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COMPETITION LAW, REGULATION & LAW REFORM 

Andrew Simpson LL.M, PhD. 

practising as a barrister sole 

Canterbury, New Zealand

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Regulatory counsel —  competition law, regulation, and technology matters.

 

Public policy — Andrew assists Ministers, AGs, and regulators in developing new public policy, drafting new legislation, and establishing or improving statutory bodies.​

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Legislative drafting — statutes, regulations, and drafting instructions in conformity with procedural and stylistic requirements of any legislature.

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Andrew's recent projects include — advising Cook Islands on regulation of electricity and water; developing Vanuatu's National Competition Policy; drafting the Cook Islands Telecommunications Act 2019; drafting new PNG competition law; chairing PNG's Consumer and Competition Framework Review; advising technology multinational on IP acquisition.

SPECIALIST AREAS

Competition Law & Economic Regulation​

Advice to business operators and competition authorities, including in NZ, Australia and Hong Kong, in relation to mergers and acquisitions, investigations, applications for clearance and authorisation. Andrew was formerly Assistant General Council at the NZ Commerce Commission

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Legislative Drafting  

Policy development and consultation; Bills for new Acts; statutory instruments; regulations; and licences, including: Competition and Regulatory Authority Act 2019 (Cook Is.); Competition and Consumer Act 2016 (Samoa); Telecommunications Act 2019 (Cook Is).

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Advisory

Advice to governments and regulators, including in NZ, Hong Kong, Cook Is, Solomon Is., Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, including: National Competition Policy 2020 (PNG); National Competition Policy and Implementation Plan (2019, Vanuatu); National ICT Policy (Solomon Islands).

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Representation and submissions

On behalf of telecommunications operators in regulatory proceedings in NZ, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, UK, Bahrain, Qatar. Andrew was formerly Director of Regulatory Affairs, for submarine cable operator Pacnet.

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Commercial

Drafting of full range of operator agreements including for interconnection, peering, capacity sales and leases, O&M, systems acquisition, systems integration.​

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SPECIALIST AREAS

Law Reform & Policy Development


Andrew regularly leads policy development and drafts implementing legislation.

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Andrew's recent projects include:

  • Consultation paper for future regulation of Electricity, Water, and Sewerage (Cook Is.)

  • Capacity building programmes for two national regulatory agencies

  • Competition and Consumer Bill (PNG)

  • National Competition Policy (PNG, 2020)

  • Telecommunications Act 2019 (Cook Is.)

  • Competition and Regulatory Authority Act 2019 (Cook Is.)

  • Vanuatu National Competition Policy and Action Plan (2019)

  • Competition and Consumer Policy of the Solomon Islands (2018)

  • Chair, PNG Department of Treasury Consumer and Competition Framework Review (2017-18)

  • Competition and Consumer Act 2016 (Samoa)

  • National ICT Policy and National Broadcasting Policy (Solomon Islands, 2015)

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