Meet The Team
- Corporate & Commercial
- Investments
- Property
- Trusts, Estates & Asset Protection
Jack Porus
Consultant
- Property Syndication
- Commercial Negotiation
- Corporate Governance
- Complex Trust and Estate Issues
- Commercial Property
- Land Development
Stephanie Harris
Joint Managing Partner
- Development agreements
- Crown land/PWA obligations
- Strategic advice and negotiation
- Land development
- Corporate & Commercial
Deirdre Norris
Partner
- Construction Contracts
- Overseas Investment Act
- Forestry
- Corporate & Commercial
- Property
- Trusts, Estates & Asset Protection
Mark Szigetvary
Partner
- Residential and commercial property transactions
- Subdivision
- Business sales, purchasing and restructuring
- Trusts, Wills, Estate planning and asset protection
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate & Commercial
- Property
Mike Roberton
Partner
- Asset and property finance
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Cross-border transactions
- Intellectual property contracts and licensing
- Commercial Property
- Land Development
Anthea Coombes
Partner
- Subdivision
- Unit titles
- Complex land law and titling matters
- Development agreements
- Property
Nicole Warner
Partner
- Land acquisition and development
- Leasing
- Finance and securities
- Terms of trade
- Investments
- Property
Annice Wood
Special Counsel
- Property syndication
- Residential and Commercial property transactions
- Commercial leases
- Due Diligence
- Investments
- Property
Rochelle Miskelly
Associate - Senior Legal Executive
- Residential and commercial property transactions
- Financing
- Mortgage portfolio management
- Due diligence
- Property
- Trusts, Estates & Asset Protection
Jessica Perrett
Solicitor
- Residential property
- Commercial transactions
- Trusts and asset protection
- Wills and estate planning
How we can help you achieve your goals
Unparalleled organisational capability delivering:
- an integrated team of experts providing seamless advice across all aspects of property development. We are New Zealand’s only specialist property firm with full service support and capability
- we know commercial property like no other firm. We understand your risks and drivers
Talented people with expertise and experience to make the right judgements, giving you:
- innovative legal solutions
- the ability to meet your business objectives because we deliver services on time and on budget
- faster, smoother transactions at less cost; experienced partners conduct your transactions personally, supported by their teams
- value for money
Exceeding your requirements through:
- pragmatic and focused on the outcome with attention to detail where it matters. We are New Zealand’s only law firm structurally aligned with your interests. As a client of legal services for our property syndication business we get the big picture and understand the importance of attention to detail
- early identification of, and collaboration on, issues and costs, improving transaction times and reducing disputes
Project management and reporting ensuring:
- strategic legal project management on a collaborative basis
- our systems aligned with your evolving structures and commercial objectives
- tailored reporting structure aligned to your internal reporting requirements
Reduced exposure to risk through:
- an integrated team of lawyers made up of property experts, and commercial and litigation specialists working
together to proactively reduce and manage your risk - no continuity risk for you; that is, we have consistently strong financial performance as a firm and exceptionally
low staff turnover - your reputational interests protected; that is, we already have a sophisticated anti-money laundering system in
place - provision of a helpdesk for all legal matters
Highlights of our experience and innovative legal solutions - we have been involved in the:
- review of the Unit Titles Act
- establishment of unit title developments as part of greenfields and brownfields projects
- redevelopment of existing unit title developments
- advising and acting for bodies corporate on all aspects of the Unit Titles Act