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Lane Neave

Asia-Pacific Guide 2025

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+64 9 300 6263

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Provided by Lane Neave
Asia-Pacific
  • Managing Partner: Andrew Shaw
  • CEO: Peter Dwan
  • Number of partners: 25
  • Number of total staff: 155


Firm Overview:

Lane Neave is recognised as one of New Zealand’s leading full-service tier 1 law firms, with 25 partners and over 155 staff nationwide. We provide legal services to clients throughout New Zealand.

Founded in 1868, we combine the capability of our specialist legal expertise with our significant depth of resources, focusing on delivering personalised legal service to create close and long-lasting client relationships.

Committed to solving legal problems and realising opportunities, we have the necessary experience, intellectual firepower and commercial pragmatism to deliver results to all our clients, from multinational corporates to small business owners and individuals.

Many of our partners are recognised by Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, Doyles and Best Lawyer. Lane Neave is one of the few law firms selected by the New Zealand Government to provide legal services under an All of Government procurement programme. The firm is a member of the International Commercial Law Alliance (ICLA).

Practice Areas:

Lane Neave has the depth of expertise and experience to really make a difference to businesses. Our people give decisive, strategic advice on everything from day-to-day transactions to complex legal cases.

The team has the level of experience required to deal with the complexities involved in each area of law. They deliver real clarity and take the lead in ensuring clients get the best outcome.

The firm's specialisms include:

  • Banking and Finance
  • Building and Construction
  • Commercial Property
  • Competition, Consumer and Marketing
  • Corporate and Commercial
  • Dispute Resolution and Litigation
  • Environmental Investment Funds and Capital Markets Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Insolvency and Restructuring
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Local Government
  • Resource Management
  • Technology, Data Protection and Privacy
  • Workplace Law (Employment, Health and Safety, ACC and Immigration)

Details of all Lane Neave's practice areas are available on the website - www.laneneave.co.nz

Offices:

Auckland

Level 8, 48 Shortland Street,

Vero Centre, Auckland 1010

+64 9 300 6263

Wellington

Level 3, Perpetual Guardian House,

99 Customhouse Quay,

Wellington 6011

+64 4 912 0800

Christchurch

141 Cambridge Terrace

Christchurch 8013

+64 3 379 3720

Queenstown

Level 1, 2 Memorial Street

Queenstown 9300

+64 3 409 0321

Ranked Offices

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New Zealand - Head office
New Zealand
  • Christchurch
    141 Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, 8013
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Contributions

Latest contributions provided by Lane Neave

Global Practice Guide
James Cochrane
Andrew Comer
Carlo Wan
Graeme Crombie
Eleanor Mulrennan
Authored by
James Cochrane, Andrew Comer, Carlo Wan, Graeme Crombie, Eleanor Mulrennan
Article • May 2024

Lane Neave rankings

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Banking & Finance
1 Ranked Lawyer
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Evelyn Jones
3
Evelyn Jones
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Competition/Antitrust
3
Competition/Antitrust
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Anna Ryan
3
Anna Ryan
3
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Employment
4
Employment
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Andrew Shaw
3
Andrew Shaw
3
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Graeme Crombie
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Graeme Crombie
4
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