Presenters

Anna Ryan, Partner, Lane Neave
Anna specialises in corporate and commercial law and leads Lane Neave’s competition law team. She routinely advises on the Commerce Act, Fair Trading Act and all aspects of competition and consumer law. Anna is also the principal contact for Lane Neave’s intellectual property practice and acts on a wide range of trade mark, copyright and other intellectual property matters. Anna holds a Masters Degree from the University of Melbourne in Competition and Consumer Protection Law, and Chairs the Advisory Board of the Competition Law and Policy Institute of New Zealand. She also Chairs the Board of the Canterbury Society of Arts, which operates CoCA, Christchurch’s Contemporary Art Gallery.

Paul Comrie-Thomson, Partner, Wynn Williams
Paul is an experienced public, regulatory, and commercial litigator. He advises public and private sector clients on complex commercial and public law matters across competition and economic regulation, resource management and environmental law, local government law, administrative law, contract law, and property law. Paul holds an LLM in competition and consumer law from the University of Melbourne, and his experience in competition law and economic regulation in particular (across mergers and acquisitions, cartels, and regulated industries) is substantial. Paul is also a contributing author of Public International Law: A New Zealand Perspective, and has experience in advising clients on matters related to international law and cross-border disputes.