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Partner, Wellington
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Partner, Auckland
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Partner, Wellington
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Partner, Wellington
Board of Management
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Daniel Collins
Partner, Auckland
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Daniel Kelleher
Partner, Auckland
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David Allen
Partner, Wellington
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David Broadmore
Partner, Auckland
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Partner, Auckland
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David Randal
Partner, Wellington
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David Thomson
Partner, Auckland
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Partner, Auckland
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Hamish Kynaston
Partner, Wellington
Board of Management
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Partner, Christchurch
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Jennifer Caldwell
Partner, Auckland
National Chair
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Partner, Christchurch
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John Glengarry
Partner, Auckland
Patent Attorney | Trade Marks Attorney
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Partner, Christchurch
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Partner, Christchurch
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Lisette Hood
Partner, Auckland
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Mark Odlin
Partner, Christchurch
Board of Management
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Miriam Andrews
Partner, Auckland
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Nick Bragg
Partner, Auckland
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Patrick Mulligan
Partner, Auckland
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Paul Beverley
Partner, Wellington
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Paul Farrugia
Partner, Auckland
Board of Management
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Peter Chemis
Partner, Wellington
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Peter Owles
Partner, Auckland
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Philip Wood
Partner, Auckland
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Renee Stiles
Partner, Wellington
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Sarah McEwan
Partner, Auckland
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Scott Abel
Partner, Auckland
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Partner, Wellington
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Partner, Wellington
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Partner, Auckland
Board of Management
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Stephen Whittington
Partner, Wellington
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Partner, Wellington
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Partner, Christchurch
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Susie Kilty
Partner, Wellington
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Terence Ng
Partner, Auckland
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Tom Bennett
Partner, Auckland
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Tony Dellow
Partner, Wellington
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Tony Wilkinson
Partner, Auckland
Tony has a highly regarded practice acting for public and private sector clients. He is the lead tax advisor for Buddle Findlay’s most…
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Vanessa Evitt
Partner, Auckland
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Willie Palmer
Partner, Christchurch
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Anita Birkinshaw
Special Counsel, Auckland
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Bassam Maghzal
Special Counsel, Christchurch
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Benjamin Sutton
Special Counsel, Auckland
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Blake Cescon
Special Counsel, Christchurch
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Bridie McKinnon
Special Counsel, Wellington
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Cedric Carranceja
Special Counsel, Christchurch
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Damien Steel-Baker
Special Counsel, Wellington
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Fiona Heiford
Special Counsel, Wellington
Fiona specialises in tax with particular expertise in commercial transactions.…
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Frances Wedde
Special Counsel, Wellington
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Hamish Selby
Special Counsel, Auckland
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Lara Wood
Special Counsel, Auckland
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Myles O'Brien
Special Counsel, Auckland
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Natasha Wilson
Special Counsel, Wellington
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Nicola Cuervo
Special Counsel, Wellington
Nicola specialises in health law, information privacy, managing complaints, employment and industrial relations, and dispute resolution…
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Peter Niven
Special Counsel, Wellington
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Rebecca Green
Special Counsel, Christchurch
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Thaddeus Ryan
Special Counsel, Wellington
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Alastair Sherriff
Consultant, Wellington
Alastair specialises in advising public and private sector clients on employment, health and safety at work, education, alcohol licensi…
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Mel Easton
Consultant, Auckland
Mel specialises in local government, property and construction law.…
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Simon Jensen
Consultant, Wellington
Simon specialises in financial sector regulation, payments and clearing systems, and projects and advice for financial institutions…
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Simon Vodanovich
Consultant, Auckland
Simon specialises in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), general corporate advice and the laws and rules regulating New Zealand’s capital m…
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Alastair Pettitt
Senior Associate, Auckland
Alastair specialises in commercial property and local government law. He advises local authorities, Crown entities, banks and corporat…
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Alex Chapman
Senior Associate, Wellington
Alex specialises in commercial law with a focus on technology, outsourcing, intellectual property, data and privacy and consumer law.…
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Amy Cunniffe
Senior Associate, Auckland
Amy specialises in corporate and commercial law with particular experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, restructu…
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Amy de Joux
Senior Associate, Wellington
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Amy Watson
Senior Associate, Christchurch
Amy specialises in property, public and local government law. She advises clients on a wide range of commercial…
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Andy Martin
Senior Associate, Auckland
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Anna Parker
Senior Associate, Auckland
Anna specialises in competition and consumer law, economic regulation of infrastructure, and public law.…
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Anna Wishart
Senior Associate, Christchurch
