Lawyers in New Zealand

Aaron Lloyd

Partner

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Alan Sherlock

Alan has a special interest and expertise in both insurance and maritime law, and acts for a wide range of insurers and commercial shipping enterprises. His insurance law expertise includes marine insurance, fire and general, reinsurance and third party liability (especially directors' and officers' liability insurance and professional indemnity cover).

Hesketh Henry

Alasdair McBeth

DLA Piper New Zealand

Alex Campbell

Partner - Corporate and M&A, Automotive

Anthony Harper

Alice von Batenburg

Special Counsel - Banking and Finance

Anthony Harper

Alison Maelzer

Alison Maelzer is a Partner at Hesketh Henry, with over 20 years of experience in employment law. Alison offers expert advice on all aspects of employment law, with a particular focus on disciplinary issues, managing personal grievances, collective bargaining and union issues, and workplace health and safety. She frequently assists clients at mediation and in private negotiations to achieve pragmatic solutions to employment relationship problems. Key Strengths: Pragmatic, Business-Focused Advice: Alison is known for her practical, solution-based advice, aimed at minimising cost and time for clients. Her guidance is always delivered in plain English. Educational Contributions: Alison frequently presents workshops and seminars – both for clients, and external education providers, on a range of employment and health and safety topics. Industry Recognition: She is regularly sought for her commentary in major New Zealand publications and is a prolific writer on current employment law issues. Alison’s commitment to providing clear, actionable advice and her extensive experience make her a trusted advisor in the field of employment law.

Hesketh Henry

Alistair Law

Partner - Property and Real Estate

Anthony Harper

Allison Hancock

Senior Associate

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Amberley James

Senior Associate

Dentons New Zealand

Anastasiya Gamble

Partner

Simpson Grierson

Anchali Anandanayagam

Anchali is an expert in all legal aspects of tech, media and telecommunications (TMT). Over the last 20+ years Anchali has advised both public and private sector customers and their suppliers alike on corporate and commercial transactions where TMT assets and infrastructure are at the core. Notably, Anchali has significant expertise and experience in privacy and data protection, biometrics and emerging technology procurement and implementation, and content development and commercialisation. Anchali has received global recognition for her work and expertise from internationally renowned legal directories, Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Media Law International. Her open and measured approach means that she is often sought out by clients to work on complex transactions and to represent them in difficult negotiations. She is noted as being not only “an experienced lawyer with amazing technical skills,” but also “a relationship builder who can deal with people at all levels both within and between organisations”. They go on to say: “There’s a real benefit having her on our side”. Tuned into this industry with her proactive external interests and board memberships, Anchali has a comprehensive understanding of the market and can therefore respond to her clients’ needs from an informed position.

Hudson Gavin Martin

Andrew Baker

Patent Attorney and Director

Dentons New Zealand

Andrew Comer

Andrew is a Partner in Lane Neave’s Corporate team (Auckland office). He regularly advises a broad range of domestic and international clients, from individuals and start-ups through to multi-national organisations, on corporate and commercial law. Andrew’s particular focus is on private mergers and acquisitions (business sales), business structuring, joint ventures, consumer protection, corporate advisory and governance, capital raising and company secretarial matters. Prior to joining Lane Neave, Andrew worked in private practice at leading law firms in New Zealand and in the United Kingdom. He has also worked as in-house legal advisor at investment banks and commercial enterprises in both jurisdictions. Andrew holds a Master of Laws (Hons) in crypto-assets from the University of Auckland, and has advised clients on the legal and regulatory implications of various crypto-related projects, including in respect of security token offerings, tokenised property schemes, non-fungible token (NFT) launches, initial coin (cryptocurrency) offerings, structuring and asset protection, the sale and purchase of crypto-assets, terms of trade and crypto-mining.

Lane Neave

Andrew Dentice

Specialising in technology, data and commercial law, Andrew works with all sizes of clients (challengers and incumbents, customers and providers) at the cutting-edge of innovation. He is an expert in technology transactions, data protection and commercialisation, and regulatory issues applying to technology products and services. With technology developing faster than traditional legal frameworks, clients turn to Andrew for his specialist expertise in areas like fintech, AI crypto assets, SaaS and platform business models. Andrew relishes situations where complex regulation meets new technology and working with clients to navigate a way through those challenges. Andrew regularly on data protection matters – including data breach responses, data privacy advisory projects and data protection and commercialisation issues in the context of technology transactions. Andrew is recognised as a Next Generation Partner in TMT by Legal500, where he has been praised as “a standout commercial lawyer with exceptional market knowledge”. Since his return to New Zealand in 2017, he has solidified his position as a leading authority in fintech, collaborating with banks and fintech firms on diverse initiatives ranging from open banking agreements to the rollout of crypto and payment products. Andrew also advises on regulatory challenges faced by fintech providers in New Zealand. Beyond fintech, his practice extends to advising clients across various sectors on technology transactions, IP, data privacy, data breach/cyber security matters, commercialisation, and regulatory compliance. Before joining HGM in 2017, Andrew spent 6 years practising in the UK, including 4 with Barclays Bank. Before that, he spent 6 years in the Government team at Bell Gully in Wellington, focused on public sector procurement and public law matters.

