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Commercial & Business
Lawyers In Auckland

Norling Law Limited

At Norling Law, we specialise in resolving complex commercial disputes and insolvency matters. As a boutique firm, we focus exclusively on what we do best, guiding clients through uncertainty with clarity, confidence, and results-driven strategy.

Our purpose is simple: to deliver practical outcomes in the face of complex legal challenges. From high-stakes litigation to urgent insolvency proceedings, our team combines deep technical expertise with commercial insight to protect our clients’ interests and drive the best possible results.

We’re proud to be known as the premium firm of choice in our field, trusted by business leaders, directors, and insolvency professionals alike. Our reputation is built on six core values that define how we operate: Results Focused, Dedicated to Excellence, Outstanding Communication, Get it Done, Deliver Innovation, and Celebrate the Wins.

Our people (the A-Team) are handpicked for their ability to lead with integrity, think commercially, and deliver under pressure. We invest in continuous learning, innovative systems, and a collaborative culture where every voice is valued and every win is shared.

Whether you’re facing a shareholder dispute, insolvency proceedings, needing to negotiate with the IRD relating to tax debt, or complex litigation, Norling Law stands ready to guide you with clarity and conviction.

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Jury Law

Jury Law Limited was founded in 1997 by David Jury and has proudly served West Auckland ever since. Our original Lincoln Road office now operates by appointment, while our fully serviced offices on Dominion Road, Mount Eden and Shortland Street, Auckland Central form the base of our day-to-day practice.

Under the leadership of Director Kchitij Tiwari (KT), Jury Law has grown into a modern property and commercial firm. We specialise in residential, lifestyle and rural property, subdivisions, easements and covenants, business sales and purchases (including franchises and service stations), and trusts and structuring for asset protection and succession planning.

What sets us apart is our availability. We know clients can’t always meet during standard business hours, so our solicitors are available after hours, evenings and weekends — at no extra cost. When you need us, we’ll be there.

While our roots are in West Auckland, we now serve clients throughout New Zealand, providing clear, practical advice with professionalism and care.

Explore our practice areas to learn more about how we can help you.

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Jeremy Sutton

With over 30 combined years of experience, Jeremy Sutton and his dedicated family law team assist with high net worth, financially complex divorce cases. Jeremy has a particular expertise in cases that involve trusts, businesses, disputed estates and significant investment portfolios.

Jeremy finds fulfilment in advocating for people in difficult relationships and making his clients’ views clear. His empathy and compassion is his greatest strength in understanding his clients’ situations.

Jeremy works on a select few files at a time in order to focus on resolving your matter quickly and decisively. He takes the intricacies of the law and tailors it to your individual circumstances. He balances the professional and personable – with a healthy dose of pragmatism for workable solutions.

The best practice in navigating through divorce is a multidisciplinary approach with a range of professionals and support from your family and friends. Jeremy maintains strong relationships with other lawyers, accountants and psychologists. ​

We understand that separation is a stressful time and that every situation is unique. When you work with us, you can be assured you have a strong team behind you to achieve the best outcomes for you and your family. Jeremy’s clients are soon back to spending time with their loved ones and moving forward with their lives.

He is a Lawyer for Child, a legal aid provider, trained in collaborative practice and an accredited mediator. He is a former convenor of the Auckland Family Courts Association and a former trustee for the Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust. Outside of work, he enjoys spending quality time with his three young children and regularly coaches their sports teams.

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Stainton Chellew

We have provided personalised service and successful outcomes to families, businesspeople, and companies for generations.

Stainton Chellew is a law firm with deep roots that go back to the 1920s. Although our faces may have changed over time, our fundamental values have remained the same. We take pride in delivering personalised advice to our clients across a diverse range of legal areas, and our lawyers are unwavering in their dedication to serving our clients and meeting their needs.

We understand that the legal industry is constantly evolving, and we have adapted to these changes by leveraging modern tools and technologies to make the delivery of our services more efficient without compromising the quality of our customer service. Our experienced legal team is committed to building long-term relationships with our clients that span generations.

