Trusts, Asset Protection and Estate Planning

Rachel Withington

Rachel is an 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 and …

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Sarah Lawson

Sarah joined the firm as a Senior Solicitor in 2024 working in our commercial property team. With over a decade of legal experience both in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty, Sarah is equipped with an extensive background in private client and trust law matters, particularly in residential and commercial conveyancing, trust, and estate planning. …

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Josh (Vasheesh) Bhageerutty

Josh is a seasoned trusts and corporate services specialist with over 8 years of professional experiences. Josh is originally from Mauritius, and bilingual in French & English. After successfully achieving the ‘International Cambridge O-Level and A-Level International Certificates (UK)’, he was awarded the high-achiever full-fee paying scholarship (business/economic side) and completed his ‘BA (Hons) Law …

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Nicky Wise

Nicky has joined the Holland Beckett family law team as Special Counsel based in the Rotorua and Taupō offices. She has over 25 years’ experience in dispute resolution over a broad range of areas. In more recent years the focus of her practice has been in relationship property law. Prior to joining Holland Beckett Nicky …

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Lauren Paterson

Lauren was born and bred in Tauranga and joined Holland Beckett in 2015 as an administration assistant before becoming a legal secretary in the property team. Lauren has since completed her NZ Legal Executive qualification 2019 and now works as a registered legal executive specialising in residential and commercial conveyancing as well as assisting the …

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Charlene Porteous-Watt

Charlene is a registered legal executive in the Rotorua office providing assistance to Terry Kirkham and Natasha van der Wal on conveyancing transactions, trust matters and estate planning. Charlene joined Holland Beckett in 2014 as an administration assistant before becoming a legal secretary in the property team. She then went on to study and obtained …

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Krystal Proctor

Krystal grew up in Nelson where she began her career working at a local law firm for four years. Krystal joined Holland Beckett as a legal executive in May 2008 and now has more than 13 years’ experience assisting clients with residential and commercial conveyancing, estate planning and asset protection matters. Outside of work, Krystal …

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Kathy Julian

Kathy specialises in residential and commercial conveyancing together with subdivisions and asset protection. From Holland Beckett’s Rotorua office, she also deals with all estate administration matters for the office and is enjoying progressing matters for families with the minimum of stress to them. Kathy has 43 years’ experience in a wide variety of the law …

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Diane Flynn

Diane joined the Property Team at Holland Beckett in 2015 and enjoys assisting clients in various areas including Residential and Commercial Conveyancing, Subdivisions, Unit Titles, Retirement Villages, Wills and Trusts. Diane grew up in Tauranga and has worked in the legal industry for 20 years. Outside of work Diane enjoys golf, travelling and spending time …

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Jo-Anne Savage

Jo-Anne is the Estates Manager of Holland Beckett’s Estates Team. She joined Holland Beckett in April 1989 and has specialised in estate administration for over 30 years. Jo-Anne can assist clients with estate planning (including preparing Wills and enduring powers of attorney) and estate administration. Jo-Anne has the experience and expertise to administer even the …

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