NEW ZEALAND Trends and Developments Contributed by: Briar Shaw, Julia MacGibbon, Kate Hatwell, Tina Liu, Jessica Phillips and Natalie Foster, Tompkins Wake
Natalie Foster is a senior associate in Tompkins Wake’s dispute resolution and litigation team. Prior to joining the firm in 2025, she worked at a large Australian law firm and a specialist litigation firm in Auckland, and as a
ated pharmaceutical supply arrangements with Pharmac, New Zealand’s government drug purchas - ing organisation.
Jessica Phillips is a specialist com - mercial and regulatory litigator with particular experience in commercial, competition and property disputes. She has acted for clients in a wide range of sectors, including education,
judges’ clerk in the High Court of New Zealand. Natalie was admitted in New Zealand in 2016 and in Victoria, Australia in 2021. She advises clients on a broad range of commercial and regulatory disputes, and has experience in managing large-scale litiga - tion and investigations. She has appeared in the High Court and District Court, and as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal.
construction and sports administration, and is experienced in managing large-scale litigation. Clients appreciate her responsive, strategic advice and clear understanding of their commercial posi - tion. Jessica regularly appears in the District and High Courts, and resolves matters by arbitration. Prior to joining Tompkins Wake in 2024, she was a senior associate at a large New Zealand law firm, and previously spent six years in London at Haus - feld and Clifford Chance.
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