At Stainton Chellew, we believe that every client is unique and deserves individual attention. While we have the expertise and resources to handle complex legal matters across multiple fields, we remain a boutique firm that cares about our clients on a personal level. We take pride in being big enough to provide a breadth of expertise, yet small enough to deliver personalised attention to each and every one of our clients.

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Advent Ark Lawyers

We are a firm of migrant lawyers and legal professionals from different parts of the world. We know what it is like to be in a foreign land facing issues that need solving, and we are dedicated to providing professional services and solutions for our immigrant clients as well as the many New Zealanders who use our services. Whether our clients come to see us with a criminal problem, a commercial dispute, a family issue or indeed an immigration matter, we understand they need our help and we never let them down. We take great pride in the high calibre of our work and we take great joy being instrumental to our clients’ success.

Every single one of us at Advent Ark Lawyers knows what it is like to emigrate from our home countries and make a new life in this land, and we think that makes us unique in the New Zealand legal profession. Whilst we may have come here for different reasons – some of us searching for new opportunities and challenges, others looking for a better life, others yet for a different way of life, what we all have in common is a hard work ethic. We all knew when we came here that it would not be easy, but we were determined to shine and succeed. We bring that attitude to the office every day in helping our clients as best we can, and that is what makes us different (and hopefully better) than any other law firm in
New Zealand.

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Pabla Law

Pabla Law has been providing legal services in the greater Auckland area and the surrounding districts and regions since being founded in 2013. Our team of professional, patient and well-spoken legal staff will use their expertise to advise and guide you through every step of your legal journey.

Paramjeet (Jamie) Pabla, our Principal Solicitor, has practised law for over 19 years in areas of property law, business/commercial law, trusts and estate administration and litigation. He has a wealth of experience gleaned from working in respected and well established small and medium sized law firms in New Zealand and overseas.

Our talented team made up of a diverse group of legal and admin staff with extensive background in general and property practice law firms. We have the knowledge and experience to ensure we provide excellent advice across a wide variety of legal transactions.

Dependable and capable, our team of legal professionals add the personal touch our clients deserve and aim to meet and exceed your expectations and offer you services customized to fit your specific needs.

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Our clients value us for our dedication to always prioritising their interests and for always aiming to achieve the best outcomes during any transaction or legal matter. We work closely with clients to provide exceptional legal services that are catered specifically to their needs.

Take a look at the services we offer, and get in touch today with any questions — we look forward to working with you!

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Schnauer & Co

Too many people think the law is just about dotting your i’s and crossing your t’s. At Schnauer & Co (SCO), while we’re very good at ‘i dotting and t crossing’, we know that law is about more than just the details – it’s about people. From our receptionist to our legal support, right through to our senior lawyers and directors, each member of the team loves what they do and lives by our core value of clients first.

We combine the experience that comes from our long history and expert team with a lateral thinking, flexible approach to problem solving. That’s what enables us to achieve great results.

We are always looking for ways to do things better and more efficiently. Our team invest their time in upskilling and always trying to keep ahead of the game. Whether it be our lawyers looking for a new angle or a more cost-effective way of doing the work or our support staff finding new technology to make things smoother for our clients in the long run.

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Catherine Stewart

Specializing in all areas of employment law, Catherine has around 30 years’ experience as an employment and litigation lawyer. She joined the independent bar as a barrister sole in 2012, having held senior roles in employment law including at partnership level in a major city firm. She also has significant experience in civil and commercial litigation.

