Andrew is a Partner in Lane Neave’s Corporate team (Auckland office).
He regularly advises a broad range of domestic and international clients, from individuals and start-ups through to multi-national organisations, on corporate and commercial law.
Andrew’s particular focus is on private mergers, acquisitions and divestments (business sales), business structuring, financial services, joint ventures, capital raising, investment funds, commercial agreements, cryptoassets and tokenisation.
Prior to joining Lane Neave, Andrew worked in private practice at leading law firms in New Zealand and in the United Kingdom. He has also worked as in-house legal advisor at investment banks and commercial enterprises in both jurisdictions.
Andrew holds a Master of Laws (Hons) in crypto-assets from the University of Auckland, and has advised clients on the legal and regulatory implications of various Web3-based projects, including in respect of security token offerings, tokenised property schemes, non-fungible token (NFT) launches, initial coin (cryptocurrency) offerings, structuring and asset protection, the sale and purchase of crypto-assets, terms of trade and crypto-mining.
Recent experience and publications
- acted on the sale of TorqueIP Limited
- acted on the sale of Multi-Pack Limited
- acted on the sale of Manuka Innovations Limited
- acted on the sale of Citywide Assessors Limited
- acted on the sale of Trademax Global Markets (NZ) Ltd
- acted on the sale of ‘BONZ’ (Best of New Zealand)
- acted for multiple wholesale fund managers on the establishment of Active Investor Plus-compliant investment funds
- advised on the establishment of the first ‘tokenised’ property development project in New Zealand
- acted on the sale of the blockchain-based ‘Laine’ Solana validator
- co-authored a Legal 500: Blockchain Comparative Guide chapter published in November 2024
- co-authored a Chambers and Partners: Blockchain Global Practice Guide chapter in July 2025
- ‘Recommended Lawyer’ 2025 and 2026 – Legal500 Asia Pacific
