Senior Associate, Wellington
Louise Brazier
Contact
- Wellington office
- DDI +64 4 462 0805
- M +64 21 405 849
Profile
Louise is a dedicated construction and commercial property lawyer with extensive experience delivering practical, solution-focused legal advice across all industry sectors. Louise works collaboratively with public and private sector clients, stakeholders, and counterparties to ensure efficient project delivery.
Louise has UK experience at a top 100 national law firm, and in one of the UK's largest construction company's investments division.
- Member of the New Zealand Society of Construction Law
- Member of the New Zealand Law Society Property Law Section
Experience
Work highlights
Energy
- Acting for Contact Energy to negotiate land rights for its suite of generation assets across New Zealand, both for new developments and existing assets
- Acting for landowners to negotiate solar option agreements and long-term leases
- Advising ElectroNet on construction contracts for a range of renewable energy projects.
Central and local government
- Advising the Ministry of Education across its extensive property portfolio, including the acquisition of land for new school developments
- Acting for the Department of Internal Affairs in the construction of a new national archives facility in Wellington for Archives New Zealand
- Acting for various Government departments and local authorities on a range of development and leasing projects, including new water infrastructure, refurbishment and maintenance projects, new builds, and commercial leases.
Infrastructure
- Advising Wellington International Airport on various construction projects, including taxiway bravo, the airport hotel, and retail park development
- Advising Central Plains Water on the construction of Stage Two of its irrigation scheme (serving 50,000ha farmland)
- Advising the construction sub-contractor on an education PPP project.
International experience
- Advising various UK NHS Trusts on main contractor/consultant procurement for their respective new hospital developments
- Acting for the UK Department for Education on the delivery of over 30 school build projects across the UK, including refurbishment, new builds, modular, and temporary accommodation
- Acting for various UK housing associations on both the development of new housing stock, and long-term repairs and maintenance contracts for existing stock.