Chair of NZ Asian Lawyers Commercial Lawyers Committee

Lynne is a Partner at Anthony Harper, specialising in commercial litigation. She has advised on a range of complex matters, including shareholder disputes, governance and breach of directors’ duties, breach of trust claims, property litigation (Property Law Act, Unit Titles Act and Body Corporate governance), consumer credit, product liability issues and matrimonial property claims. She…

Chair of NZ Asian Lawyers Young Lawyers Committee

Danielle is a corporate lawyer with broad experience advising clients on public, regulatory and international trade related matters. She has particular interest in the area of regulatory law, with experience advising law firms and companies to understand their New Zealand regulatory obligations in the health, technology, chemical, food and consumer sectors. Danielle is of Malaysian…

Chair of NZ Asian Lawyers Membership Committee

Anjeet was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2002. She has 20 years’ experience as a lawyer. Anjeet has been involved in cases in almost every area of criminal law including homicide, domestic assaults, violent offences, sexual offences, drug offences, firearm offences, and dishonesty offences. She is…

Joint Chair of NZ Asian Lawyers Litigation Committee

Anita Chan KC is one of New Zealand’s leading family law barristers. She was appointed to the rank of King’s Counsel in 2014.  Anita’s practice is in complex relationship property and child cases, often with an international element (parties or property overseas, cross-border child abduction, forum disputes). Anita is often retained as counsel in cases…

Joint Chair of the NZ Asian Lawyers Litigation Committee

Augustine is a general civil litigator with particular familiarity with relationship property, trust and contract issues. He is a contributing author to Fisher on Matrimonial and Relationship Property, and to the New Zealand edition of Cross on Evidence. Augustine is a first-generation immigrant from Hong Kong and studied at the University of Auckland Law School.…

Joint Chair of the NZ Asian Lawyers Litigation Committee

Yvonne is a barrister at Britomart Chambers.  She has over a decade’s experience in litigation with particular expertise in commercial crimes, civil fraud litigation, proceeds of crime, regulatory and professional disciplinary proceedings. Yvonne has appeared as counsel representing the New Zealand Bar Association and the New Zealand Law Society in notable cases, as well as…

Chair of the NZ Asian Lawyers Women’s Committee

Karen is a Commercial Law partner at Simpson Grierson, leading the firm’s technology group, and co-leading the firm’s data protection and privacy group. She has experience in a wide range of commercial matters, with a particular focus on working with customers and suppliers of technology solutions and services. Many of the projects Karen has advised…

Secretary of the New Zealand Asian Lawyers

Takeshi is Vice President Legal for two NZX-listed companies (Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited and CDL Investments New Zealand Limited) and has over twenty five years of diverse in-house and private practice experience. Dunedin-born (but Auckland raised), he graduated from the University of Auckland and was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor. He…

Vice-President of the New Zealand Asian Lawyers

Pam is a Malaysian-born barrister of Chinese descent in Lambton Chambers. Her specialist area is in taxation law, but she also practises regulatory and public law, estate and trust law, relationship property, charities law and commercial and company law. She has been a judge’s clerk, practised in a large law firm, and spent time in…

President of New Zealand Asian Lawyers

Mai Chen (LLB(Hons) (Otago) LLM (Harvard) CMinstD HonLLD(Otago) is one of NZ’s top Barristers, and Chairs the Superdiversity Institute of Law, Policy and Business and is President of NZ Asian Lawyers. She formerly sat on the Bank of New Zealand Board, the NZ Securities Commission, was adjunct professor at both the Business and Law Schools…