Corporate & Commercial

Our lawyers have a depth of knowledge developed from working across many industries and sectors, both in New Zealand and internationally, which is applied to deliver outstanding results to our corporate and business clients.
We work with a focus on building long-term relationships and providing strategic advice to create and grow value for our clients. Our team also provide day-to-day support to in-house lawyers, giving our clients access to specialists while retaining in-house resource.
We act on the most significant transactions for our clients bringing together our legal and commercial expertise. We act for clients in regulated sectors such as dairy, electricity, telecommunications and local government and understand the impact of regulation on their businesses.
As a trusted advisor, our clients have access to the best advice, guidance and insight whether we are acting as a sounding board, reviewing documents or proposals, negotiating and preparing commercial contracts or acting on our clients’ most difficult or high profile transactions.
Our approach utilises the skills, experience and expertise across the breadth of Tompkins Wake ensuring our clients have access to the best lawyers for the task.
"TW has a variety of experts who we have tapped to provide assistance in many different fields from property, immigration, acquisitions and disputes. Every matter is assigned to someone who is qualified and experienced in that field and we have been pleased with the outcomes. TW has introduced a cloud-based file management system for tracking the various property leases we deal with."
- Client testimonial, The Legal 500, Corporate and M&A, Asia Pacific 2022
Sectors:
Our work spans the New Zealand business landscape with particular focus on:
- Agribusiness, Farming and Forestry
- Food and Beverage
- Hospitality
- Entertainment and Venues
- Energy and Infrastructure
- Telecommunications
- Human and Animal Health
- Life sciences and biotechnology
- Pharmaceuticals
- Primary production and food processing
- Transport and Logistics
- Mining and Exploration
- Aviation
- Not for Profit and Charities
- Information Technology
Areas of expertise:
- Acquisition finance
- Advertising and Consumer Law
- Agribusiness Transactions
- Anti Bribery and Corruption Law
- Banking and Finance
- Biotechnology
- Commercial Contracts
- Competition and Regulation
- Compliance
- Construction Contracts
- Corporate Advisory
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Structuring/Restructuring
- Crisis Management
- Cross Border Transactions
- Dairy Industry
- Drone Law
- Due Diligence
- E-Commerce
- Electricity Industry
- Emissions Trading Scheme
- Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP)
- Financial Markets Conduct Act
- Franchising
- Inbound Investment
- Information Technology
- Infrastructure and Projects
- Joint Ventures
- Life Sciences
- Limited Partnerships
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- NZX Listing Advice
- Overseas Investment
- Ownership Structures
- Privacy Act
- Private Equity
- Regulatory Compliance and Constraints
- Securities - Private Issues
- Shareholder Agreements
- Takeovers
- Technology Commercialisation
- Telecommunications
- Medical and Health
- Cybersecurity Law
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Data Privacy Law
Corporate & Commercial team

Scott Ratuki
Chair and Partner

Bryce Davey
Partner

Jason Bywater-Lutman
Partner

Kerri Dewe
Partner

Marcus Wilkins
Partner

Mark Renner
Partner

Michael Shanahan
Partner

Philip Monahan
Partner

Phil Taylor
Partner

Shelley Slade-Gully
Partner

Tina Liu
Partner

Tom Arieli
Partner

Tom Elvin
Partner

Ben Palmer
Special Counsel

Ben Skelton
Special Counsel

Mark Lowndes
Special Counsel

Robert Bycroft
Special Counsel

Evan Turbott
Consultant

Dr. Edward Willis
Consultant

Fiona Ashby
Senior Associate

Luke Bowers
Senior Associate

Tabs Rauf
Senior Associate

Joseph Bracewell
Associate

Alex Rankin
Senior Solicitor

Alice van der Heyden
Senior Solicitor

Gaanesh Seger
Senior Solicitor

Mahitha Kumar
Senior Solicitor

Ronald Chee
Senior Solicitor

Ruby Fenwick
Senior Solicitor
