Will Irving

• Acting for financial institutions in investigations by all of New Zealand's financial regulators, including particular experience in relation to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act, the Financial Markets Conduct Act and the NZX Listing Rules.
• Acting for BNZ in defending proceedings brought by entities associated with the Gloriavale Christian Community challenging BNZ's closure of the entities' bank accounts.
• Acting for Tiger Brokers (NZ) Limited in proceedings brought by the FMA in relation to non-compliance with the AML/CFT Act.
• Acting for a derivatives issuer in enforcement action brought by the FMA in relation to contraventions of its derivatives issuer licence.
• Advising and acting for landlords and tenants in relation to the application of rent abatement provisions in leases to the restrictions imposed in response to Covid-19, including in arbitration proceedings.
• Acting for a subcontractor on a construction project in relation to arbitration and Court proceedings brought by the contractor and principal in relation to allegations of defective design.
• Advising a business on an investigation by the Commerce Commission in relation to its debt collection practices. 
• Acting for AIA in proceedings brought by the FMA in relation to non-compliance with the FMCA: Financial Markets Authority v AIA New Zealand Ltd [2022] NZHC 2444.
• Acting for two NZX market participants in separate proceedings before the NZ Markets Disciplinary Tribunal.

LLB (Hons), BA (University of Auckland).

Will joined Russell McVeagh as a solicitor in 2011 and moved into the role of senior solicitor in June 2014. He became a senior associate in December 2016 before his promotion to partner in June 2019.

Will was included in the Best Lawyers® New Zealand 2024 Guide for Arbitration and Mediation and Litigation, and was named a Rising Star in 2020 by NZ Lawyer magazine.