Thursday, 28 August 2025
Chair
Anna Ryan, Partner, Lane Neave; Chair, Competition Law and Policy Institute of New Zealand
*Original Content was created in October 2024
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Restrictive Covenants and the Commerce Act
- Understanding the legal framework governing restrictive covenants under the Act
- Key elements that constitute un/enforceable restrictive covenants
- The impact of restrictive covenants on competition and business practices
- Recent case law and regulatory decisions
Presented by Mark Williamson, Partner, DLA Piper; Leading Individual, Competition Law, The Legal 500 New Zealand
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how the Commerce Act governs restrictive covenants and their enforceability
- Learn from recent cases about how restrictive covenants may affect competition and business conduct
Presenters
Mark Williamson, Partner, DLA PiperMark Williamson is a leading commercial and competition law practitioner at DLA Piper with over 25 years experience. He has advised supermarket group Foodstuffs over that time and many other local and international clients in the public and private sector. He is ranked as a leading individual for competition and antitrust matters in both the Chambers and Legal 500 Directories
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.