Hudson Gavin Martin

Andrew Harkness

Managing Partner

Simpson Grierson

Andrew Horne

Partner

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Andrew Matthews

Partner

Simpson Grierson

Andrew Monteith

Independent Consultant

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Andrew Ryan

Partner and Head of Tax

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Andrew Shaw

Andrew is the Managing Partner of Lane Neave and he heads the Employment Law Team. He has 28 years experience and is recognised as one of New Zealand’s top employment, ACC and health & safety law practitioners. Andrew is currently on the New Zealand Law Society ACC Committee, having previously been on the New Zealand Law Society Employment Law Committee (for six years), where he assists in providing guidance on proposed legislation. Andrew is a preferred legal practitioner for the New Zealand Law Society to refer vulnerable claimants for specialist and complex legal advice in his specialist areas. He is also a mentor for other law practitioners. Andrew is an experienced litigator and he has appeared in the Employment Relations Authority, Employment Court and ordinary Courts, including the Court of Appeal and advising on a Supreme Court appeal. Andrew also regularly participates in private and MBIE mediations. Andrew has a strong interest in public policy, as this relates to his specialist areas, and as such he is contacted by the media to make comment on current issues of importance. He is also involved in assisting a number of charities, include the Stroke Foundation and MS & Parkinson Society. The Employment Law Team has been a past multiple winner at the New Zealand Law Awards and it is currently on the Government Legal Panel, and provides advice to a number of State and Local Government entities around New Zealand. Experience / Work Highlights Andrew has been involved in a number of highly publicised matters, including acting for the Chinese Embassy providing advice to families of deceased children in the 2011 Christchurch Earthquakes, Christchurch City Council’s exit of its CEO, and Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Authority exit of its CEO. Andrew has been lead counsel in a number of recent employment law cases including: Q v New Zealand Police, JCE v Department of Corrections, Williamson v Gore DC and Walford v Department of Corrections. Andrew was also junior counsel in New Zealand’s first health and safety defended prosecution in 1994, under the previous Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992: Department of Labour v de Spa. Andrew provides high level strategic advice to Boards of Directors, including company-wide redundancies, exit of senior level executives, health & safety and independent reviews of complaints. Andrew is experienced in change proposals, and he advises on company-wide restructures, including in the context of Covid 19. He has provided initial advice to Orion New Zealand Limited in relation to the recent Port Hills fires (2017). Andrew regularly presents at workshops and webinars thought New Zealand for organisations including WorkSafe NZ, ACC, The New Zealand Law Society, New Zealand Accountants Society, Private International CPD Educational Providers and numerous member based organisations. Professional Andrew is recognised in Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and Doyles Guide as a leading employment and health & safety practitioner in New Zealand. Andrew is a member of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand and he is on the Office of the Privacy Commissioner – Directory of Privacy Professionals Register. Andrew is one of the lawyers to New Zealand’s Tourism Industry Association, Bus and Coach Association, Rental Vehicle Association, Regional Tourism Organisation, Backpacker, Youth, Adventure Tourism Association and Holiday Park Association.

Lane Neave

Andy Bell

Andy has worked in dispute resolution and litigation since admission to the Bar in 2002. Andy has two specialist areas of interest in his practice, namely employment law and relationship property. Formerly, Andy was the principal at Bell & Co, a boutique dispute resolution firm. The practice of Bell & Co merged with Lane Neave in January 2022. Andy brings to the table a deep understanding of what it is like to run a small or medium business and the demands on people leaders. Andy is an experienced litigator who regularly represents clients in the key tribunals and Courts of New Zealand.

Lane Neave

Anne Wilson

Partner - Employment

Anthony Harper

Aoife O'Gorman

DLA Piper New Zealand

Ashley Taggart

Ashley has considerable expertise across the full range of commercial property and commercial law work. He is recognised for his expertise in large and complex commercial property work, and for his experience in the primary and agribusiness sectors where he acts for a number of farm developers, equity partnerships and large privately owned farming groups. Ashley works with his clients to find a commercially focussed outcome that best fits with the situation. His key clients include a number of high net worth families, a Crown entity, one of Christchurch’s largest apartment developers, a number of overseas investors and several entrepreneurs in the hospitality industry.

Lane Neave