Practice Areas
Hayden is a senior partner with unparalleled expertise in government decision making. His public law expertise and networks have lead him to be involved in some of the most highly sensitive commercial projects and relationships that the New Zealand Government has been involved in. He is a strategic thinker, with the ability to assess legal, political and reputational risk, having worked with the senior levels of the public sector and the Executive for the majority of his career.
Hayden works across the range of public law disciplines including core administrative public law issues, advice on constitutional and administrative law, legislative obligations, and regulation in the public sector. He helps both public and private sector clients to manage a wide range of public law and commercial issues
Hayden specialises in helping clients manage their relationships with Government, Crown entities and regulators. Hayden is deeply connected with Government and the public service, and calls on those relationships to assist clients to resolve issues and disputes.
A recognized expert in privacy law, Hayden regularly works with clients to navigate complex issues of privacy compliance and to assist them with responding to privacy, data breach events, access requests, complaints and investigations.
