Auckland | Top-tier New Zealand firm

This is a rare opportunity for a senior restructuring and insolvency specialist to step into a genuinely strategic role within the litigation practice of a leading New Zealand firm.

The team is entering a new phase following the recent retirement of a long-standing Partner in this space, creating a clear mandate to bring in senior expertise capable of continuing – and elevating – an already well-established restructuring and insolvency practice. The brief is not maintenance; it is growth, profile-building, and long-term leadership.

The work sits at the premium end of the market and spans complex corporate restructurings, formal insolvency appointments, creditor and shareholder disputes, enforcement actions, and advisory work arising from financially distressed situations. Matters are frequently high-value and multi-stakeholder, often intersecting with broader commercial litigation and regulatory considerations. The firm i...