Profile
Susie specialises in competition, fair trading, overseas investment consents and economic regulation, particularly of infrastructure industries.
Susie is an experienced public and administrative lawyer, having been a key advisor to the former Electricity Commission on significant grid investment decisions, as well as advising private sector clients on engaging with public sector entities.
Susie regularly acts for clients when they engage with the Commerce Commission and Overseas Investment Office, including as part of breach investigations under the Commerce Act, Fair Trading Act, and CCCFA, and the Overseas Investment Act.
She advises regulators and government departments, and is frequently involved in helping clients (public and private sector) on core public law matters, including handling Official Information Act requests.
Susie continues to impress clients "She's our go to. She puts herself in our position and our customers' position, and I like her amazing breadth and depth of knowledge. I speak very highly of her".
Chambers Global
- Member of the Overseas Investment Office's Legal Reference Group, a panel of senior OIO expert advisers
Experience
Sector / Expertise
- Administrative law, consultation and judicial review
- Advocacy and government relations
- Agribusiness, horticulture and forestry
- Airports and ports
- Asia business
- Competition and antitrust
- Economic and infrastructure regulation
- Electricity
- Energy and resources
- Fair trading and consumer law
- Health
- Infrastructure
- Official information law
- Overseas investment
- Policy and legislation development
- Privacy and data protection
- Public and administrative law
- Public sector legal support
- Regulatory and investigations
International
Work highlights
Advising Kinetic NZ Holdings
on the Overseas Investment Act implications of its acquisition of GoBus Holdings
Advising Infratil and Brookfield
on the application of the Overseas Investment Act to their acquisition of Vodafone New Zealand
Advising CFPC (Singapore)
(part of the China Forestry Group Corporation) on the Overseas Investment Act aspects of its acquisition of RMS FGI New Zealand, owner of a large forest near Wellington
Acting for DrylandCarbon
a limited partnership between four major NZX-listed companies, in its acquisition of numerous forestry assets across New Zealand
Advising Toyota New Zealand
on competition and consumer law issues, including the reorganisation of its franchise arrangements in New Zealand
Advising the Infant Nutrition Council
on authorisation of the Council's Code of Practice for the marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes (the Code is an arrangement between competitors)
Alternate contacts
Tony Dellow
Partner, Wellington
Tony specialises in competition law and regulatory processes, especially in infrastructure industries. Tony’s practice is unique…
- DDI +64 4 498 7304
- M +64 21 349 651
Anna Parker
Senior Associate, Auckland
Anna specialises in competition and consumer law, economic regulation of infrastructure, and public law…
- DDI +64 9 363 0639
- M +64 21 0234 2750
Natasha Wilson
Special Counsel, Wellington
Natasha is a member of our public law team in Wellington, and has extensive experience in the health, education, and science and…
- DDI +64 4 498 7344
- M +64 21 727 940