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Jania Baigent

Jania Baigent

Asia-Pacific 2026

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About

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Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Jania is a member of the firm's Board of Management. She is one of New Zealand’s leading litigators, specialising in insurance, product liability, privacy and media law.

She acts on major commercial cases involving complex contractual, tortious, fair trading and intellectual property disputes. She has extensive experience acting for insurers to defend and resolve claims and policy coverage issues across a range of industries.

Jania works with clients to protect private or confidential information, and advises on digital content liability, defamation, harmful digital communications, privacy, and other corporate reputation issues.

Jania works alongside her clients to develop strategies that manage risk and meet their objectives. Her advice is always practical and written in plain language.

Professional Memberships

Member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (iapp)

Member of the New Zealand Insurance Law Association

Member of the Auckland Women Lawyers' Association

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Dispute Resolution - New Zealand

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial
Jania Baigent is based in Auckland and acts on a wide variety of commercial litigation issues, notably including complex contractual, insurance, defamation and privacy-related matters.

Strengths

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  • Jania is switched on, commercial and hard working. She is great in a dispute setting and will really advocate for her client to get the best possible outcome.

    Dispute ResolutionChambers Asia & Pacific
  • She is extremely responsive to our needs and brings a level of compassion and understanding to her representation.

    Dispute ResolutionChambers Asia & Pacific

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