Profile

Anna acts on a range of commercial litigation matters, with particular expertise in contract, negligence, property and company law.

Prior to joining Gilbert Walker, Anna worked at a barristers’ chambers and as an Associate in the litigation department of a large Auckland law firm.

Anna graduated from the University of Auckland with an LLB (Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts (History and Politics). Anna has held roles as a committee member for the Auckland Women Lawyers’ Association and as an Associate Editor of the New Zealand Women’s Law Journal — Te Aho Kawe Kaupapa Ture a ngā Wāhine. She has been published in the Auckland University Law Review.

Credentials

  • LLB (Hons) / BA (Auckland)

  • Admitted to the Bar in 2020

Experience

  • acting for a multi-national commercial real estate agency in relation to proceedings involving allegations of negligent misstatement and breaches of the Fair Trading Act

  • acting for a foreign bank in proceedings relating to the enforcement of a guarantee involving a challenge to the jurisdiction of the High Court

  • acting for a freight company in relation to a successful application to strike out proceedings initiated against the company