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WHO ARE WE?

We are a national New Zealand law firm with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, and clients located throughout New Zealand and across the world.

We practise in all areas of commercial, corporate, securities, property, environmental and public law. Our lawyers play key roles in mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, takeovers, financing, banking and capital restructurings in New Zealand and around the globe.

With around 500 staff and partners, we are one of New Zealand’s largest law firms. Our clients range from global organisations to innovative local businesses and Crown entities.

Our aim is to assist our clients achieve a competitive edge in today’s commercial market, and to be the highest quality provider of legal services in New Zealand.

If you have any general enquiries about Chapman Tripp and our services, or if you have feedback about our work, please contact either our Chief Executive, Alastair Carruthers or one of our Joint Managing Partners, Mark Reese or Andrew Poole.

OUR VALUES

Our practice is founded on a number of core values:

	Pursuit of the most effective commercial and legal outcomes for clients.
	Commitment to intellectual rigour in all aspects of our work.
	A scrupulous approach to client confidentiality and conflicts of interest.
	Commitment to giving premium service that represents value for money.
	Leadership in the legal profession and local and international business community.
	Belief that good people and quality management practices are fundamental to achieving legal excellence.
	Commitment to attracting and keeping the best possible people.
	Commitment to ongoing training and education.

A CLIENT CENTRED APPROACH TO SERVICES

It is not simply the quality of our people and their specialist skills that set Chapman Tripp apart from other law firms. Our lawyers are distinguished also by their focus on solutions and teamwork, and by support systems and exclusive services that add value to everything we do for clients.

Personal contact and client management at a senior level
A partner, principal or consultant is directly responsible for the firm’s relationship with each client. They ensure that all work is done efficiently and to the highest quality by the most relevant and skilled advisers.

Our client relationship managers are also your first point of contact concerning any of the services described in this directory, as well as work in progress reports, fee estimates and bills.

Client education
We invest in ways to make our clients more capable. As well as keeping clients up to date with significant developments in the law through our complimentary regular newsletter, Counsel, and through our annual season of Hothouse seminars, we present a series of high level legal briefings, the Chapman Tripp Master Classes, to senior counsel from our key clients to further their knowledge on specific legal issues.

Information and research services
Chapman Tripp has one of the most comprehensive private sector research and information centres in Australasia. Our fully trained researchers maintain a substantial electronic and hard copy collection of resources concerning the law and clients’ industries. Where relevant, and where licences permit, we make some of these resources available directly to our clients.

A national approach to sharing resources
Our national network of resources is dedicated to providing the most relevant and efficient service to clients. Our policy is to make available the most appropriately skilled and effective people in the circumstances, regardless of the centre in which they are based.

Business and government links in New Zealand and overseas
As active members of New Zealand’s business community, we deal extensively with leading financial intermediaries, brokers, consulting firms and local and national government representatives. We also maintain strong links with such advisers overseas, particularly in Australia, the US and Britain. We are happy to make introductions for our clients.
We also liaise regularly between central Government and business through our public law team.

A dedicated project services team
Our professional project services team includes legally qualified staff and provides document and project management services to many areas of the firm. The team’s expertise lies in the physical and electronic management of paper and processes, including preparation for mediation, arbitration and court fixtures. The project services team also works closely with our commercial lawyers to manage substantial due diligence exercises, including those hosted via our on-line data room, Dataspace™. This unique resource reduces client costs by performing administrative tasks that might otherwise be allocated to lawyers.

Innovative and effective on-line services
We have led the field in developing and implementing on-line services that save our clients in terms of time and money. Our on-line services are proven and practical, and improve communications and project management. Find out more about the services Fidelis and Dataspace™.

CHAPMAN TRIPP ALUMNI NETWORK

Chapman Tripp alumni are living and working all over the world, and wherever you are, we would like to keep in touch.

As a member of Chapman Tripp's alumni network, we will invite you to social functions and seminars, and our newsletter will keep you up to date with firm news and developments as well as what other previous colleagues have been up to.

The first issue of Chapman Tripp's quarterly alumni newsletter is due to be published in December 2007.

If you would like to join our alumni network or if your contact details have changed, please click here.

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