Catherine has successfully argued many high profiles cases, including recent notable cases such as:

2024 – acting as counsel for Dr Siouxsie Wiles in landmark ruling finding that the University of Auckland breached its contractual obligations and obligations of good faith towards her, and upholding her personal grievance. This case is significant owing to the expansion of the meaning of “”work”” to encompass public commentary by an academic, and for the description of the stringent health and safety obligations which flow from that finding (which the University was found not to have complied with):
2024 – acting as counsel (intervener) for the Law Association in a full Court hearing on the principles for non-publication orders in the employment jurisdiction;
2024 – successful opposition to application for special leave to remove matter from Employment Relations Authority to the Employment Court in the context of an alleged protected disclosure;
2024 – counsel in successful defence of an application for stay of execution in relation to our client’s remedies from two landmark Employment Relations Authority decisions in which our client was awarded record-high compensation and other remedies;
2021 – acting as counsel for COVID-19 commentators Shaun Hendy and Siouxsie Wiles in a successful removal application to the Employment Court;
2019 – acting as counsel for employee in precedent-setting Employment Court case where employer was injuncted from dismissing employee during the period of an interim reinstatement order;
2019 – acting as counsel for employer in case where large penalties awarded against employee for multiple breaches of good faith, despite flaws in redundancy process;
2018 – resolution of longstanding dispute involving a senior employee’s serious misconduct dismissal, resulting in consent orders made by the Employment Court;
2017 – an Employment Court case for an unfair redundancy and unpaid bonus resulting in awards of lost wages, compensation and bonus being paid to her client together with a record costs award;
2017 – defending a restaurant chain in proceedings brought by the Labour Inspector in the Employment Relations Authority resulting in zero penalties;
2017 – the defence in the Court of Appeal in relation to strike-out and discovery issues;
2017 – a leave application in the Court of Appeal for a constructive dismissal case;
2017 – an Employment Court case which upheld her client’s challenge to the other party’s objections to discovery and ordered disclosure of human resources files in relation to “”disparity of treatment”” conduct;
2016 – an unjustified dismissal case in the Employment Relations Authority resulting in reinstatement of her client to his former role;
2015 – the defence of a wide range of claims against her client in the Employment Court including breach of contract, breach of good faith and fidelity and breach of employment agreement;
2014 – a Court of Appeal case overturning a prior costs decision in longstanding and complex litigation spanning both the civil and employment jurisdictions.

Catherine also won a landmark case on stress in the workplace in the Employment Court, and argued a landmark case on freedom of association for which she was appointed “”amica curiae”” (adviser to the Court) by the Employment Court and the Court of Appeal.

Catherine holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and a Bachelor of Arts in languages. She was admitted to the bar of the High Court of New Zealand in 1990.

A regular presenter and writer on topical employment law issues, Catherine is a member of the NZ Bar Association, the New Zealand Law Society and the Law Association. Catherine is a member of the Employment Law and Privacy Committee for the NZ Bar Association and is the Convenor of the Law Association Employment Law Committee, a committee which represents practitioners in regular meetings with Judges, members of the Employment Relations Authority, mediators, Government departments and other employment-related institutions such as trade unions.

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Shanahans Law

Hand on heart, every one of our experienced team is here because they love what they do. We feel privileged to be able to spend our days helping people with buying or selling property, crafting custom wills, protecting assets, or using our knowledge and experience to help at stressful times of people’s lives. Using our skills to make a tricky situation easier is truly what gets us out of bed in the mornings.

Our team loves where we work, the community we work in and the work we do – that’s why most of us have been here for 20+ years and have no plans to leave!

” With over 120 years’ combined experience, you can trust the advice we give you.”
We’re a reliable bunch with over 120 years’ experience between us, you can trust the advice we give you. We’re across all the latest laws and guidelines and we always act in the interests of our clients, which is why we’ve built such a solid reputation in the West Auckland community we’ve operated in for over 60 years. It goes without saying that we have great connections in the area, which often proves helpful for our clients. We’re also excellent value if we do say so!

Don’t fear: we may be over half a century old and work from a 1970s building, but our processes, systems, and technology are definitely cutting-edge.

We also like to think we work in a sustainable and socially responsible manner. We prioritise being eco-aware, but without compromising on first rate service.

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