A specialist law firm on Murphy Street in Thorndon, Wellington, that works on Māori development, and on the legal issues between iwi, Māori organisations, the Crown and local government. The firm was set up as a legal partnership in 2003. It describes itself as New Zealand's pre-eminent law firm on Treaty of Waitangi matters, and its senior lawyers come from the senior ranks of large corporate firms, supported by a team of specialist solicitors.
The firm's work covers Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlement negotiations, governance, litigation and dispute resolution, corporate and commercial law, public law, resource management, criminal law, Māori land law and regulatory compliance. It also protects mātauranga Māori and advises on indigenous intellectual property and Māori trade marks. Enquiries are made through an online form that asks for the region of the enquirer. On Open Locally's figures, there are 16 other lawyer listings within a kilometre. The nearest are Cooper Legal, 0.1 km away and rated 4.4 from 20 reviews, and Livingston and Livingston, 0.2 km away and rated 5.0 from 45 reviews. Pipitea Chambers, 0.4 km away, is rated 5.0 from 3 reviews, and Gault Mitchell Law, 0.6 km away, is rated 5.0 from 83 reviews.