
Contact Details vih@meareswilliams.co.nz T: +64 3 379 0059 F: +64 3 366 6299 Qualifications: LLB(Hons) University of Canterbury Admitted: 2006 | Vanessa Harpur Solicitor Vanessa began working for Meares Williams Lawyers in 2006 as a staff solicitor and left to work for a Dunedin firm for a period of time. She returned to Meares Williams in 2009. Vanessa is a legal advisor for the Citizen's Advice Bureau and an Honorary Solicitor for a charitable organisation. Recent projects include: - Major business restructure involving a number of companies and trusts; subsequent amalgamation of the companies involved.
- Advising a large company involved in a multi-million dollar contractual dispute
- Assisting an elderly client with the surrender of a retirement unit licence to occupy and purchase of a new license to occupy.
Vanessa's areas of practice: - Property - rural, residential & commerical
- Wills & powers of attorney
- Family trusts & gifting
- Investment trusts
- Company law - incorporation, restructuring, amalgamation,leases
- Estate administration
- Charitable trusts
- Elder law
- Franchises
- Subdivisions
Meares Williams Lawyers - When it Matters
| Partners: Richard Burtt Richard Gray Simon Johnston Julian Moran Gerard Richardson
Associates: Roger Brown Lucy Richards
Solicitors: Vanessa Harpur Julie Hawthorn Mary Johnston
Legal Executives: Sandra Moore Isabel Tweedy
Legal Administrators: Annette Belcher Pam Bell Chris Kostarelis Vanessa Moses Linda Munro Katherine Ryan
General Manager: Ann Hogan Financial & Administration: Tracey Cooper Rachael Holder Justine Jellyman |