Firm PROFILE

Tompkins Wake

Asia-Pacific 2026

Rankings

Leading firm in Asia-Pacific 2026

Ranked Departments

Ranked Individuals

Top figures

4

Offices

200

Company Size

1922

Established Year

Content provided by Tompkins Wake

Contributions and articles

5 Global Practice Guides

Overview

Provided by Tompkins Wake

Tompkins Wake is one of New Zealand's leading full-service law firms, with 29 partners and approximately 120 lawyers across offices in Hamilton, Auckland, Tauranga, and Rotorua. The firm advises major businesses, iwi organisations, infrastructure providers, and public sector bodies across corporate and commercial, banking and finance, property, construction, employment, dispute resolution, environment, and Māori business law.

Industry sectors (3)

Agribusiness
Energy
Real Estate and Construction

Capabilities (15)

Corporate/Commercial
Banking & Finance
Dispute Resolution
Energy and Natural Resources
Private Client & Trusts
Life Sciences & Biotechnology
Intellectual Property
Maori Business
Employment
Restructuring & Insolvency
Family & Relationship
Local Government
Health & Safety
Property & Real Estate
Privacy, Cyber & Data Protection

Key people

Provided by Tompkins Wake

Tom Arieli
Chair of Partners / Corporate Partner
Jon Calder
Chief Executive Officer
Kate Cornegé
Head of Dispute Resolution
Campbell Stewart
Head of Property, Real Estate and Private Client
Daniel Erickson
Head of Employment & Health and Safety
Kate Sullivan
Head of Family and Relationship Law
Shelley Slade-Gully
Head of Intellectual Property
Bridget Parham
Head of Environment and Resource Management
Scott Ratuki
Head of Commercial Property & Construction
Mark Renner
Head of Corporate Commercial

Work & experience

Provided by Tompkins Wake

Tompkins Wake delivers technically precise, commercially grounded advice across corporate, commercial, regulatory, and contentious law. Four upper North Island offices provide an unmatched regional footprint, connecting clients to a full-service national practice with genuine sector depth across agribusiness, renewable energy, infrastructure, life sciences, and local government. The firm regularly advises on matters of national significance alongside New Zealand's largest practices.