Dentons New Zealand

New Zealand Chair: Hayden Wilson

Number of partners: 38

Number of lawyers: 150

Languages: Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Māori

Dentons is the world’s largest global law firm, and a leading law firm in New Zealand. A firm that embraces change and has unparalleled access to legal expertise in over 80 countries. Dentons helps your organisation by providing uniquely global and deeply local legal solutions. The challenges that our clients are navigating and the opportunities they are advancing are changing at an accelerated pace. This is why we offer more than legal insight, we help you find business solutions to achieve your goals. In addition to its New Zealand client base of private and public clients, the firm actively advises multinational organisations on their investments and business activities in New Zealand. The firm is especially regarded for its involvement in the infrastructure, natural resources, education, FMCG, food, manufacturing, healthcare, energy and government/public sectors. It assists clients with doing business in New Zealand, including employment, real estate, intellectual property protection, procurement, resource consenting and construction, public private partnerships, commercial contracts, competition law, joint ventures, M&A, Overseas Investment Act, privacy, financial markets, and finance. The firm is valued for its help on reputational risk and crisis management particularly in a dispute context, in the course of inquiries and in relation to overseas investment.

• Banking and Finance: Liz Lim
• Construction and Major Projects: Paul Buetow, Brendan Cash
• Corporate/Commercial: Chris Parke
• Dispute Resolution: David Campbell, Hayden Wilson
• Employment: Greg Cain, Charlotte Parkhill
• Environment and Planning: Nicky McIndoe, Christina Sheard
• Government and Regulatory: Hayden Wilson, Linda Clark
• Financial Markets: David Ireland, Catriona Grover
• Health and Safety: Greg Cain
• Intellectual Property: Jenni Rutter
• Public Private Partnerships: Paul Buetow, Chris Parke
• Real Estate: Matthew Ockleston, Ish Fraser
• Restructuring and Insolvency: James McMillan
• Technology and Innovation: Hayley Miller, Campbell Featherstone