DLA Piper appoints three lawyers to special counsel

World wide regulation company DLA Piper is delighted to announce the marketing of corporate attorneys Pavanie (Pav) Edirisuriya, Tom Barnes and Aoife O’Gorman to unique counsel.

Pav and Tom have developed with DLA Piper, the two signing up for as solicitors over a 10 years ago. Aoife joined in early 2020 after performing in significant law firms across New Zealand, the United kingdom, as well as her indigenous country Ireland.

Pav has comprehensive knowledge in corporate and commercial law and is an pro in the abroad financial commitment regime, routinely advising international shoppers looking to devote in New Zealand. She has suggested on a number of sizeable transactions, recently together with advising Ingka Investments in numerous big forestry investments in New Zealand.

“We are observing a lot of exercise in the abroad financial investment space currently,” claims Pav, “particularly in the renewable power and forestry sectors. I am doing the job carefully with my customers to navigate variations to the overseas financial investment regime and the unique issues confronted by buyers in the renewables sector.”

Pav is greatly associated in DLA Piper’s diversity and inclusion initiatives. She is a driving force in the firm’s Heritage and Identification Project committee, selling a workplace culture that is inclusive of all. Pav is also a mentor for Head Start, a social mobility programme made to break down limitations to the legal occupation confronted by underrepresented teams.

Tom specialises in economic expert services and functions for a variety of New Zealand’s main establishments in the sector, advising on a various array of transactional and working day-to-working day lawful issues. He is recognised for his technical know-how, field understanding and emphasis on offering successful shopper results.

Tom has worked closely with colleagues internationally to convey options this kind of as TOKO to New Zealand. TOKO is a digital asset creation engine built to remedy the inefficiencies of today’s cash marketplaces by applying the greatest of dispersed ledger engineering.

Tom claims, “Over new decades we’ve witnessed a variety of regulatory alterations radically modifying the lawful and business landscape. With the latest passage of the Conduct of Economic Institutions laws we can only expect this to carry on.”

Aoife joined DLA Piper’s corporate staff having earlier specialised as a finance lawyer for in excess of ten yrs. She has a depth of intercontinental experience possessing practised regulation across 3 commonwealth jurisdictions. Aoife advises both of those domestic and world-wide clients, with extensive knowledge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), undertaking money, private fairness investments and company governance matters. Her clients involve Auckland Council, Bessemer Enterprise Companions, Waterlogic, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Rawa Restricted and James Hardie.

“Constant transform is the new usual and individuals who can adapt promptly will direct the way. I’m thrilled to aid consumers in a vary of matters throughout the corporate spectrum as they navigate the changes and seize chances that normally arise from an evolving landscape. I locate this hugely gratifying – it is what I’m about.”

Aoife is a winner of professional bono lawful do the job and in 2021 she was appointed as co-director of the New Zealand professional bono apply. DLA Piper is a single of the most significant vendors of pro bono lawful solutions globally, with a genuine dedication to giving again to the nearby community.

Controlling lover of DLA Piper in New Zealand, Laura Scampion, claims “Pav, Tom and Aoife are quite deserving of their promotions. The value and energy they convey to DLA Piper and our consumers is unmatched, and I glance ahead to viewing their continued progress as special counsel.”