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Ross Patterson

Consultant · MinterEllisonRuddWatts

New ZealandCompetition / Antitrust, RegulatoryEnglish

About

Ross Patterson is a Consultant at MinterEllisonRuddWatts and a competition and telecommunications law expert with more than 30 years of specialist experience as both a lawyer and a regulator. He was New Zealand’s Telecommunications Commissioner and a member of the Commerce Commission from 2007 to 2012 and holds a PhD in competition law from the University of Auckland.

Practice areas

Competition / AntitrustRegulatoryTelecommunications

Office

Expertise

Economic regulationTelecommunications sector reformMerger clearances and authorisationsCommerce Act adviceTelecommunications Act issuesCommerce Commission investigations

Education

  • PhD, University of Auckland (1994)
  • LLM, Queens University (1972)
  • LLB (Hons), University of Auckland (1970)

Languages

English