Philosophy
We achieve success through a relentless focus on excellence, efficiency and effectiveness.
A focused, fiercely independent approach
As disputes specialists, our sole focus is on advocating our clients’ interests in their most important disputes. Our approach of building lean, partner-led teams ensures efficiency, and we bring a fiercely independent and commercial lens to every representation. Indeed, our independence is one of our core values and strengths. We have the courage to advance our clients’ interests without fear or favour and regardless of their opponent.
Excellence
Our lawyers are committed to achieving excellence in the practice of law in the pursuit of our clients’ interests. Our legal advice is not an academic exercise, but focused on what clients need to know, providing clear analysis and identification of strategic options, tailored to the commercial context in which our clients operate.
We embrace collaboration and deep discussion with our clients and other advisors to ensure all angles are covered and their inputs channeled through our legal submissions. We then execute the agreed legal strategy with persuasive and determined advocacy, honed from trial experience across hundreds of cases.
Efficiency
We appreciate that clients rarely want success ‘at any cost’. Success can be illusory if it is not cost-effective and timely. While we have the resources to staff large teams, often our clients’ interests will be better served through hands on partner engagement supported by lean, focused teams. This reduces waste and ensures our work attains the standard of excellence to which we aspire. We work across offices in New Zealand and Singapore, and embrace modern technology, to deliver cost savings for our clients.
In short, we combine decades of experience with large international law firms with the energy and agility of a specialist practice with a singular focus on the needs of our clients.
Effectiveness
We achieve our clients’ goals by being deeply committed to their cases as if they were our own; through clarity of thinking and strategy; and by preparing thoroughly for each stage of a dispute. We identify at the outset the issues and risks that really matter, and relentlessly pursue our clients’ interests every step of the way.
We do not lose sight of the fact that clients may benefit from an early resolution of a dispute through amicable discussions or alternative dispute resolution, while conscious that any settlement will be optimized from a position of strength.
We prepare for trial from day one. That means identifying at the outset the issues, evidence and risks that really matter, and relentlessly pursuing our clients’ interests every step of the way. Because our clients are ready to go to trial they have an edge at every stage, including in settlement discussions.