Dentons New Zealand

Managing Partners: Matthew Ockleston (Auckland); Hayden Wilson (Wellington)

Number of partners: 36

Number of lawyers: 118

Languages: Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Māori

Firm Overview:  

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 you grow, protect, operate and finance 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.

Main areas of practice and contacts:  

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