I’m an experienced commercial lawyer with specialist expertise in not-for-profit and privacy law. I’m a Special Counsel at MoranLaw, a boutique law firm established in 2024.

 

I’ve been a commercial lawyer for a long time, starting in-house at an electricity retailer where I learned how to negotiate contracts before I understood how to draft them.  When I moved into law firm environments, I developed specialties in not-for-profit and privacy law.  Alongside those specialties, I also work with clients on a broad range of commercial legal matters including company law, entity creation and structuring, contracts, governance, and commercial transactions.

  • Privacy: I help clients comply with the Privacy Act, respond to access and correction requests, navigate data incidents / privacy breaches (including urgent advice as and when a breach is happening), and make sure their privacy policies and procedures are accurate and effective.
  • Not-for-profit: In the last three or so years I have worked extensively with incorporated societies going through the process of re-registering under the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 and am one of a few specialists with deep expertise in this area of law.
    I advise a not-for-profits across the country, from small local societies through to large multi-national charities. I regularly attend AGMs and SGMs to provide immediate advice on governance and process issues, and I help not-for-profits to modernise and restructure.  My advice often focuses on the division of governance and management responsibilities, voting procedures, and complex member rights disputes.

I’m a Committee Member of the Privacy Foundation, convene the Privacy Foundation’s Legislation and Regulatory Reform Working Group, am a member of the NZ Law Society’s Human Rights & Privacy Committee, and a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

I have personal experience as a committee member and trustee of various not-for-profit groups – I am currently a trustee of the New Zealand Art Crime Research Trust and of the newly-established Hoops and Life Awhi Trust.

Qualifications

Degrees: LLB, BA (Hons), ATCL
Admission to High Court: 2013

Contact

MoranLaw

Email: louisa@moranlaw.co
Phone: 021 905 865
Mobile: 021 905 865
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Areas of practice

Commercial, Consumer and marketing, Human rights, Information and data, Privacy, Public law, Regulatory, Technology and media 

Languages spoken

English, Italian