The Government has announced that it is “Going for Growth” and sees competition as a key part of its plans to bring down costs and drive innovation and investment. As part of this, it is proposing changes to the Commerce Act in areas like competitor collaboration, business competition and merger control. Australia is also reviewing its own competition laws, and changes to our closest trading partner’s regime are likely to have an impact in New Zealand as well. Join leading competition lawyer Michael Tilley as he discusses what in-house counsel need to know about upcoming changes to competition laws in New Zealand and Australia, and what they should be doing to prepare.