Luke Stewart

Partner

Qualifications

  • LLB, Canterbury University 2000
  • Admitted to the Bar in New Zealand 2001

Community Activity

  • Honorary solicitor for the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce, Eastern Bay Community Foundation, and Bay of Plenty Deerstalkers Association.
  • Solicitor acting for Legacy Funeral Homes, AIMS Games, Sport Bay of Plenty, Tourism Bay of Plenty, EPIC Whakatāne, Tauranga Maritime Trust.
  • Previous board member and president of Tauranga Chamber of Commerce.
  • Previous board member Pillans Point Primary School.
  • Luke competed in the Coast to Coast in 2021.

Contact

Luke specialises in property, rural, business and asset planning law.

He joined Holland Beckett in 2006 and was appointed a Partner in 2014. Luke manages an experienced team across the Tauranga and Whakatāne offices.

Luke’s experience includes the following:

  • Residential and commercial conveyancing and structuring advice for private individuals and developers.
  • Negotiating large forestry, dairy and kiwifruit transactions for Māori trusts, private clients and corporate farming entities.
  • Acting for Foodstuffs Members in the purchase and sale of Pak n Save, Gilmours and Four Square stores throughout the country.
  • Advising high net worth individuals and medium size business owners on trust, leasing, farm sales, estates, shareholder agreements and restructuring matters.
  • Acting for property developers on commercial and property matters including multiple lot subdivisions.

Prior to joining Holland Beckett, Luke worked for the Department of Trade and Industry in London, and Langley Twigg in Napier in the commercial/property and employment teams.

 

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