Glenn is a specialist competition lawyer.

Glenn advises on all aspects of competition law. He has extensive experience in M&A transactions, having acted for leading corporate clients on major global transactions. Glenn has also assisted clients with large-scale cartel investigations and advised on misuse of market power issues. He has particular expertise in the finance, retail and mining sectors.

He re-joined Bell Gully in 2012 after 6 years overseas experience in Australia and the UK. Most recently he was a Managing Associate in the London office of leading magic circle firm Linklaters, where he advised clients on the competition aspects of major global transactions including Rio Tinto on its acquisition of Canadian aluminium producer Alcan and its defence of BHP Billiton's attempted hostile takeover.

Glenn also advised a consortium of the world's largest investment banks on the establishment of clearing platforms for derivative products and advised a leading supermarket during an investigation by the UK regulator into alleged anticompetitive behaviour in grocery markets.

He is also experienced in providing advice in relation to regulated entities, having advised clients in the electricity, telecoms and airport sectors.

Qualifications

LLB (Hons) / BCom (Economics), University of Canterbury
PostGrad Dip. Economics for Competition Law, Kings College, London

Admitted

2003 New Zealand
2005 Victoria
2009 England & Wales (non-practising)

International Career

  • Allens Arthur Robinson, Melbourne
    2005-2007
  • Linklaters, London
    2007-2011

Publications

Contact

Email: Glenn Shewan

DDI: +64 9 916 8726

Mobile: +64 21 828 926

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Areas of Expertise

Work Highlights

Vodafone/TelstraClear
Advised Vodafone on its successful application for clearance to acquire TelstraClear, a deal that brings together New Zealand’s second and third largest telecommunications operators.

Rio Tinto / BHP Billiton Iron Ore Joint Venture
Advised Rio Tinto on EU competition and multijurisdictional aspects of its proposed iron ore JV with BHP Billiton. The proposed JV raised complex substantive issues arising from the combination of production assets of two of the three major global iron ore producers. The proposed JV was investigated in the EU, Germany, Japan, Korea, China and Australia.

The Carlyle Group
Advised The Carlyle Group on the purchase of UK dental chain IDH and the merger of IDH with its largest rival ADP, including merger control proceedings with both the European Commission and UK Office of Fair Trading.

Euromedic International’s dialysis business divestment
Advised Euromedic International on the sale of its Dialysis business to its competitor Fresenius, including coordination of merger control proceedings in six jurisdictions across Europe.