Commercial Law

Hilary Anderson

Hilary is a Partner at Holland Beckett working with our Property and Commercial team. Hilary has a strategic focus on urban development and infill housing. She has significant experience and deep insight into the legal and practical challenges of intensification projects. With over 12 years of experience in property and commercial law, her expertise spans …

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Jim Thomas Lee

Jim is a solicitor within Luke Stewart’s property and commercial team, in Holland Beckett’s Tauranga office. Jim was born and raised in the Philippines where he completed his nursing degree and worked as a nurse. He moved to New Zealand in 2015. Here he completed his diploma in health services management and worked in various …

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Anya Sherwen

Part of the Corporate & Finance team, Anya has an interest in all aspects of commercial and corporate law as well as international transactions. Anya began her legal career in Wellington focusing on contract and commercial law before moving to Switzerland, where she completed a Master of Law specialising in Business and Tax Law. She …

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Rachel Withington

Rachel is a Senior Associate in our Property and Commercial team. Rachel completed a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Management Studies majoring in Economics at the University of Waikato in 2013. Rachel was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court in October 2014. Rachel is experienced in working with private clients …

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Lucy McDougall

Lucy McDougall is an Associate in our property and commercial law team. Lucy grew up in the Wairarapa and began her legal career in Auckland before spending several years at a London Magic Circle firm. In late 2017 Lucy moved to Tauranga and worked for another local firm before joining Holland Beckett in February 2024. …

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Victoria Thompson

Victoria is a solicitor in our property and commercial law team, based in Rotorua. Victoria first joined Holland Beckett in 2019 as receptionist in the Rotorua office before moving into the property and commercial team as a legal secretary. She then studied towards her Legal Executive Diploma, completing this in 2021, and then her LLB, …

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Andrea Haycock

Andrea joined our Whakatāne Property team in 2022 and handles both residential and commercial property sales, purchases, refinancing and leasing. Andrea has worked in the legal industry for over 10 years; to complement this experience she obtained her Diploma in Legal Executive Studies in 2019 and Diploma in Conveyancing in 2023. Andrea is an Associate …

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Adele Cassidy

Adele was born and brought up locally in Mount Maunganui and has been with Holland Beckett since leaving school. Adele worked with Dean Thompson for many years and deals mainly with property buy/sell transactions, subdivisions and assists with business, commercial, company and trust matters. Adele likes travelling and enjoys what the area has to offer …

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Ruby Bell

Ruby Bell is a solicitor in Holland Beckett’s corporate and finance team. Ruby is a driven junior corporate lawyer with a strong foundation in mergers and acquisitions due diligence, having assisted on numerous significant transactions. She has experience in contract drafting—including shareholders’ agreements, joint ventures, limited partnerships, constitutions and various commercial agreements—as well as contract …

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Jayden McNeil

Jayden McNeil is a solicitor in the property and commercial team in our Whakatāne office. Jayden was born and raised in Whakatāne, and joined Holland Beckett in August 2022 after finishing his law degree at the University of Waikato. Since returning home he has been exposed to a very broad variety of work and values …

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