We advise corporates and individuals on investigations, civil enforcement proceedings and prosecutions by regulators and professional bodies across a wide range of sectors.
Our clients trust us to give them the support they need. We work closely with clients from the regulator’s first contact, handling document requests, assisting with interviews, and acting on any enforcement action. We assist clients facing investigations by the Commerce Commission, Financial Markets Authority, Reserve Bank, Serious Fraud Office, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, WorkSafe and other regulators. Our lawyers are also experienced in representing parties before public inquiries.
acting for a derivatives issuer and the New Zealand subsidiary of a Hong Kong-listed company in the first civil penalty proceeding brought by the Financial Markets Authority under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2019
acting for a defendant in the Whakaari/White Island WorkSafe prosecution following the 2019 eruption
advising lenders on internal and external investigations and proceedings relating to compliance with the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act
acted for a fund manager in a high profile and market-leading proceeding brought by the Financial Markets Authority alleging market manipulation, the first case of its kind in New Zealand
advising financial institutions on conduct and culture issues arising from the Australian Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry and the Conduct and Culture Inquiry carried out by the Financial Markets Authority and Reserve Bank
acted for a water filtration company in a Commerce Commission prosecution alleging unsubstantiated and misleading claims in breach of the Fair Trading Act
acting for a large national supplier in relation to a Commerce Commission investigation into the promotion and advertising of building products
acted for parties represented in the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission and the Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy
acting for corporates, directors and officers, trustees, auditors and other professionals in numerous investigations resolved confidentially
