Mission

Driving commercial property success throughout New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region.

As leaders in all facets of commercial property and real estate law, we understand that clients need expertise and precision when it comes to navigating the complexities of commercial property transactions. We deliver the highest quality legal advice underpinned by a drive to ensure our work is commercially focused and achieves the strategic objectives of our clients.

Beyond legal advice, our team’s focus is keeping your commercial and strategic objectives at the forefront of our work together. With a dynamic team of skilled legal professionals and our vast practical experience, we drive our industry to do better.

We are more than just lawyers, we are strategic business advisors.

Select Services

— Acquisitions

— Due Diligence

— Commercial Developments

— Overseas Investments

— Joint Ventures

— Syndication

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

As leading specialists in commercial property law, we have built a team of lawyers that are experts in all facets of commercial property and real estate law. Our teams combined commercial focus, market knowledge and specialist legal expertise allows us to deliver the best advice and outcomes to our clients.

Where we are required to advise on areas outside of our core practice, we have a network of other specialist law firms to ensure that a seamless service is provided when managing the most complex of transactions.

Meet our team

Our Team

Our people

Sam Greenwood

Director

sam.greenwood@tbblegal.com

david.simpson@tbblegal.com

tom.mcgarry@tbblegal.com

greg.thompson@tbblegal.com

+64 27 493 1858

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Lesley Thomson

Associate/Head of Projects

lesley.thomson@tbblegal.com

hannah.proudfoot@tbblegal.com

rebecca.wilton@tbblegal.com

+64 21 250 0278

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Amanda Sagrillo

Practice Manager and AML Compliance Officer

amanda.sagrillo@tbblegal.com

+64 27 543 1927

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Ruth Norrish

Trust Account Administrator

ruth.norrish@tbblegal.com

cassandra.sutherland@tbblegal.com

+64 9 361 7050

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Hannah Leonard

Head of People, Premises and Culture

hannah.leonard@tbblegal.com

sonya.carter@tbblegal.com

helen.tolovae@tbblegal.com

nikki.stillwell@tbblegal.com

+64 22 460 8625

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Gabriel Stewart-Murray

Solicitor

gabriel.stewart-murray@tbblegal.com

fintan.walsh@tbblegal.com

joe.biddles@tbblegal.com

james.blackie@tbblegal.com

+64 21 718 668

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Our Awards

We collect results, not platitudes but we appreciate them all the same

Legal 500 APAC 2022

Top Tier

Legal 500 APAC 2021

Leading Firm

The Metrics

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Projects

This is what we’ve done

Clients need lawyers with experience, here’s a snapshot of ours.

Project

Development of PwC Tower at Commercial Bay

TBB is the legal provider appointed to negotiate and implement agreements to lease with all office tenants of PwC Tower and No. 1 Queen Street, Auckland.

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1 Whitmore Street, Wellington

TBB acts for One Whitmore Street LP (managed by Newcrest) in relation to the development and leasing of Wellington’s newest premium office tower located at 1 Whitmore Street, Wellington which is to be occupied by BNZ.

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80 Queen Street - BNZ re-development and leasing

TBB acted for the owner of 80 Queen Street in the negotiation and documentation of New Zealand’s largest single tenant lease transaction.

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Oyster Property Group and KKR – acquisition of Central Park

TBB acts for CP Auckland LP (limited partnership comprising KKR and Oyster) in relation to the acquisition, redevelopment, and management of the office park known as Central Park Greenlane which comprises 12 plus individual office towers and development land component.

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Aotea Station for Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad

Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad – development of New Zealand’s first comprehensive over-station development at Aotea Station

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Goodman Property Trust - acquisition of Sky Television site

TBB is acting for Goodman Property Trust in relation to the sale and lease back of the Sky Television site in Mt Wellington.

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Industrial property fund establishment & acquisition - Fort Hill Property Limited

Fort Hill Property Limited – industrial property fund establishment and acquisition of $445m+ industrial and commercial properties.

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Ormiston Town Centre

TBB acts for Todd Property in relation to the retail development leasing of its new town centre development, the Ormiston Town Centre.