Qualifications
BA(Hons)/LLB(Hons), University of Auckland
Admitted
2020, New Zealand
Louis specialises in civil litigation and dispute resolution.
He has appeared in the High Court and advises clients on a wide range of contentious matters, especially those involving contract, insurance and corporate insolvency issues.
Before joining Chapman Tripp, Louis spent a year in transactional practice at a large law firm and then two years as a judges' clerk at the High Court of New Zealand.
Recent highlights
- Acting for the receivers in a dispute involving liquidators' rights to deal with secured property.
- Acting for the interim liquidators of a corporate trustee in an international conspiracy case.
- Acting for a large building materials manufacturer defending a significant product liability claim.
- Advising a client on aspects of New Zealand citizenship law.
- Acting for a major iwi asserting freshwater rights against the Crown.
- Advising a party to a green hydrogen project on complex contract law issues.
Affiliations
- Law and Economics Association of New Zealand (Committee Member).
- Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association of New Zealand.
- Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand Inc.
