The lawyers took on their new roles this week
Chapman Tripp has promoted 14 lawyers to senior solicitors.
Taking on new roles as of 1 December are Harrison Cooper, Morgan Dalton-Mill, Trent Harris, Madeleine Hay, Josh Hayes, Emily James, David Keogh, Ella Knoester, Daniel Maier-Gant, Rebecca Meikle, Georgia Moore, Tallulah Parker, Ruby Tinson, and Romy Wales.
Based in Wellington, Cooper practises with the tax team. He has advised on all aspects of New Zealand tax law.
He has tackled transactional and advisory tax matters, especially business structuring and reorganisations, M&A, corporate finance, land transactions, and general corporate tax. He has also handled the tax aspects of cross-border investments, binding rulings, tax disputes, and policy reform. He has worked with both New Zealand and offshore clients.
Dalton-Mill works with the firm’s Te Waka Ture group and is part of the litigation and dispute resolution team in Auckland. She has advised on all areas of litigation, and she is particularly interested Māori legal issues, corporate governance and IP.
Recently, she completed her tohu in te reo Māori and te ao Māori at Te Wānanga Takiura o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa. She hails from Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara.
Harris works with the corporate team in Auckland as well as with Te Waka Ture. He advises iwi and hapū, Māori landowners, Māori businesses and those looking to work with them on matters such as structuring, governance, joint ventures, M&A and commercial contracts. He is from Rangitāne o Tamaki Nui-ā-Rua and Ngāpuhi.
Based in Auckland, Hay focuses on commercial litigation and dispute resolution. In particular, she has tackled contract, tort, public law and securities matters. She has taken on contentious commercial issues and appeared before the Court of Appeal and High Court.
Hayes operates from the Wellington office, concentrating on property and construction law. In particular, he works with the infrastructure, energy and telecommunications sectors. He has advised on property acquisitions, developments, commercial leasing, disposals and infrastructure matters.
James is based in Auckland and works with the litigation and dispute resolution team. She has handled contentious matters, including contractual disputes, product liability claims, insurance matters, parent company liability issues and class actions. She has appeared before the High Court, and gained in-house experience in commercial matters while on secondment with a bank.
Keogh works with the litigation and dispute resolution team in Wellington. He has litigated public and private law matters, particularly statutory and contractual interpretation. He has worked on contentious and non-contentious matters with clients in the transport, telecommunications, energy, and construction sectors.
Knoester works with the corporate team in Auckland. She focuses on M&A, equity capital markets and corporate governance; she has also tackled IPOs and employee share schemes.
Based in Auckland, Maier-Gant focuses on complex commercial litigation and dispute resolution. His practice concentrates on construction, energy, and financial disputes, and he has helped with settlement processes in New Zealand and Singapore.
He has tackled disputes related to major infrastructure projects. He has appeared in arbitrations, the District Court and the High Court as counsel. Moreover, he has acted in adjudications and independent expert processes.
Meikle works in Wellington with the commercial TMT team. Meikle concentrates on commercial contracts, technology, media, privacy and consumer law.
Meikle has advised on issues involving private and public sector contracting, media regulation, intellectual property, privacy and data protection, and AI.
Moore is based in Auckland and specialises in environment, planning and resource management law. She has worked with public, iwi, and commercial clients.
She has appeared before the Environment Court and handled matters related to roading and renewable energy generation, distribution and transmission.
Parker operates from Christchurch, focusing on environmental and resource management issues. She has worked on matters involving major urban and residential development, significant infrastructure projects, local government rates, development contribution disputes, and water-related issues.
She has appeared before local government and the Environment Court as counsel. She also works with Te Waka Ture and hails from Te Rūnanga o Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi.
Also working from Christchurch, Tinson is a property law specialist advising on commercial, rural, and residential property matters, including acquisitions, disposals, subdivisions and leasing work.
Based in Wellington, Wales practises with the litigation and dispute resolution team. She specialises in public and regulatory law and has worked with government and private clients on matters related to the transport, energy, construction and fisheries sectors.
She has acted in proceedings associated with customary marine title, and has appeared before the Supreme Court, High Court, District Court and the Electricity Rulings Panel.
