Penny is a Solicitor in the litigation and dispute resolution team in our Tauranga office. Penny has recently moved to Tauranga after growing up in Taranaki and studying in Wellington. She is looking forward to spending time at the beach and becoming part of the Tauranga community.
Sam is a civil litigation lawyer. He is well-versed in commercial, company, construction and insolvency law matters and regularly appears for clients in the District Court and High Court. Sam provides litigation support to the Independent Bar across the North Island and has experience appearing as sole or junior counsel. Sam also acts as counsel …
William is a solicitor in Holland Beckett’s litigation team. Born and raised in Dunedin, William joined us in 2022 after completing his law degree with honours at the University of Otago. He has taken an interest in criminal law, regularly appearing in the District Court. Outside of work William enjoys tramping and is a keen …
Jacqueline is a member of both the family and litigation team at Holland Beckett. Jacqueline specialises in relationship property, trusts, wills and estate litigation. She appears for clients both in Court and in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) processes including mediations. She also supports the trust and estates team with complex asset and succession planning matters. …
Lucy is a solicitor working in Holland Beckett’s family team. She is based in our Rotorua office. Lucy grew up in Rotorua before moving to Hamilton to complete her Bachelor of Laws at the University of Waikato. Lucy returned to Rotorua and gained experience with Holland Beckett Law as a summer clerk. Lucy specialises in …
Melissa is an associate working in Holland Beckett’s litigation team, based in our Rotorua office. In 2015 Melissa completed a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and French at Massey University Wellington. In 2018 she completed her Bachelor of Laws at University of Canterbury. She moved to Rotorua in 2018 to join Holland Beckett and was …
Katherine is an Associate in Holland Beckett’s family law team. She joined the Holland Beckett team in 2016 and specialises in all areas of family law. Katherine has extensive experience in dealing with: Post-separation relationship property disputes, including negotiating, drafting and advising on Relationship Property Agreements, and acting in Court proceedings Contracting Out Agreements (“prenups”) …
Sophie is an Associate at Holland Beckett and advises clients on all aspects of employment and relationship property matters. Sophie acts on a broad range of employment law matters, both contentious and non-contentious. She has particular experience in providing assistance to clients who are undergoing employee investigations, Holidays Act compliance issues, personal grievance claims, disciplinary …
Stephanie is currently on parental leave. Stephanie is an employment specialist. She advises employers and employees on both contentious and non-contentious employment related matters, including employment agreement and policy drafting, restructuring, sale and purchase of businesses/shares, personal grievances and disputes. Stephanie also maintains a general civil litigation case load. Prior to joining the team at …
Rachel’s litigation practice focuses on being an advocate for her clients and getting the best client outcome possible. Rachel has regularly appeared for clients in all courts, specialist tribunals and, in mediations and arbitrations, acting for both large institutional clients and private clients. She specialises in insolvency, land disputes (including Māori land), while she is …
