Our people

Find details and contact information for our academic staff.

Name  Academic Fields 
Professor Alexandra
Andhov 
Corporate law, corporate governance, capital market law, financial law (fintech), regulation of emerging technologies (blockchain, artificial intelligence), start-up law, computational contracts, crypto assets, anti-money laundering and European Union law
Professor Tana
Pistorius
 
Intellectual property law, management of intellectual property, frontier technologies and law, data economy, information technology law. 
Professor Alex
Sims 
Consumer law, intellectual property law (especially copyright law), blockchain (DAOS, NFTS, cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, dispute resolution, right to repair, trademark, patent, domain names, partnership law, societies law, unfair contract terms, Consumer
Guarantees Act. 

Associate Professor Marta Andhov Governmental contracts, public procurement law, sustainability clauses, sustainability in
business law, public-private partnerships, international trade law (procurement chapters) and competition law, ESG, legal risks and costs in contracts, international commercial arbitration, European Union law, global procurement regimes, visual contracting, modern slavery
Associate Professor Gehan Gunasekara  Franchising law, information privacy law, societal implications of corporate/government data use (price discrimination, misinformation)
Associate Professor Chris Nicoll  Insurance law, international trade law (sale, payment, insurance, transportation) 
Associate Professor Alan Toy  Employment law, data privacy, privacy auditing, AI auditing
Senior Lecturer Lynn Buckley  Company law (particularly directors' duties), corporate governance, corporate sustainability (eg ESG, social licence, corporate citizenship), inclusive capitalism
Senior Lecturer
Benjamin Liu 
Securities law, artificial intelligence and law, machine learning
Senior Lecturer Victoria Plekhanova  Tax, trade, and investment law, colonial history of taxation in New Zealand, public policy
design, social psychology of decision-making, transnational legal theory, tax and AI/digitalisation, tax and economic growth. 
Senior Lecturer Jeremy Beckham  Taxation law, social policy, regulatory systems 
Senior Lecturer Nadia Dabee  Employment law
Senior Lecturer John
Ren 
Contract law, letter of credit law, general commercial
law 
Senior Lecturer Bram Van Wiele  Intellectual property law, consumer protection, competition law
Professional Teaching
Fellow Anna Hales
Contract law, professional legal skills 
Professional Teaching
 Fellow Mark McConnell
Property law, company law, marketing law, contract law
Lecturer Christabel
Chau
Consumer law, contract law