About Melissa Campbell

Melissa Campbell- Director

Melissa is an experienced commercial lawyer who deals with a wide range of commercial legal issues for business clients.

Melissa also has experience as a property lawyer dealing with a wide range of private and commercial property matters including but not limited to residential and rural conveyancing, subdivisions, refinancing, retirement villages, relationship property, trusts, asset planning, wills and enduring powers of attorney and Maori land matters.

Melissa has hands on practical governance experience. She currently serves as a trustee on the JR McKenzie Trust, a philanthropic family trust that has been grantmaking in NZ since 1940. She is an active member and Past President of the Hamilton Central Rotary Club.

Melissa is the Founding Chair of the Waikato Bay of Plenty District Law Society Anti Money Laundering group which commenced 17 April 2019, and a WBOP District Law Society Council Member.

Melissa also mentors law students by giving them work experience during the last couple of years of their study. 

Melissa’s Expertise Includes:

General Commercial:
• Commercial sale and purchase agreements
• Commercial contracts
• Business sale and purchase agreements
• Commercial leases
• Company matters including shareholder, joint venture and franchise agreements
• Finance
• Corporate governance
• Business succession planning
• Shareholder disputes
• Company matters including formation and sale and purchase of shares
• General advice on business transactions
• Legal due diligence

Property:
• Rural and Residential conveyancing
• Commercial Property transactions
• Property development
• Subdivisions
• Leases
• Building Contracts
• Co-ownership issues
• Technical land issues
• Overseas Investment Act including a number of successful applications for consent to purchase land under the Act
• House and land packages

Private Client:
• Asset planning
• Family trust establishment and advice, restructuring and resettlement
• Wills and powers of attorney
• Estate administration
• Relationship property
• Retirement Villages
• Refinancing

Sports Law:
• Employment and contracting issues
• Commercial law issues, such as sponsorship, restraints of trade and image rights.