Why join us

With excellence at the heart of everything we do, we are always raising the bar and challenging ourselves to be leaders in our fields. Our culture is based on respect, and we take pride in the work we do for our clients and communities.

We provide top opportunities to learn, grow and progress careers in a supportive environment, and consistently hear from our clients and top global firms that the people who have trained and developed here with us have all-round skills – and perform to a world class standard.

We work together on some of the most complex problems and significant transactions and cases across the country - this extends to clients based beyond our shores with around a third of our work involving international corporations. You will continue to learn and be challenged here as part of our team that is collectively driven by the success of our clients and contributing to the prosperity of Aotearoa.

Our values

We work collaboratively with our other experts across our offices and teams, overcoming challenges and exceeding client expectations together. Every day you will be learning and growing, and supported to be at the top of your game. You are empowered to take responsibility for your own performance and your career.

As part of our respectful and inclusive culture, we support each other and our clients, build trust and are ambassadors: living our values and adhering to our high standards and policies. Our culture also values spending time together, building relationships and having fun. Together we achieve, grow and celebrate our individual and firm success.

When challenges occur, we take on the tough stuff together. We support you holistically, encouraging you to value and nurture your own wellbeing, while also looking out for your colleagues. You will be part of one team: where we support each other, our clients and our communities.

Our environment is dynamic. This means you will stretch yourself to find creative and smart solutions. If you want to bring your drive, energy and passion for commercial law, and collaborate with, and learn alongside industry leaders – this is the place for you.

Our culture

We provide a diverse and inclusive culture for all our people.

Our culture

What we do here

Banking & Finance

Our Banking and Finance team leads the market in debt capital markets, project finance, financial markets regulation, and corporate and acquisition finance. We advise on large bank funding work; on numerous warehouse and term securitisations; sustainability-linked and proceeds-based green borrowing; and our project finance team advises on key national infrastructure projects.

Banking & Finance
Corporate Advisory

Our award-winning Corporate Advisory practice leads the market in New Zealand for complex M&A and corporate advisory work. The team has significant expertise in the financial services, private equity, primary industries, government and infrastructure sectors.

Corporate Advisory
Environment, Planning and Natural Resources (EPNR)

Our market-leading Environment, Planning and Natural Resources (EPNR) practice advises the blue-chip development, infrastructure, energy and renewables sectors throughout New Zealand. Our lawyers help clients to navigate the changing legal, regulatory and political frameworks around urban planning, infrastructure development and environmental issues like freshwater quality and climate change. Assisting them to get a project approved, planned, consented, funded, built, commissioned, and operating.

Environment, Planning & Natural Resources
Government, Competition & Regulation (GCR)

Our Government, Competition and Regulatory (GCR) practice is a market leader in competition/antitrust and regulatory law in NZ. The team provides an integrated approach to competition/antitrust, regulatory, and public law which is noted by clients for its seamless, forward-thinking, expert, and strategic advice. Our team’s outstanding reputation across market studies, litigation, investigations, commercial advisory, merger filings, regulatory, legislative and policy issues, and law reform sees it advising New Zealand’s biggest corporate and public organisations.

Public Law & Regulation

Competition & Antitrust
Litigation

Our market-leading Litigation practice is at the forefront of the New Zealand legal market for dispute resolution. Our lawyers advise New Zealand's biggest corporates across a wide range of sectors, on complex disputes including large cross-border and NZX listed matters, significant class actions, major construction project disputes, and insolvency and restructuring litigation.

Litigation
Real Estate & Construction

Our market-leading Real Estate and Construction practice provides advice to New Zealand's most sophisticated property investors and developers, including leading domestic and overseas funds and property institutions and corporate property owners/occupiers on their most important projects. The team advise on commercial leasing, property development and major subdivisions, as well as land acquisitions, hotel management arrangements and the agricultural and forestry sectors. Our Construction practice provides advice to New Zealand's most sophisticated property investors and developers, and infrastructure providers. Acting for large developers and contractors, as well as being appointed by receivers and liquidators to provide advice arising from high-profile construction sector insolvencies.

Real Estate & Property

Construction
Tax

Our award-winning Tax practice is known for its expertise and depth of experience advising New Zealand's leading companies. Advising on all types of direct and indirect taxation relating to financing and capital raisings, mergers and acquisitions, business establishment and reorganisations, investment products, transfer pricing and tax investigations and disputes.

Tax
Business Services

Our national Business Services team supports the day-to-day operation of the firm across a broad range of areas including, marketing, communication, business development and client experience; IT; HR; finance and business analysis; hospitality and events; reception and general business support.

Students & Graduates

We offer fantastic opportunities for students who interested in commercial law, including our summer and law clerkship programmes and scholarship programmes

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Meet our team

If you are interested in joining us, and would like to have a confidential conversation, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team

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Diversity & Inclusion

Our commitment involves having a combination of the compelling purpose to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace, having clear goals, and a focus on delivering meaningful and sustainable change. This is important for our people, our clients and the communities we serve.

Our Diversity & Inclusion goals