We have New Zealand's leading litigation and dispute resolution practice. We won Benchmark Litigation's New Zealand Litigation 2020 Firm of the Year award, and both Chambers Asia Pacific and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific rank us in the top tier, Band 1, for litigation.
We are known for the depth and breadth of our litigation practice, our strong advocacy skills, and our strategic commercial advice.
Our expertise
Our team has significant expertise and experience in dealing with complex and contentious disputes in a wide range of commercial and public fields, including:
- Banking and financial disputes
- Class actions
- Commercial and contract disputes
- Competition law
- Construction disputes
- Corporate and securities disputes
- Defamation and media disputes
- Employment disputes
- Insolvency disputes
- Insurance and professional liability disputes
- Intellectual property disputes
- Maori legal issues
- Product and consumer disputes
- Property disputes
- Public law
- Tax disputes
- Trust and equity disputes
We have extensive experience acting in trials and on appeal at all levels of the New Zealand court system. We also regularly represent clients in arbitrations, mediations and other forms of dispute resolution.
In addition, our team also has substantial experience and expertise representing clients in regulatory investigations, proceedings and inquiries, including:
- Commerce Commission
- Financial Markets Authority
- Serious Fraud Office
- WorkSafe
- Labour Inspectorate
- Commissions of Inquiry
