Lawyers in New Zealand

Sarah Pearce

Sarah is a senior commercial and intellectual property lawyer with over 10 years’ experience advising clients on brand protection, commercial transactions, and regulatory compliance. She specialises in trade mark strategy, portfolio management and enforcement, and has acted for leading domestic and international clients in the FMCG, fashion, pharmaceuticals, entertainment, technology, and payment processing industries. Sarah’s expertise extends to all aspects of trade mark filing and prosecution before IPONZ and IP Australia. Her background in consumer law includes guiding clients through New Zealand’s regulatory landscape, with practical advice on data protection and privacy, product safety and labelling, advertising standards, and gambling and promotional regulations. Her broader commercial practice includes advising on general commercial agreements, including intellectual property licensing and commercialisation. Sarah is recognised for her pragmatic, solutions-focused approach and her commitment to helping clients protect and maximise the value of their IP in competitive markets.

Hudson Gavin Martin

Sarah Salmond

Partner

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Sarah Scott

Partner

Simpson Grierson

Sarah Sinclair

Partner

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Sarah Weersing

Sarah is a corporate and commercial lawyer who combines legal expertise with practical business acumen and global experience. She is passionate about helping her clients meet their strategic and financial objectives via M&A transactions, minority or majority investments or divestments, capital raising, joint ventures or other commercial transactions. Sarah has broad experience advising businesses of all sizes, private and publicly listed, domestic and multi-national, on transactional as well as corporate governance/compliance matters. In her 20+ year career prior to joining HGM, Sarah has split her practice between multi-national law firms and senior in-house leadership roles. Her prior roles include: Associate General Counsel for BDO USA (the US member of the world’s 5th largest accounting firm), where she led the corporate and commercial legal team; Managing Director for Accenture (NYSE: ACN), leading the global M&A legal team for one of the world’s largest and most acquisitive technology and professional services companies; Special Counsel (Corporate team) with EY Law Limited (New Zealand); and Associate (Corporate & Securities group) with DLA Piper (USA). Sarah is a dual qualified lawyer, with admissions to the bar in both the USA (State of Illinois) and New Zealand, and she earned a Masters in Business Administration in addition to her law degree. Her dual qualification, global transactional experience and MBA degree provide her with the skills and insight to provide practical advice and valuable insights for both domestic and offshore clients.

Hudson Gavin Martin

Scott Ratuki

Partner

Tompkins Wake

Scott Thompson

Partner

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Sean Gollin

Partner and Head of Restructuring and Insolvency

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Shanti Frater

Partner

Simpson Grierson

Shelley Slade-Gully

Partner Trade Mark and Brand Strategy, Education Law, Copyright Advice and Protection Strategies, Domain Name Registration, Intellectual Property Law

Tompkins Wake

Simon Akozu

Partner

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Simon Cartwright

Simon is a partner at Hesketh Henry and is a transport and trade law specialist.

Hesketh Henry

Simon Gray

Special Counsel

Hesketh Henry

Simon Lynch

Senior Associate - Corporate and M&A

Anthony Harper

Simon Martin

Simon has been immersed in the Tech Media and IP sector since 1990. His expertise lies in guiding companies within these industries as they navigate the challenges of business operation growth and advancing their purpose. His deep involvement in the sector allows him to understand the current issues but also allows him to comprehend the core functions of these businesses, the challenges they encounter, and the expectations of their stakeholders. This knowledge enables him to support his clients and work with them to build deals that meet their specific needs most effectively. Simon adopts a holistic approach to his work, appreciating both the broader perspective and finer details. His portfolio includes facilitating joint ventures based around new IP and/or technology, commercialising technology, media, and data, managing technology and media business acquisitions, and overseeing telecommunications transactions. Being a founding partner of Hudson Gavin Martin, has given Simon a unique perspective. Setting up and running his own business means that he has in-depth understanding of the obstacles business owners and executives face. He understands only too well the need to transform challenges into opportunities.

Hudson Gavin Martin

Sonia Vitas

Special Counsel

Simpson Grierson

Sonya Forbes

Special Counsel

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Sophie Curlett

Partner

Robertsons

Stacey Shortall

Partner

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Stephanie Ambler

Partner

Tompkins Wake

Stephen Price

Partner

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Stephen Quinn

DLA Piper New Zealand

Stuart Robertson

Partner

Dentons New Zealand

Sylvia Cheah

Partner - Property and Real Estate

Anthony Harper