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.
"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
Experience
Sector / Expertise
- Agribusiness, horticulture and forestry
- Asia business
- Competition and antitrust
- Energy and renewables
- Fair trading and consumer law
- Government
- Health
- Infrastructure
- Official information
- Overseas investment
- Privacy and cyber security
- Public law and regulation
- Transport
- Food and beverage
- Franchising
- Local Water Done Well
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