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Polly is a highly regarded commercial litigator and dispute resolution specialist, at Bankside Chambers in Auckland, New Zealand. She has expertise in commercial, insolvency, construction, and financial regulatory enforcement disputes and investigations. Polly has been trusted to solve complex problems for clients including listed companies, banks, insolvency practitioners, and public entities. Through Bankside’s presence in Singapore, Polly can assist New Zealand companies to pursue international arbitration to resolve disputes. Polly also conducts New Zealand disputes work instructed by overseas law firms, companies and family offices.
Career
Polly was admitted to practise in New Zealand in 1999, and England and Wales in 2003, gaining international experience in the arbitration and litigation teams of leading global firms Debevoise & Plimpton and Clifford Chance. She joined the independent bar after over a decade as partner at preeminent law firm Russell McVeagh, including a term as Chair of the Partnership.
Professional Memberships
Polly is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and the Arbitrators' and Mediators Institute of New Zealand. Polly co-founded Women in Restructuring and Insolvency and is a member of Society for Construction Law, and the Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association of New Zealand.
Publications
Polly Pope contributed to Chambers and Partners' new International Arbitration 2024 guide, writing the chapters on New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu.
She co-authored the New Zealand chapter in the 2021 Collective Redress and Class Actions Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide.
She co-authored Consumer Credit, Laws of New Zealand (LexisNexis), and was editor of the arbitration chapters of Sim's Court Practice (LexisNexis).
Awards
Sir Ronald Davison Award for Excellence in Arbitral Award Writing
Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand
1998
Education
University of Otago
Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours)
1995 - 1999
Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
Master of International Relations (Distinction)
2001
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Polly Pope is a highly experienced, Auckland-based disputes practitioner with an impressively varied track record of work in fields as diverse as agribusiness, construction and financial services.
Polly Pope represents creditors and insolvency practitioners in primarily contentious mandates and is highly regarded for her litigation skills.
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"Polly is smart and efficient in trying to get outcomes – she has a pragmatic approach."
"Polly is smart and efficient in trying to get outcomes – she has a pragmatic approach."