Susie Kilty

Profile

Susie specialises in competition, fair trading, overseas investment consents and economic regulation, particularly of infrastructure industries.

Susie regularly acts for clients when they engage with the Commerce Commission and Overseas Investment Office (OIO), including as part of breach investigations under the Commerce Act, Fair Trading Act, and the Overseas Investment Act.

Susie is an experienced public and administrative lawyer, having been a key adviser to the former Electricity Commission on significant grid investment decisions, as well as advising private sector clients on engaging with public sector entities.

She advises government departments, and is frequently involved in helping clients (public and private sector) on core public law matters, including handling Official Information Act requests.

Market recognition

"Susie Kilty, who has been praised for her ‘balanced and pragmatic’ advice; large multinational corporations turn to Kilty for her capabilities in compliance matters and on regulatory consents." - Legal 500 Asia-Pacific

"Susie is a stand-out for me. She is professionally competent and also patient and caring and takes the time to engage fully with me as a client and with the matter." - Legal 500 Asia-Pacific

Clients value Susie, not only for being "extremely knowledgeable," but also for her ability to "explain things in a relatable manner while maintaining the weight of her advice." - Chambers Asia-Pacific

Member of the Overseas Investment Office's Legal Reference Group, a panel of senior OIO expert advisers

Susie is listed as a 'leading partner' for competition law by Legal 500 and a 'leading individual' for competition/antitrust by Chambers

Work highlights

Advising Canterbury Industrial Scrubbing

on the investigation and settlement of cartel conduct under the Commerce Act 1986

Acting for Glorit Solar P LP

a partnership established by Lightsource bp and Contact Energy, to obtain overseas investment consent for the development of a 160MW solar farm near Kaukapakapa, Auckland, and to obtain an exemption from the farm land advertising requirements

Advising BV Investment Partners

a private equity firm focused on software, tech-enabled business services, and IT services sectors on the overseas investment aspects of its acquisition of Kami

Advising Sixth Street as part of a consortium with BGH Capital

on the consortium's successful acquisition of Pushpay Holdings by way of a scheme of arrangement

Advising Nestlé Health Science

on its acquisition of 100% of The Better Health Company from CDH Investments and the company's founding shareholders

Advising Infratil

on the Overseas Investment Office aspects of its acquisition of Brookfield's 49.95% shareholding in the ultimate holding company of One NZ

Acting for DrylandCarbon

a limited partnership between four major NZX-listed companies, in its acquisition of numerous forestry assets across New Zealand

Advising Strand (a handbag and luggage retailer operating across Australia and New Zealand)

on proceedings brought against it by the Commerce Commission

Advising The Coca Cola Company

on the overseas investment aspects of its acquisition of several New Zealand beverage brands, as part of a multinational acquisition of brands in New Zealand, Australia and Fiji

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)

Advising Toyota New Zealand

on competition and consumer law issues, including the reorganisation of its franchise arrangements in New Zealand

Advising on cartel cases

including the application of the Commerce Commission's Leniency and Co-operation Policy

Advising Infratil

on the application of the ownership separation and arms-length rules under the Electricity Industry Act and Electricity Industry Participation Code

Advising New Zealand's District Health Boards

on the application of the Commerce Act and administrative law to procurement of publicly funded health services

Advising major multi-nationals

in relation to complaints to the New Zealand Advertising Standards Authority

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