Chanelle is a Managing Associate in the Competition Group in the Innovation department.
Chanelle has broad competition law experience advising in relation to competition litigation claims, merger control and other non-contentious competition matters, a wide range of regulatory investigations, and competition market studies. Prior to joining Mishcon de Reya, Chanelle worked in the litigation department of a leading New Zealand law firm and the New Zealand Commerce Commission.
In her previous role, Chanelle undertook specific training in conducting competition law investigations with a view to a criminal trial, with members of the US Department of Justice and the FBI, and other global competition law authorities, and on the conduct of "dawn raids" on business and residential premises.
Key Experience
- Acting for Justin le Patourel, the class representative, in a £600 million opt-out collective action brought against BT in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
- Advising Asda, Curry's, Iceland, John Lewis, Sainsbury's and Wilko in relation to claims against the European Trucks Cartelists in the English High Court.
- Acting for the representative claimant in an opt-out representative action in the English High Court on behalf of 1.6million individuals against Google UK and DeepMind Technologies regarding the misuse of private information.
- Advising a third party in relation to Amazon's proposed acquisition of iRobot.
- Advising a third party in relation to AlphaTheta's proposed acquisition of Serato Audio Research Limited.
- Assisting in relation to a dawn raid conducted by the CMA at residential and business premises.
- Advising in relation to the CMA's inquiries into several completed acquisitions, and further in relation to proposed acquisitions by the same company.
- Advising within the NZ Commerce Commission team in relation to an investigation and High Court proceedings into restrictive agreements between competing consumer finance companies not to bid on certain keywords on Google Ads. The proceedings were settled.
- Advising within the NZ Commerce Commission team in relation to an investigation and High Court proceedings into an attempted agreement to fix the price of competitors’ “vehicle booking systems” in the New Zealand port industry. This was the NZCC’s second proceeding for attempted cartel conduct under the amended cartel provisions.
- Advising within the NZ Commerce Commission team in relation to an investigation and High Court proceedings in relation to a price fixing agreement in the provision of services for equine freight. The proceedings were settled.
Career History
Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Solicitor, Haigh Lyon
Solicitor, Bell Gully
Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel, New Zealand Commerce Commission
University of Auckland, New Zealand, BA/LLB (Hons)
College of Law (New Zealand), Professionals (Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of New Zealand)