Profile
Torrin Crowther
Torrin co-heads Bell Gully’s market-leading competition law team.
Torrin practises competition law exclusively and has been involved in a large number of high profile competition law transactions. He has extensive experience in the M&A context and also in structuring commercial arrangements (e.g. discount/rebate/loyalty structures, distribution agreements, joint ventures, joint collaboration) to avoid competition law issues.
He has acted for a number of corporate clients to successfully resolve Commerce Commission investigations into alleged cartel and market power conduct, and works with clients to develop and implement compliance programmes.
Chambers Global 2011 states that Torrin "is a highly regarded force in competition law" and that clients have noted his "very considered, sound and practical advice." He is also listed as one of the leading New Zealand competition/anti-trust specialists by both Who’s Who Legal and PLC Which Lawyer?
Torrin co-authors the New Zealand chapter in The Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies, produced by Global Competition Review, and regularly comments for specialist competition law publications on competition law matters affecting New Zealand.
Qualifications
LLB, BCom (Economics), University of Auckland
Admitted
2001 New Zealand
