Lucy Cooper

Lucy specialises in advising and engaging with the Commerce Commission in relation to merger clearances, market studies, competition enforcement and other competition, regulatory and consumer protection issues.

With deep expertise across merger control, market studies and competition enforcement, Lucy is a trusted adviser on some of New Zealand’s most complex and high‑profile competition matters.

Previously, Lucy worked in the competition departments of Slaughter and May in London and Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons) in Sydney.

Lucy is recognised as a Band 1 lawyer by Chambers Asia Pacific and a Leading Partner by Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

Recent highlights

• Advising on the application to the Commerce Commission for merger clearance by Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island, and their response to the Commerce Commission’s market study into retail grocery.
• Advising Connexa on successfully obtaining merger clearance to acquire passive mobile telecommunications infrastructure assets from 2degrees.
• Advising ANZ on the Commerce Commission’s market study into retail banking.
• Advising EBOS on successfully obtaining merger clearance for its acquisition of the New Zealand LifeHealthcare business.
• Acting for Z Energy on the merger clearance process for its acquisition by Ampol.
• Advising Aon plc on its New Zealand merger clearance application to acquire Willis Towers Watson.
• Advising on Commerce Commission investigations into cartel and other anti-competitive conduct, and consumer protection issues.