15 New Appointments at Chapman Tripp
15 New Appointments at Chapman Tripp
Chapman Tripp is pleased to announce the promotion of 12 senior associates across our Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch offices, and to welcome a new senior associate in the Auckland office. The firm has also recently welcomed two new senior legal advisors* to its tax and competition & regulatory teams.
Chapman Tripp managing partner Andrew Poole said: “These promotions and appointments recognise the talent and dedication to client service that these lawyers offer.”
Chapman Tripp’s new senior associates are:
Auckland
Colin Fife,
Competition & regulatory
Colin specialises in
competition law and regulatory matters. He also advises on
commercial disputes. Colin has experience in all aspects of
New Zealand trade practices law, with a particular focus on
merger clearances, consumer protection, and regulatory
litigation and enforcement.
Lauren Curtayne,
Corporate
Lauren specialises in major projects and
commercial law. She has experience across a broad range of
sectors, with an emphasis on energy, infrastructure and
technology.
Greer Fredricson, Corporate
Greer
specialises in corporate and commercial law, with a
particular focus on structuring, regulatory and general
commercial advice for private equity clients and iwi
entities, including Overseas Investment Act
compliance.
Jeremy Gray, Corporate
Jeremy
specialises in corporate and commercial law, focusing on
equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and private
equity and venture capital.
Prue Tyler, Financial
services
Prue advises on a wide range of legal and
compliance matters affecting financial service providers and
their investment products, particularly KiwiSaver and unit
trusts.
Laura Fraser, Litigation
Laura
specialises in the conduct of complex commercial litigation.
She advises clients on a broad range of disputes, including
corporate and regulatory matters, professional negligence
claims and general contract and tort issues.
Chris
Green, Property
Chris specialises in property and
construction law. He advises on commercial leasing matters,
the acquisition and disposal of real estate and drafting and
negotiating construction contracts for commercial and
infrastructure developments.
Jill Gregory,
Resource management
Jill specialises in
environmental, resource management and public law. She
assists clients with resource consent applications,
designations and plan change processes.
Simon Akozu,
Tax
Simon advises clients on a wide range of tax
matters, with a particular focus on financing and property
transactions.
Jai Nario, Tax
Jai advises
clients on a wide range of tax matters including mergers and
acquisitions (structuring, due diligence and SPA
negotiations), cross-border investments and tax disputes and
refinancing.
Wellington
Lucy Hare,
Competition & regulatory
Lucy specialises in
competition law. She advises domestic and international
clients on merger clearance and antitrust issues including
cartel enforcement matters.
Shalindri Silva,
Finance
Shalindri specialises in corporate finance
law and advises clients in relation to debt programmes, bank
financing and other issues. She also advises clients on
commercial law and various regulatory
matters.
Christchurch
Nick
Letham, Corporate
Nick specialises in corporate and
commercial law, with particular interest in securities law,
mergers and acquisitions, and corporate compliance. He has
particular specialisation in the rural sector and retirement
village industry.
Chapman Tripp’s new senior legal advisors are:
Auckland
Helen
Johnson, Tax
Helen advises clients on a wide range of
tax matters including effective structuring for corporate
acquisitions, restructurings, cross-border investments and
financings, contractual negotiations and tax
disputes.
Wellington
Simon Peart,
Competition & regulatory
Simon specialises in
competition and regulatory law. He advises clients in
relation to merger control, investigations and enforcement
matters, and a wide range of regulatory
issues.
ENDS