Andy is a partner in our corporate & commercial team focusing on public law, competition law and regulation. He is also a member of Chapman Tripp's Board.
Andy is New Zealand’s leading regulatory lawyer, advising clients on regulatory and competition law issues in the electricity, gas, telecommunications and airport sectors.
Andy also advises both public and private sector clients and foreign governments on law reform. His experience includes advising on climate change policy and legal issues; new telecommunications regimes; securities legislation; the reform of state trading enterprises in Tonga and the Solomon Islands; and the Government of Samoa on reforms to improve the economic utilisation of customary land.
He is recommended as a leading lawyer in public law by Chambers Global.
Recent experience
Andy has advised:
Telecom on the New Zealand Government’s operational separation policy, including assisting with Telecom’s response to the proposed legislation, the select committee process, and the negotiation of undertakings with the Minister and the Commerce Commission
Meridian on the Electricity Commission’s proposals for transmission investment and pricing
Powerco on the Commerce Commission’s price control of gas and electricity lines services
clients with their response to the Government’s climate change policy, including submissions to select committee and discussions with officials, and
on competition law issues in the agriculture sector, including the rationalisation of dairy and red meat processing, the electricity sector, including the development of a hedge market and particular unique hedge arrangements, and the telecommunications sector.