Anna specialises in commercial, corporate and property law. Anna acts on a wide range of transactions including commercial leases…
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Annie Cao
Senior Associate, Christchurch
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Brannavan Gnanalingam
Senior Associate, Wellington
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Catherine Miller
Senior Associate, Auckland
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Celia Olds
Senior Associate, Christchurch
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Danielle Elley
Senior Associate, Christchurch
Danielle specialises in general commercial and corporate law, commercial and residential property, and trust law.…
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Danielle Kelly
Senior Associate, Auckland
Danielle specialises in banking and finance law and has a broad range of experience across domestic and international financing transac…
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Diana Thomas
Senior Associate, Wellington
Diana specialises in public law and advises government departments, Crown entities and private clients on a range of public, regulatory…
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Ed McGimpsey
Senior Associate, Auckland
Ed specialises in the engineering, procurement, construction, and operation and maintenance aspects of major developments, infrastructu…
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Emma von Veh
Senior Associate, Wellington
Emma specialises in health, privacy and employment law.…
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Esther Bennett
Senior Associate, Wellington
Esther specialises in environmental and resource management law, acting for a range of public and private sector clients including loca…
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Holly Hedley
Senior Associate, Wellington
Holly specialises in health, employment and privacy law. Her health expertise includes advising on treatment and consent issues, menta…
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Jane Maltby
Senior Associate, Wellington
Jane specialises in litigation and dispute resolution.…
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Jenna Silcock
Senior Associate, Christchurch
Jenna specialises in environment and resource management, and local government law. She advises a wide range of local authority…
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Jessica White
Senior Associate, Wellington
Jessica specialises in competition and consumer, overseas investment, and administrative law, and advises both private and public secto…
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Jonathan Schwarcz
Senior Associate, Auckland
Jonathan specialises in debt recovery, insolvency matters, construction and general commercial disputes.…
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Jonathan Simons
Senior Associate, Auckland
Jonathan specialises in commercial property law. He advises on a range of commercial property matters, including leasing, property…
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Kathy Wilson
Senior Associate, Auckland
Kathy specialises in environment and resource management, local government, and public law. She has extensive…
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Kelly Williams
Senior Associate, Auckland
Kelly advises on a broad range of international and domestic financing transactions representing borrowers and banks.…
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Keri Johansson
Senior Associate, Auckland
Keri specialises in IP, technology and media law with a commercial focus. She works closely with media, science and technology-based b…
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Leigh Ziegler
Senior Associate, Auckland
Leigh specialises in resource management, environmental and local government law, with particular experience working on large scale inf…
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Lorraine Hercus
Senior Associate, Wellington
Lorraine specialises in employment law, health and safety, information law, litigation and dispute resolution.…
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Luke Sizer
Senior Associate, Auckland
Luke specialises in commercial litigation and arbitration. He regularly acts on matters involving complex corporate fraud, insolvency,…
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Mark Mulholland
Senior Associate, Wellington
Mark specialises in resource management, environmental, and Māori law. He has a particular focus on the consenting of major energy, tr…
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Mathew Gribben
Senior Associate, Auckland
Mathew specialises in environmental and resource management law and advises on a wide range of resource management, environmental and l…
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Matthew Triggs
Senior Associate, Auckland
Matthew specialises in insolvency and enforcement transactions. He also has experience in restructuring, refinancing and secured…
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Mere King
Senior Associate, Auckland
Mere specialises in employment, industrial relations and health and safety as well as dispute resolution and litigation. Mere has…
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Nathan Hansen-Thorpe
Senior Associate, Auckland
Nathan specialises in banking and finance law and has a broad range of experience advising on domestic and cross-border financings and …
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Oliver Gascoigne
Senior Associate, Wellington
Oliver specialises in litigation and dispute resolution. He has particular expertise in commercial, banking and finance…
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Olly Peers
Senior Associate, Christchurch
Olly specialises in litigation and dispute resolution. Olly's experience and areas of interest include company law, contract law…
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Paul Appleyard
Senior Associate, Auckland
Paul specialises in banking and finance with a focus on event-driven finance, complex and cross-border financing, syndicated lending an…
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Rachael Balasingam
Senior Associate, Wellington
Rachael specialises in environment and resource management, and local government law. She has advised various public…
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Rebecca Dudley-Cobb
Senior Associate, Wellington
Rebecca specialises in public sector legal support, including public sector contracting and procurement, and health and information law…
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Scott Holdaway
Senior Associate, Christchurch
Scott specialises in property, local government law, and regulatory issues. He acts for various territorial authorities, central…
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Shaun Brookes
Senior Associate, Christchurch
Shaun specialises in employment law, industrial relations, and health and safety, as well as dispute resolution and general litigation.…
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Sophie Thoreau
Senior Associate, Auckland
Sophie specialises in intellectual property law and the provision of commercial advice in an IP context. She has extensive experience …
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Stephanie Snedden
Senior Associate, Wellington
Stephanie advises both private and public sector clients on all aspects of commercial property. Her experience includes acting on larg…
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Tom Montgomerie
Senior Associate, Auckland
Tom specialises in corporate and commercial law, with broad experience in capital markets and securities transactions, mergers and acqu…
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Victoria Brunton
Senior Associate, Wellington
Victoria specialises in environment and resource management, and local government. Victoria's practice also includes advising clients…
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