Chapman Tripp is New Zealand’s leading commercial law firm, known for handling complex, business-critical matters across all areas of corporate and commercial law. We regularly act for multinationals and understand both New Zealand’s legal framework and the unique workplace culture. We are highly experienced in working with offshore teams to ensure seamless support for their New Zealand operations.
Our expertise spans mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, banking and finance, restructuring and insolvency, Māori business, litigation, employment, health and safety, government and public law, privacy and data protection, IP, media and telecommunications, real estate and construction, energy, environmental and natural resources, and tax.
Employment and Health & Safety
Our market-leading employment and health & safety practice advises both domestic and international clients, including many of New Zealand’s largest corporates and multinationals. Key strengths include:
- Workplace investigations: experienced in structuring and conducting investigations; AWI-certified expertise.
- Senior executive and restructuring matters: trusted on sensitive, high-profile exits and reorganisations where confidentiality and reputational risk are critical.
- Major transactions: advisors on the employment aspects of New Zealand’s largest recent deals, including Resolution Life’s acquisition of Suncorp’s Asteron Life and Vector’s gas business sale. Our team is known for pragmatic, commercial advice that keeps transactions on track.
- Health & safety leadership: acted on the first defended hearing under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and other landmark cases. We advise on compliance, governance obligations, and regulatory engagement, shaping New Zealand’s health and safety landscape.
Our team, led by Marie Wisker, is recognised for its commercial focus and time-sensitive, practical advice that helps clients manage risk while keeping business priorities front and centre.