Tompkins Wake

Property and Real Estate | Private Client and Trusts

Partner

Peter is a property law specialist, with expertise in agribusiness and rural law. Peter has nearly 30 years’ experience practicing law across the agriculture and commercial sectors joining Tompkins Wake as partner in 2009.

Peter's experience includes acting on large and complex infrastructure, farming and commercial property transactions, developments and land acquisitions.

Peter is passionate about New Zealand agriculture and spends time ensuring he is up with the latest industry developments.

A significant part of Peter's practice also specialises in personal asset planning for Tompkins Wakes private clients. Peter is a qualified practitioner and member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the worldwide professional association for those advising families across generations. Peter enjoys building long term relationships with clients, assisting them to develop, grow and manage their businesses and assets.

Peter previously spent 13 years in Taupo during which he acted for a wide range of Māori clients and entities including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Māori Incorporations and Assembled Māori owners with various appearances in the Māori Land Court. Work included advising in respect of the Te Ture Whenua Act, forestry, farming (both pastoral and dairying), power generation and ownership structuring with national and international generation entities, long-term leasing and sale arrangements, constitutional and trust advice.

Larger clients included Tauhara North No 2 Trust, Opawa Rangitoto 2C Incorporated, Opepe Farm Trust and Whenuatupu-Ohinemoa Trust. Peter continues to act for a number of Māori organisations and is currently involved with various matters for Whenuatupu Ohinemoa and providing advice on the Waituhi Forest Hapu Cluster Trust structure (being the ultimate recipients of the CNI Crown forestry interests settled as a result of the CNI Forest Claim).

Peter has acted for and advised:

Staggered acquisitions of land from SOE for a significant strategic roading project valued in excess of $100m. Variation of power generators interests protecting geothermal resource. Major commercial subdivisions of significant value. Providing advice in respect of Central North Island electricity project valued in excess of $100m. Syndication of various farming interests. Rural leasing and profit a prendre work. Providing general property advice to one of New Zealand’s large private dairy farming groups and one of New Zealand’s largest Kiwifruit producers.

Board of Partners, Tompkins WakeNZ Law Society Property Section - TreasurerNZ Law Society Rural Law Committee TEP, Society of Trust and Estate Planners

BA, LLB, TEP, University of Otago