As a graduate in the banking and finance transactional team I was involved in lots of property finance transactions: conducting LINZ, PPSR and Companies Office searches, discharging securities, drafting documents, and attending to registration of securities upon settlement. Through this work I built strong relationships with several clients who I would communicate with almost daily.

Once I gained greater understanding of the nature of the work, throughout the year I became involved in larger scale and more complex transactions, was involved in searching and reviewing security arrangements to a greater degree, and in more challenging lending and security arrangements.
- Greer Bonnette - Solicitor

You can find out more here.

Being a law graduate and one of the few juniors on the construction team exposed me to a wide variety of work. The construction team is known to do both ‘front end work’, eg project development, and ‘back-end work’, eg leaky building claims.

Some of the work you do as a construction law graduate includes stringing together a chronology of documents to understand how a dispute arose, proofreading a piece of advice, attend client meetings/functions and drafting court pleadings for Council. Through doing different bits of work, you are able to expand your toolbox of knowledge. 
- Joeli Filipo - Solicitor

We also advise on significant international projects. You can find out more here.

The Auckland commercial team does a broad range of transactional legal work ranging from M&A to day-to-day corporate governance matters. Juniors in the team work for all three partners and will be involved in reviewing and drafting agreements, company administration, assisting with large-scale transactions and advising on ad-hoc commercial and legal queries. 
- Johnny Bates - Solicitor

As a graduate lawyer in the corporate team, much of my experience involved assisting the team with drafting and reviewing agreements, attending client meetings, and aiding the team with complex transactions such as merges, acquisitions or capital raises for industry-leading clients.
- Zoe Drake - Solicitor

Being a grad in the tax team has often involved complex research, statutory interpretation, and critical thinking. It has also given me a good understanding of the complexities and importance of taxation across all parts of the economy and the significant cross over between tax and other areas of law. You will experience a steep learning curve, but as a grad, there is no better way to learn than to jump in the deep end. You’ll be supported by experts and come out of your graduate programme with greatly enhanced legal skills and knowledge.
- Latesha Metzler - Solicitor

You can find out more about the deals and projects we've worked on here.

The employment team's work is mixed between litigation-based tasks (such as drafting submissions/documents, research, and preparing documents for the Authority/Court) and advisory work (which includes research, presentations or reviewing documents such as employment agreements). Most tasks are varied, and it is rare to advise on/research the exact same issue twice! 
- Pema Gyeltshen - Solicitor

You can read more about our work here.

No two days look the same in the IP/ICT team. I was involved in drafting advice, dealing with data breaches, filing and maintaining trademarks for companies like DB Breweries and Bumble (including drafting submissions to IPONZ and the occasional cease and desist), and reviewing and drafting commercial agreements.
- Priya Prakash - Solicitor

You can read more about the work we've done and who our major clients are here and here.

As a graduate in the commercial litigation team, I was involved in work across a range of practice areas. These included general contractual disputes, property disputes, defamation and media law, privacy and cyber-security, and emerging technologies. My involvement in each matter varied, ranging from conducting research, drafting court documents, corresponding with clients, or even being given the reigns to manage smaller disputes.
- Tom Hammond - Solicitor

As a grad in the public law litigation team, I worked across a range of litigation and advisory matters. On litigation matters, I was involved in a lot of document management, evidence preparation, drafting of court documents, and had my first High Court appearance. Advisory matters involved lots of legal research and drafting practical advice for our clients. 
- Louise Goodwin - Solicitor

Have a read of our varied examples of work here and here.

As a law graduate, I had the opportunity to complete a diverse range of meaningful work. This included drafting advice relating to the decision-making of local authorities, drafting written submissions for court proceedings, and assisting seniors in my team to prepare for mediations to enact freshwater plan-changes. 
- Liam Stevens - Solicitor

Read more about our work here.

I have assisted not-for-profits and charities to ensure their eligibility to receive various tax exemptions and benefits. I learnt how important all the “behind the scenes” work is for these organisations to continue to operate, and it is an honour to be able to serve our local communities in our capacity as corporate lawyers.
- Latesha Metzler - Solicitor

Read about the organisations we have supported, and our latest Pro Bono Report, here.

Putting People First is fundamental to everything we do. We prioritise wellbeing and build healthy relationships based on mutual respect, trust and integrity.

We always strive to be At Our Best. We deliver excellent service and best outcomes for clients by developing and empowering our people.

And we are Energetic For Change. We seek out, embrace and invest in positive change that benefits our people, clients and communities.

Diversity is what helps an organisation flourish. Which is why we make sure Simpson Grierson is a place where everyone feels their voices matter, their opinions are respected, and they truly belong.

We have a wide range of employee networks to help you connect with colleagues, find support and become allies. Some of our larger networks include our Rainbow communities, Māori and Pasifika communities, Neurodiversity group, Women & Allies group, Asian Languages & Culture group, and various faith groups and cultural groups.

We also have a number of learning opportunities that build cultural competency and challenge unconscious bias.