Chapman Tripp’s Auckland Finance Practice is looking for a Solicitor or Senior Solicitor to join the highly successful team, with a focus on corporate and institutional finance.
The role works closely with partner Gerard Souness, Cathryn Barber and Jana Hitchcock on market-leading finance transactions for prestigious domestic and international corporate, financial institutions and borrower clients. This role would focus on providing legal advice and transactional support on general lending, project finance and securitisation matters.
Our Auckland team has recently advised:
- InfraRed Capital Partners and Northleaf Capital on their acquisition of, and $1.3bn syndicated acquisition funding for, 80% of Vodafone NZ’s passive mobile tower business;
- ANZ, BNZ, Westpac, Kiwibank and independent security trustee, New Zealand Guardian Trust, providing c.NZ$600m syndicated project financings to Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira for the purchase of 40+ school properties from the Crown as a party of their Treaty settlements;
- Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board on the syndicated financing for its NZ$1.15 billion acquisition of 70% of Spark New Zealand’s passive mobile tower business (that business became Connexa Limited, post-acquisition);
- BNZ, ANZ and Société Générale as Arranger and Joint Lead Managers on the $650m public term securitisation for UDC Finance in 2024. This deal is the largest term securitisation transaction in New Zealand to date. We have advised the Joint Lead Managers for UDC’s public terms deals every year since its inaugural issue in 2021; and
- Kathmandu Holdings Limited on a three-year AU$300m debt refinancing facility which included, at AU$100m, the largest syndicated sustainability linked loan to be established by a New Zealand corporate.
Chapman Tripp has been named NZ Firm of the Year at the 2024 IFLR Asia-Pacific and KangaNews awards and 2025 Law Firm of the Year at the Asia Pacific Chambers Awards, so you will be working with high performing individuals on satisfying work.
If you are a talented solicitor with 3 to 7 years PQE, wanting a step up or a new challenge, we think we have the best team, work, culture and opportunity to develop your career.
Working with Chapman Tripp:
- Top-tier clients and work
- Flexible working style and supportive leadership
- Inclusive culture and team
- Ongoing learning and development and formal mentoring programme
- Comprehensive salary and benefits package including healthcare and annual wellbeing allowance
- Groups and activities to suit your interests: sports, arts & culture, regular team and firm events for connection
We are a collaborative workplace of smart, passionate and hardworking people, united by a commitment to excellence. Work for Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest legal partnership and enjoy a firm which has the resources and structures in place for you to do your best work; as well as people who are caring, inclusive and authentic.
For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact Sam Moodley at [email protected] or +64 9 357 9014.
Skills Required
- 3 to 7 years post-qualification experience as a solicitor
What We Do
We relish our position and reputation as an innovative and leading law firm. In a market crowded by legal tradition, we choose to look to the future. We embrace technology and see it as a tool to better serve our clients, and we are constantly pushing the boundaries of legal know-how. We are not content to stand still – we never stop learning and improving. Being the firm that leads allows us to constantly challenge ourselves to deliver more value and high-quality legal work. It also enables us to work on the largest, most complex and high-value transactions, projects and disputes in New Zealand. Not only do we work with our clients to help them succeed, but we are at the forefront of regulatory change, using our knowledge and expertise to shape a better future for all New Zealand. Our people are our greatest asset and we actively promote fairness and equality of opportunity from career development, flexible working and investing in learning and development. Supporting our people to be the best they can be is one of our core values. It is important to us that our people can be their authentic selves and thrive, both inside and outside of work. We are committed to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace and fostering a culture of wellbeing. We have a truly national presence, with more than 50 partners and more than 400 staff across the firm’s offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
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