Convex Legal is a Wellington-based law firm established in 2016, specialising in property, business and life planning matters for everyday people and businesses across the Wellington region. The firm describes itself as a 'Legal GP' — a general-practice firm focused on keeping clients prepared and informed, planning for the worst while aiming to get the best outcome.
Led by Director Katherine Mexted, the team includes Senior Associate Lizzie Hunter, Senior Solicitors Jordan Musgrave and Bruce Hughes, Solicitor Molly Cunneen, Law Clerks Georgia Stewart and Ani Latus, and Practice Manager Jo Willmott. Many team members have run their own small businesses or grown up around self-employed parents, and several have bought their own homes, rentals and commercial property, giving them first-hand experience with the decisions their clients face.
Convex Legal sits alongside sister company Convex Accounting under one roof, allowing legal and accounting advice to be joined up without clients having to repeat themselves. The firm is upfront that it isn't the cheapest option and doesn't handle court work, but will refer clients elsewhere when a matter sits outside what it does.
Convex Legal is a Wellington law firm established in 2016, built around a straightforward idea: lawyers for the decision, not the document. Based on Willis Street in Wellington Central, with a second office in Porirua, the firm specialises in property, business and life planning matters for everyday people and businesses across the Wellington region.
Convex Legal describes itself as a 'Legal GP' — a general-practice firm designed to keep clients prepared and informed rather than simply processing paperwork. The team's approach runs through four steps: understanding the deal rather than just the document in front of them, giving plain-English advice so clients can make informed decisions, drafting documents built to hold up over time, and taking the long view on succession and protection. As Director Katherine Mexted puts it, "You're going to know what we think. We won't hide behind elegant legal jargon — you'll get transparency, and we'll call things as we see them."
On the property side, Convex Legal covers everything from first home purchases — guiding clients through KiwiSaver, FirstHome subsidies, LIMs, insurance and builders' reports — through to family home moves, rental portfolio purchases, commercial property due diligence, and subdivisions involving council processes and surveyors.
For business clients, the firm handles buying and selling businesses, customer and supplier contracts, shareholder agreements and constitutions, business structuring for tax efficiency and protection, and negotiating leases for business premises. On the life planning side, Convex Legal drafts wills and enduring powers of attorney, advises on relationship property (including pre-nuptial agreements), and sets up family trusts designed to protect wealth from what the firm calls the '3 Ds' — death, disaster and divorce.
Most of the Convex Legal team have either run their own small businesses or grown up with a self-employed parent, and several have bought their own first homes, rental properties and commercial premises. This background shapes how the firm works with clients — it's staffed by people who understand cashflow pressures, the excitement and hard calls of property decisions, and the practical trade-offs business owners face daily.
Convex Legal shares its premises with sister company Convex Accounting, meaning clients with joined-up property or business matters don't need to re-brief a second adviser — the context carries across between the legal and accounting teams. Pricing is quoted transparently upfront, based on the work involved, so there are no surprises at settlement or when the invoice arrives.
For anyone in Wellington needing straight, plain-English legal advice on property, business or life planning, Convex Legal offers a genuinely practical alternative to larger, more traditional firms — with a 30-minute conversation the easiest way to find out what you actually need.