Competition/Antitrust 2013 - Leading Lawyer
Examples of Work
- Commerce Commission v Air New Zealand & Others - counsel for Korean Airlines in market definition trial in air cargo cartel proceedings and subsequent penalty hearing
- Perpetual Trust Ltd v Financial Markets Authority - judicial review of information gathering powers of Financial Markets Authority (which enforces NZ securities law)
- Commerce Commission v Koppers Arch Wood Protection (NZ) Ltd - leading cases on penalties for price fixing and jurisdictional reach of Commerce Commission's interview powers
- Bomac Laboratories Ltd v F Hoffman-La Roche Ltd - determination of New Zealand courts' jurisdiction against foreign corporations in relation to price fixing claims
- Commerce Commission v Roche Products (New Zealand) Ltd - successful application to strike out Commerce Commission's price fixing claims as being out of time
- Kordia v TelstraClear - arbitration concerning ownership of and rights to upgrade national fibre optic cable
- Commerce Commission v Westpac Banking Corp - prosecution under the Fair Trading Act for misrepresentations about credit card charges
- Commerce Commission v Senate Finance Ltd - prosecution under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act
- Vercoe v Kordia Limited - declaratory proceedings on interpretation of provisions under the Telecommunications Act
- Transpower New Zealand Ltd v Meridian Energy Ltd and Transpower New Zealand Ltd v Cobb Power Ltd - precedent-setting cases on the enforcement of standard terms of supply in the electricity sector
- Mercury Energy Ltd v Transpower New Zealand Ltd - a leading case on competition law claims in the electricity sector and common law principles to determine network pricing
- Commerce Commission hearings - self-governance rules for the electricity sector
- Commerce Commission hearings - access to broadband services in the telecommunications sector
Other Credentials
- Competition Law Policy Institute - Member
