Provided by Hesketh Henry
Hesketh Henry’s Private Wealth team is one of the largest private wealth teams in New Zealand, with both contentious and non-contentious expertise. We act for both UHNW and HNW clients across a range of issues.
We take the time to know our clients, to ensure we are building an estate plan which meets their needs and wishes. With our long history, we now proudly serve a significant number of second and third generation clients.
Our team’s substantial experience includes:
· attending to key personal estate planning documents including wills, enduring powers of attorney and relationship property agreements;
· reviewing and planning complex trust and succession structures;
· acting in trust, estate and relationship property disputes;
· all estate administration matters; and
· establishing and assisting with the operation of charitable trusts.
We are also experienced in assisting off-shore clients in management of their New Zealand based assets.
Unique amongst New Zealand law firms, Hesketh Henry is focused on being sector specialists in key areas including the complementary fields of corporate and commercial, property, and litigation. Our Private Wealth practice collaborates closely with our other centres of excellence, enhancing the breadth and quality of services to our clients.
Our team also works together with many different professional firms and all of the major banks in New Zealand.
Provided by Chambers
Provided by Chambers
They have a superior understanding of the wider issues when you are dealing with things like family offices.
They are masters at translating the complex and finding a practical path forward.
What makes them unique is they understand trusts and estates from a structuring perspective but also look down the road at where things might cause trouble.
Hesketh Henry has timely responses to our questions and to other parties involved. Good industry knowledge assists them in responding appropriately for our industry.
They have a superior understanding of the wider issues when you are dealing with things like family offices.
They are masters at translating the complex and finding a practical path forward.
What makes them unique is they understand trusts and estates from a structuring perspective but also look down the road at where things might cause trouble.
Hesketh Henry has timely responses to our questions and to other parties involved. Good industry knowledge assists them in responding appropriately for our industry.
Provided by Chambers
Mary Joy is very thorough and conscientious, and she is very confident in what she does.
Mary Joy Simpson, in my view, is the leading private wealth and trust and estate adviser in New Zealand.
Mary Joy Simpson has got a very good knowledge of her specialist area and is quite practical in her advice. She's very good at communicating and explaining complex things in a way clients understand.
Mary Joy’s commerciality, deep experience and unique ability to convert complex matters into actionable steps adds huge value and helps bring peace of mind to our mutual private clients.
Emma builds trust quickly with clients, has deep technical expertise which she applies in a practical way, and is an overall delight to work with.
Emma is very proactive. She's also quite detail-conscious and makes sure all bases are covered. She has got quite a calm demeanour, which is useful with family matters, and certainly knows the law.
Emma Tonkin has great attention to detail. She's practical and good to work with. Clients like working with her. She approaches things quite holistically and thinks about all the aspects.
Emma Tonkin is a very careful, precise operator. She is very insightful and has a lot of foresight to see potential issues and avoid them, and she structures her advice in that way.
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Emily Black
Head of Department
Lauren Sieprath
Loren Gerbich
Head of Department