Gary Hughes

Gary Hughes has a legal practice covering a wide range of regulatory issues and proceedings. He takes briefs ranging from handling investigations and providing compliance advice through to court prosecution, appeals or judicial review.

Gary is a competition/antitrust expert with over 20 years experience and is also widely regarded as New Zealand’s leading Anti-Money Laundering lawyer, having worked on specialist AML/financial crime matters since 2007.

Specialist areas:

• Competition and consumer law – Commerce Commission investigations, anti-competitive advice/disputes, cartels or fair trading.
• AML, Fraud, Financial conduct – FMA, DIA, RBNZ, banking or financial services cases and regulatory advice.
• Insurance law – claims, indemnity, subrogation issues especially liability, D&O, or EQ cases.
• Privacy, Media, Technology – Privacy Commission, breach of confidence, Official Information Act, media, marketing and internet cases or regulatory affairs.
• Transport, Infrastructure, Trade – Regulatory issues with NZTA, MBIE, Maritime NZ disputes, across land, aviation, shipping.
• Contract, company, JV, governance and commercial disputes

Before commencing practice as a barrister, Gary was a partner at top litigation boutique Wilson Harle. His experience also includes leading national firms (Chapman Tripp) and global firms (Clyde & Co, London).  His work has been ranked by leading lawyer guides including Chambers, Legal 500, Global Competition Review, Who’s Who Legal, and AsiaLaw Profiles.