Buddle Findlay

Buddle Findlay is a commercial law firm that operates throughout New Zealand, with offices in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch.

Buddle Findlay

Headquarters	Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
No. of offices	3
Major practice areas	General Practice
Date founded	1895 (Wellington)
Website	www.buddlefindlay.com

History

The Wellington firm of Buller & Anderson (Arthur Percival Buller and John Anderson) was founded in 1895, and Findlay Dalziell & Co (John Findlay and Frederick George Dalziell) opened soon after in 1899. Buller & Anderson became Buddle Anderson Kent & Co (Thomas Buddle, John Anderson) following a series of mergers, while Findlay Dalziell & Co would eventually become Findlay Hoggard Richmond & Co. In 1982 the two firms merged to form Buddle Findlay. Four years later, the firm established an Auckland office through a merger with Malloy Moody & Greville, and a partial merger with Holmden Horrocks & Co. Through a merger with Christchurch firm Brookman Stock in 1989, the firm's Christchurch office was opened.

Practice areas

Buddle Findlay is a full service firm, with teams operating in:

• Aviation
• Banking and financial services
• Competition and antitrust
• Construction and projects
• Corporate and commercial
• Employment
• Environment and resource management
• Health
• Health and safety
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• Litigation and dispute resolution
• Local government
• Māori law
• Payments
• Privacy and data protection
• Property
• Public and administrative law
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Tax
• Technology, media and telecommunications