Legal Executive

Charlene Porteous-Watt

Charlene is a Senior 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 …

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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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Desiree Hepple

Desiree joined our Whakatāne team in 2015, specialising in Wills, estate planning and estate administration. Having lived most of her life in Whakatāne, Desiree has a vast knowledge of the Whakatāne area and is well known in the community. Desiree has 34 years local experience in the Trustee industry, specialising in Estate planning, Wills, Enduring …

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Tereasa Peterson

Tereasa is a Registered Legal Executive in Holland Beckett’s succession and estates team. Tereasa joined Holland Beckett in 2005 and has gained experience in a variety of areas of law including property, family and litigation before deciding to specialise in estate administration and estate planning. Tereasa’s experience means she can offer a complete and seamless …

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Tracy Wickett

Tracy has worked within the legal industry for the past 12 years in Rotorua, Auckland and Australia and obtained her Legal Executive Diploma in 2010. Tracy works in Holland Beckett’s Rotorua office in the Commercial/Property Team, predominately involved in conveyancing transactions. In her spare time Tracy enjoys dancing, mountain biking and spending time with her …

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Heather Elmsly

Heather is a Legal Executive in Holland Beckett’s succession and estates team. Heather joined Holland Beckett in 2007 and subsequently completed her Legal Executive Diploma in 2008. Heather spent much of that time in Luke Stewart’s property and commercial team, before moving into the succession and estates team in 2024. Heather is an experienced legal …

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Jacqui Nicholl

Jacqui joined Holland Beckett in 2006 and is a Senior Legal Executive in the civil litigation and dispute resolution team. Jacqui specialises in civil litigation, including contractual disputes, debt recovery (corporate and individual), liquidations, bankruptcies and enforcement of judgments. She has extensive experience acting for corporate lenders enforcing their statutory and contractual rights under the …

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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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Petra Westmaas

Petra joined Holland Beckett in 2005 and specialises in residential and commercial conveyancing and subdivisions. Petra was born in Tauranga and bred in Hamilton. As a school leaver she was employed by a Hamilton law firm as a junior secretary. Petra has worked in New Zealand law firms for 38 years and has been a …

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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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